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Monthly Archives: February 2010
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Feb. 16-Feb. 22
This week, readers sent us a personal recollection of Obama’s Columbia years, and comments on climate change consensus and veep-to-veep combat. In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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Cadillac Plans and Unions: Who Benefits?
When the White House and congressional Democrats agreed last month to scale back a Senate-passed tax on high-value health plans, it was widely portrayed as a giveaway to labor unions. For example, the New York Post reported that it was a "sweetheart deal" that would save union members $60 billion, …
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February 23, 2010
The Paralympic Games began after World War II in 1948, when Sir Ludwig Guttman organized a competition for British veterans who were in wheelchairs. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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February 22, 2010
About 2,500 athletes are participating in the Olympics in Vancouver. There are more than 86 medal events. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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February 21, 2010
Eleven women and 247 men competed in the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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February 20, 2010
The United States’ Charles Jewtraw, a speed skater, won the first gold medal at the first Olympic Winter Games. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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February 19, 2010
While the first Olympic Games were held in 1896 (in summer), it was 28 years later when the first Olympic Winter Games were held, in Chamonix, France. Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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February 18, 2010
The median age at first marriage in 2008 was 27.6 years for men and 25.9 years for women. Source: Census Bureau
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