Tag: american society
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May 31, 2007 12:13 PM EDT --
From my own personal observations it seems that half of the Gather members seen things. This is not a perfectly scientific conclusion, just a feeling based on reading hundreds of articles and comments . . .
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July 17, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Nearly two-thirds of the 65 million American adults with high blood pressure don’t have it under control. That’s a big problem, because it’s a major cause of stroke, heart attack, heart . . .
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January 27, 2009 12:08 PM EST --
I've noticed it here on Gather and it seems to be an epidemic spreading across the world. The labeling of people as being one side or another. If you state an opinion on a subject you are labled . . .
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March 20, 2008 06:49 PM EDT --
effects of automobile cultture on American society
MOTORING - The Highway Experience in America by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. U. of Georgia Press, Athens, GA; www.ugapress.org; ssharer@ugapress.uga.edu. . . .
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April 17, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
May, 1990
He’s a sensitive soul, my middle child, Joe. Today, he has come home from school quieter than usual. I ask if he’s feeling all right. He says he’s OK. He gulps down some crackers . . .
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November 05, 2007 01:52 PM EST --
Just yesterday, Elena noticed how many female connections I had. I never really took notice, but yes it is true the majority of my connections are woman.
Question: What is . . .
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June 29, 2009 09:08 AM EDT --
hotels in small-town America in the mid 1900's era of the automobile
AMERICA'S MAIN STREET HOTELS - Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. U. of . . .
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September 27, 2007 12:46 PM EDT --
the practical case for quality prekindergarten programs
ENRICHING CHILDREN, ENRICHING THE NATION - Public Investment in High-Quality Prekindergarten by Robert G. Lynch. Economic Policy Institute, . . .
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October 04, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
1. Caveman
2. Carpoolers
3. Bionic Women
4. Private Practice
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January 16, 2007 07:04 PM EST --
Timothy Leary, the unforgettable 1960's character, was raised in a well-to-do, Irish Catholic family in Massachusetts. Through his exceptional (though not prodigious) academic . . .
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November 01, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
AMERICA THE MIDDLEBROW - Women's Novels, Progressivism, and Middlebrow Authorship Between the Wars by Jaime Harker. U. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA; www.umass.edu/umpress; potts@umpress.umass.edu. . . .
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November 08, 2007 01:08 PM EST --
Wal-Mart wants to feed its customers demands for $1.99 pairs of flip-flops. That being the case, they use their billion-dollar bulk to intimidate and strong-arm the many manufactures that depend on Wal-Mart, . . .
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August 25, 2006 11:20 PM EDT --
We just finished watching the DVD from Blockbuster.com with the Title of The River King. It was supposed to have based on the book by the same name. A boy at a school in the north east . . .
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October 02, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
Here we go again, another idiotic lawsuit in the works. This time instead of 30 million dollar pair of pants, it is a 1 million dollar iPhone.
It seems a woman in . . .
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January 21, 2008 07:07 PM EST --
the illusions of environmentalism
SHOPPING OUR WAY TO SAFETY - How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves by Andrew Szasz. U. of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, . . .
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April 16, 2009 11:07 AM EDT --
how Southern culture worked to allow for racial lynchings
WHAT VIRTUE THERE IS IN FIRE - Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose by Edwin T. Arnold. U. of Georgia Press, Athens, GA; www.ugapress.org; . . .
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August 15, 2009 10:49 PM EDT --
Last week I wrote a blog posting in Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness debunking several statements in a “public service announcement ” (PSA) that was released in video by the Muslim American . . .
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October 05, 2006 04:09 PM EDT --
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September 17, 2007 10:50 AM EDT --
Here we go again. O.J. arrested in Las Vegas on two counts of robbery, two counts of assault and conspiracy to commit a burglary with a firearm. He is being held in jail, pending a bail . . .
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September 29, 2007 05:45 PM EDT --
First let me start by commenting, this is not a pro-illegal issue or pro illegal immigrant article. I believe and always have, that we as a Nation have every right and obligation to . . .
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