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The movie Marathon Man was released in 1976 and Laurence Olivier played the part of Szell a former WWII Nazi German enroute to New York City from South America to recover some stolen and previously hidden diamonds. Dustin Hoffman plays the part of Thomas Babington brother to a US secret agent and who unwittingly gets…
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It was a movie that got me into cooking; it was 1989 when Field of Dreams was released and there was a scene in the movie where the first baseman ghost (Chick Gandil) who had been dead for many years says to Ray Kinsilla (Kevin Costner) “You don’t have a cigarette on yah do yah?”…
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I am probably going against the tide of opinion when I extol the very good service I have received from the Unites States Postal Service (USPS), the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) and, dare I say it, Amazon. The USPS has always done well by me. I cannot recall even one missed piece of…
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Most American youngsters learned their Fairy Tales from Aesop and the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson. Me? I was a ‘T. V. Baby’ and that electronic device was my friend and baby sitter (and later boy sitter) so I got Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle The Moose, Boris, Natasha et al for breakfast, some times…
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I am out of bounds and I know it but the title ‘Broadcast News’ coincides with one of my favorite movies so I am going with that. Wonderful writing and three future movie stars; Future Oscar winners Holly Hunter and William Hurt and Albert Brooks (Oscar nominee for Broadcast News.) Released in 1987 it still…
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My answer surprised even me: "I am here because I am a middle child I will now longer be quiet - tonight I will speak up." (I am in fact a middle child three times over; 4th that of 7, 3rd of four and 2nd of three and so it was definitely time to speak up.) And I did.
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I had the good fortune (Koun) to travel to Japan on business. I was familiar with Lederer/ Burdick’s The Ugly American and so I was on my best behavior. I was remember being impressed with the sale of beer through vending machines on their city streets. Back then I was a smoker and after almost…
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I was thrilled when some relative gave me a crystal radio for my birthday.
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I would laugh at 'All In The Family' while the 'elders' would agree with Archie.
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I hope when you grow up you'll have kids just like you.
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Is It Safe
Prompted By The Dentist
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News Extra – Man Learns To Cook
Prompted By Learning To Cook
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Against The Tide
Prompted By Customer Service
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Not Grimm But Grim
Prompted By Favorite Fairy Tale
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Out Of Bounds
Prompted By Broadcast News
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Middle Child Syndrome
Prompted By Why We Write
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How I Learned To Stop Being A Litterbug
Prompted By Lost in Translation
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The Amazing Crystal Radio
Prompted By Sleepy Time
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Those Were The Days My Friend
Prompted By Mind the Gap
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As The Irish Say: Me Mom
Prompted By What My Mother Told Me
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