Former Party Dude Reflects on Growing Old and Online Groceries
The writer recalls a wild era of party animals and naked ocean swims, then contrasts that with current dull leisure spent watching The Wizard of U2 with his daughter. He jokes about balloon puppies, banana ripeness online, and Dorothy versus Glinda in a self deprecating column from 2002.
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Glinda
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Munchkinland
Miami Herald
Tribune Media Services Inc
Year 1959 reshaped America in culture and science
Fifty years ago July 1959 Grove Press won permission to publish Lady Chatterley's Lover and Searle sought FDA approval for Enovid, signaling loosening norms. MIT historian Fred Kaplan notes the era’s shifts from obscenity rulings to jazz breakthroughs, the microchip, and the first Viet Cong attack that presaged broader upheavals.
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Chatterley
Kaplan
Norman Mailer
Allen Ginsberg
Columbia University
Ginsberg
Texas Instruments
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
David Brubeck
Eisenhower
U.S
Saigon
Washington Post Writers Group
Public shaming and policy on cyberbullying and Social Security
The column urges public shaming as a response to Lori Drew for the Missouri cyberbullying case. It questions using law for revenge, suggests a focused constitutional cyberbullying statute, and notes the victim Megan Meier. It also critiques Social Security solvency, urging Honest government action, and highlights obesity driven costs and personal responsibility.
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Lori Drew
Drew
Megan Meier
the Gazette
Colorado Springs
Colo
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Congress
Washington Post
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Congressional Budget Office
This Date in Progress and History Highlights
A dated column chronicles progress notes and notable events from July 20 across years. It lists 1999 IUP student Ryan A Rowles deanList honors and Lambda Alpha selection, plus family ties and university employment. Earlier years recount Brownies at Hershey Park in 1984, Navy enlistments in 1959, and Shirley Temple movie salary talks in 1934.
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RD 3
Clearfield
Violet A. Rowles
Clarence D. Rowles
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Clifford L. Peoples
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Fox Film Studio
Shirley
George F. Temple
Stock prices of area interest rise on broad market moves
Area stock quotes show daily changes from the prior close with local and widely held issues tracked. The report notes movements across markets as investors assess gains and losses while Advantage Capital Corp sponsors the closing data.
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