The Eternal Grief of Losing a Child
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This is how author Mark Twain described his reaction to hearing of the sudden death of his daughter, Olivia “Susy” Clemens: “It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live. There is but one reasonable explanation of it. The intellect is stunned […]
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Countdown Bin Laden: The Gripping Conclusion of a Ten-Year Manhunt
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In writing Countdown Bin Laden, veteran network anchor, Chris Wallace, and his co-author Mitch Weiss, found themselves facing a formidable challenge. How was it possible to craft an intriguing account of the manhunt for Osama bin Laden when the world’s entire book-buying public already knew the outcome of the story? Wallace’s goal was to write an […]
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Halloween Star Michael Myers Teaches Coping Skills
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Michael Myers is the epitome of The Boogeyman. He sits on the front row of Hollywood horror film royalty, right there with vintage fiends like Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein. His contemporaries, the likes of Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, have their macabre moments, but as Myers’ creator, John Carpenter, remarked, “He’s a force of nature, […]
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Harry Houdini died on Halloween, as Predicted
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Preeminent illusionist Harry Houdini died on Halloween 95 years ago. It was a curious death. A famous fortune teller predicted it months in advance. And shortly beforehand, Houdini himself suspected it was coming. While his attending physicians identified peritonitis, occasioned by a ruptured appendix, as the official cause of death, some wondered if foul play was […]
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The Beatles and The Music Man
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QUESTION: What is the connection between Meredith Willson and The Beatles? ANSWER: The song, Till There Was You, written by Meredith Willson for his Broadway blockbuster, The Music Man. This was the only Broadway song the Beatles ever recorded and, in terms of their early career, it was significant. Well before the Beatles had achieved worldwide notoriety, Paul […]
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