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Libraries: The Next Big Thing?

First Posted: 07/21/10 01:54 PM ET Updated: 12/08/11 03:53 PM ET

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Call it a hunch, but it seems to me that the thing is in the air that happens right before something -- families with a million kids, cupcakes, wedding coordinators -- suddenly becomes the thing everyone wants to do happy-fuzzy pop-culture stories about. Why?

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Call it a hunch, but it seems to me that the thing is in the air that happens right before something -- families with a million kids, cupcakes, wedding coordinators -- suddenly becomes the thing every...
Call it a hunch, but it seems to me that the thing is in the air that happens right before something -- families with a million kids, cupcakes, wedding coordinators -- suddenly becomes the thing every...
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