The Decent Dreamer and Its Bedford Falls Legacy
Ellen Goodman reflects on It’s a Wonderful Life as a midlife tale of George Bailey, its shift from grim postwar reception to holiday classic, and why the small town life resonates amid modern doubts. The piece notes Capra’s moral compass and the film’s enduring cheer.
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Oston
Bedford Falls
Disney World
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
George Bailey
Clarence
George
Jimmy Stewart
Frank Capra
America
Capra
Sinbad the Sailor
Boffo
The
New Yorker
New York Times
Chicago
L.A
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
Michael Medved
Pottersville
Donna Reed
Mary
Grace
Bailey
The Gazette Promotes Soybean Ink and Recycling Drive
The Gazette highlights sustainable printing using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth St SW or at the nearest recycling location.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Contacts
Cedar Rapids Gazette provides subscription service numbers for readers. General contact and toll free lines are listed for customer assistance and delivery inquiries.
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Cedar Rapids
Audio King Basket
Bathquarters
Big Brothers
Big Sisters Black & Decker
Campbell Steele
Galle
Carmike Cinemas
Thorine
Cedar Rapids Dermatology
Collins Credit Union
D & B Tree Service
Fashion C
Foreman & Clark Fox Eyr Frontier Garden Center
Gibson Partners Guaranty Bank Hall Home Furnitun, Hancock Fabrics
Friedel Kitchens
Kuba Funeral Home
Linn County Health Deparme Linn Photo Ltd
Longbranch
Silicon Valley birth video goes to family and friends
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View offers free video birth announcements sent by e-mail the day after birth. A Los Gatos company developed the clips which are broadcast to grandparents and relatives within hours, with thousands potentially reachable. Casey, 18 hours old, appears as her mother introduces her on camera.
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Knight-Ridder
Mountain View
Calif
Silicon Valley
San Francisco Bay Area
el Camino Hospital
Los Gatos
Richard Marquez
Kaaren
Casey
Skeletons in the Closet Gift Shop Lures LA Shoppers
In Los Angeles, the coroner's office gift shop Skeletons in the Closet thrives last minute before Christmas. The shop offers coffinsNote: This line may be off.
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
California
Japan
England
Australia
South America
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Pat Pept
Banl Rex's
Rac ‘Shop
Rex Brandstarter
Technigraphies Inc
the Blind Factory
Lighthouse Inn
Salvation Army
Tiny Tim's Colony
United States Cellular
Walker's Shoe Stores
Nest Side Sewing
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Eee
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Richard
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California Highway Patrol
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Ms. Lewis
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