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90Club 33: Exclusive Disneyland Dining and A Little Extra Magic
The door may not look any fancier from the others on ornate New Orleans Square. After the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion rides it seems pretty unspectacular. But if your day at Disneyland in...
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88Hitler and the Volkswagen
Although Volkswagen plays down the connection (who wouldn't?), the company got its start during the Third Reich. Based on the Fuerher's desire to rebuild Germany into a rich nation where all families could own...
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87Ripples of Racism: Scottsboro Boys
Genarlow Wilson's case sits before Georgia's Supreme Court. Check out the latest on CNN.com or your favorite news station. Are there racist undertones to his case? How could there not be? Racism is not...
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86Artificial Sweeteners: A History
Which artificial sweeteners are safest to consume? Studies done in different countries have conflicting information. Saccharine, one of the oldest sugar substitutes, is banned in Canada, but OK in the US. And...
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86Gladiators: The Facts
Greeks say the Etruscans (the ancient tribe in Tuscany) started the games, but there's no physical evidence of that. As far as scholars can tell, small scale gladiatorial combat was the standard entertainment...
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85Shoe Wars: Adidas v Puma
The greatest sports rivlary is not Michigan v Ohio State, or the Giants v Dodgers, or any other of those playground "my team can beat your team" fairytales listed on ESPN. No, the greatest sports rivalry...
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84Cremations and Ashes: Urns or Art?
We all know what cremation is. No doubt you've heard the gruesome stories about people attempting to scatter the ashes of a departed loved one, only to have said ashes blow back into their face or stick to...
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83Phil Spector's Pyrenees Castle
You've probably seen Phil Spector's mansion, where Lana Clarkson died, many times on the news. It's not in Hollywood or Bel Aire, but in quiet, neighboring Alhambra, in the San Gabriel Valley. Middle-class...
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82Seven Wonders Of Arizona (and a few extra)
The Arizona Republic newspaper (out of Phoenix) published a list of seven 'must-see' wonders of the state, as voted by its readership. Actually, it lists 20 man-made wonders, with a focus on the top seven. ...
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82Immigration Policy in the Depression
"Los Angeles Police Chief Sends Patrolmen to Guard Border" Like the headline? Care to guess when it was printed? February 15, 1936. Here's the kicker question: Which border was being guarded? It wasn't the...
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