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Jackson's Death Means We're All Older Now and Need to Sober Up

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, The Moonwalk, I'll Be There, Charlies Angel's, Prescription Drugs, 1980's, Farrah Fawcett, Heroine, Charlies Angels, 1970's, Janis Joplin, ABC, "Thriller, Ed McMahon, Ratings, Fred Astaire, The Burning Bed, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Camero, The Partridge Family, Baby Boomers, Wacko Jacko, Thriller, Tabloids, American Bandstand, Martin Luther King Jr., Fat Albert, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Rock With You, Robert F. Kennedy, Celebrity Worship, Soul Train, Cnn, Sideshow, Jimi Hendrix, Cocaine, Living News

The passing of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett has hit us near-baby boomers and full-on baby boomers with a rock and roll punch to the gut we weren't ready for.

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I Won't Chat! Don't Ask Me!

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Oscar Hammerstein, Depression, Linkedin, Twittering, Unemployed, Friends, Kerns, Online, Online Chat, Fields, Facebook, Internet Etiquette, Fred-Astaire, Communication, Media News

Here's my appeal to certain unemployed friends: step away from your cell phones and computers!

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Two by Earth, Three by Fire: Detroit Revisited

Lester Sloan | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Michigan State, Ford, Walter Reuther, Gran Torino, Anderson Cooper, Detroit Riot, Hybrid Cars, Woodward Avenue, Red Wings, Jim Crow, Eastern Market, Final Four, Lynching, River Rouge, White Flight, Stanley Cup, United Auto Workers Union, Detroit Institute of Art, Arson, Fred Astaire, Devil's Night, Motown, Detroit, Greek Town, St.Lawrence Seaway, Chrysler, Pall Mall, Great Migration, Detroit-Michigan, Living News

Ironically, it is still Detroit that gives the suburbs a sense of place and America a reason to hope.

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They Belong In Every Home: The Best Holiday Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Niven, Christmas Values, James Stewart, Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Fred Astaire, Jason Robards, Movies, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Holiday, Entertainment News

As we see the rampant consumerism of recent years yield to the fundamentals of the holiday, these films best capture the essence of Christmas, year in and year out.

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Backwards, in High Heels

Susan Brison | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Women's Rights, Katharine Hepburn, Class Sex, Susan Brison, Sex Appeal, Sarah Palin, Working Women, Fred Astaire, Election 2008, Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self, Ginger Rogers, John McCain, Palin Candidate, Politics News

Don't be fooled: we've seen before that the first women to be let into bastions of male power can serve to reinforce existing gender norms and make things even harder for those who'd follow.

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