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Kid Stuff: Raggedy Ann

Posted by on Mar 15, 2010 in Kids Stuff | Comments Off on Kid Stuff: Raggedy Ann

Decades before Cabbage Patch, before Barbie, and before Betsy Wetsy, American...

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Food: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Posted by on Mar 14, 2010 in Featured, Food | 1 comment

  Peanut butter and Hershey’s milk chocolate. It’s not a...

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Travel: Vail, Colorado

Posted by on Mar 13, 2010 in Travel | Comments Off on Travel: Vail, Colorado

It’s not because Vail is the largest single-mountain ski resort in the...

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Americana: Consumer Reports

Posted by on Mar 12, 2010 in Americana | Comments Off on Americana: Consumer Reports

It doesn’t take advertising, so no company can influence its editorial...

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Person: Edward R. Murrow

Posted by on Mar 11, 2010 in People | Comments Off on Person: Edward R. Murrow

Had Adolph Hitler not chosen to subjugate England during the blitz of 1939,...

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Song: "Respect"

Posted by on Mar 10, 2010 in Songs | Comments Off on Song: "Respect"

Aretha Franklin (Great American Things, July 18, 2009) was already a star...

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Sports: John Wooden

Posted by on Mar 9, 2010 in Sports | Comments Off on Sports: John Wooden

Under coach John Wooden, UCLA won seven consecutive NCAA men’s basketball...

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Film: The Sixth Sense

Posted by on Mar 8, 2010 in Film | Comments Off on Film: The Sixth Sense

“I see dead people.” One of the best-known taglines in movie...

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Americana: Advertising Jingles

Posted by on Mar 7, 2010 in Americana | Comments Off on Americana: Advertising Jingles

The older you are, the more of these ditties you have rattling around your...

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Singers: Talking Heads

Posted by on Mar 6, 2010 in Singer | 2 comments

It’s not unusual for bands to be formed by people who are in school...

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