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The New Epidemic: Entitlitus

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.27.2009 | Media

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Mark Olmsted

The desire for notoriety is as old as humanity; we confuse a lot of attention with a lot of love. But recently people seem to be unable to distinguish between wanting it and earning it.

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A Sure-Fire Bestseller:Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

The Huffington Post | Tom Alderman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

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Random House founder Bennett Cerf was reportedly asked how to write a best seller. The venerable editor's answer: Lincoln's Doctor's Dog. Seems Abe Li...

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Video Books, or Vooks: Do We Need to Watch Books as Well as Read Them?

David Finkle | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books

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David Finkle

It would be a sin -- practically a capital crime -- to write off masterpieces because no one has the patience for the sentences Marcel Proust had the patience to craft so scrupulously.

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You Give Me Fever

Meredith Lopez | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Upper Respiratory Infection, Illnesses, Parenting, Gone With the Wind, Croup, Babies, Children's Health, Vaccines, Living News
Meredith Lopez

First, just a week shy of his 9-month birthday, the Princeling got sick for the first time. Like, really sick. Like, fever sick.

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 04.29.2009 | Entertainment

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John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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Final Close Ups on Faces Framed in Classic Films: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca

Penelope Andrew | Posted 01.26.2009 | Entertainment

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Penelope Andrew

Two actors from Gone With the Wind--Evelyn Keyes who played Suellen O'Hara and Fred Crane who played Stuart Tarleton one of Scarlett's many beaus passed away in 2008.

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Confederate Remembrance: Senator Webb, the Confederate Soldier and the Lost Cause

Robert Mackey | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Robert Mackey

The simple facts is that the individual Confederate soldier -- from the lowest economic rung and in many cases disenfranchised as the slaves were -- fought for a variety of reasons.

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The Bible Voted America's Favorite Book

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2008 | Living

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When it comes to literary pursuits in the United States most people agree on at least one thing -- the most popular book is the Bible, according to a ...

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