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Architecture: I.M. Pei

Posted by on Jun 5, 2010 in Architecture, The Arts | Comments Off on Architecture: I.M. Pei

With few exceptions, most architects remain unknown by name to the public at...

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Sports: Vin Scully

Posted by on Jun 4, 2010 in Sports | Comments Off on Sports: Vin Scully

Most sports broadcasters would agree that baseball provides its announcers the...

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Singer: Dolly Parton

Posted by on Jun 3, 2010 in Singer | 1 comment

She was born in the poor community of Locust Ridge, Tennessee. One of 12...

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Americana: Drive-In Restaurants

Posted by on Jun 2, 2010 in Americana | Comments Off on Americana: Drive-In Restaurants

Drive-in restaurants didn’t originate in the fifties, but that decade...

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Food: Corn on the Cob

Posted by on Jun 1, 2010 in Food | Comments Off on Food: Corn on the Cob

America loves its corn, and appropriately so — the USA grows about six...

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Song: "At Last"

Posted by on May 31, 2010 in Songs | Comments Off on Song: "At Last"

It’s the 1960 recording by Etta James that makes the list of Great...

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Americana: Arlington National Cemetery

Posted by on May 30, 2010 in Americana, Holiday | Comments Off on Americana: Arlington National Cemetery

In these 624 Virginia acres are all the reasons you’ll ever need to be...

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Film: Singin' in the Rain

Posted by on May 29, 2010 in Film | 1 comment

For some folks, musical comedy is a film genre they just can’t tolerate....

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TV Show: Dragnet

Posted by on May 28, 2010 in TV Show | Comments Off on TV Show: Dragnet

Dragnet has to be the most-parodied television show ever. Jack Webb’s...

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Actress: Sally Field

Posted by on May 27, 2010 in Actor | Comments Off on Actress: Sally Field

Chances are your age will determine which picture of Sally Field comes to mind...

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