Between the Lines on Weird Al and Hollywood Echoes
A reader asks about Weird Al Yankovic noting his rise from California accordion lessons to parodies and hits like Another One Rides the Bus and Eat It. Other letters discuss Tom Bosley, John Denver, Kevin Bacon, Rene Cara, and Irene Escalara with updates on careers and upcoming projects.
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Lynwood
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San Luis Obispo
Queen
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Johnny Dangerously
Taft
California
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Jesslyn Simmons
Colorado Springs
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Bosley
Taft High School
Chicago
Lakeview High School
Kevin Bacon
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Jennifer Beals
Tracy Pollan
Philadelphia
Edmund Bacon
Fame and Fortune
New York
Circle Repertory Theater
Search For Tomorrow
Guiding Light
Secret to perfect fries darkens with sugar spray
McDonald’s uses a dextrose solution on fries to encourage caramelization, especially from September to December when potato sugar is lowest. They once included a small amount of sugar in salt packets, but the practice ended.
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Health-Food
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Information Services Department
Third Avenue
New York
N.Y
Journal-World publishes two weekly editions Wednesdays
The Lawrence Journal-World issues two publications each Wednesday namely F.Y.1 and EXTRA. For advertising or editorial content questions contact the Journal-World via telephone at 943-1000.
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