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Death Became Him… Ever So Briefly
As the president’s body was transported across the continent, Americans gathered in cities and towns, on prairies and hilltops, at train depots and along anonymous stretches of track, to say goodbye. Cowboys on the high plains removed their hats as t
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Suited for Space
For her coming-out party in 1959, Barbie modeled a black-and-white-striped one-piece bathing suit and cat-eye sunglasses, her now-iconic long blond hair pulled up in a ponytail. She was all set for sunning on Malibu Beach or a photo shoot with a glos
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Text Messages
IN 1866, WISCONSIN PRINTER Christopher Sholes designed a machine to print page numbers in books and serial numbers on tickets. His partnership on that venture led to this June 23, 1868, patent for a Type-Writer, to print letters. The new device was c

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