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Cinema Smoke Screen
Through most of the 20th Century, movies with characters puffing away on cigarettes helped make smoking a popular, and in some circles, necessary status symbol. In the 1940s’ and 1950s’, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and scores of other established Hol… Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, bette davis, cigarette, cigarette smoking, front, girl friend, hollywood stars, Humphrey Bogart, impressionable teenager, lois lane, mom, pressure, screen, Smoke, smoke screen, status, status symbol, symbol, use, Youth
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"12th & Delaware" Joins the HBO Summer Documentary Series
June through August, HBO has presented a line up of documentaries, which serves as an alternative to the lightweight fare prevalent during the summer months. Out of seven films, five take on socially relevant themes including the hazards of domestic n… Continue reading
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Tagged Agha, amp, documentaries, documentary series, domestic natural gas, epidemic, fare, HBO, homeless, human rights, line, Motel, Orange County, quot, relevant themes, Soltan, story, symbol
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For the Strength of Rosie the Riveter: Make It in America
Rosie the Riveter defiantly rolls up her blue work shirt to show off a brawny bicep. She’s a symbol of American strength.She worked in a manufacturing job, one of millions that constructed the defense machine that won World War II for the Allies. She s… Continue reading
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Tagged allies, american strength, bicep, defense, job, Machine, manufacturing, Riveter, rosie the riveter, strength, symbol, War, work, world war ii
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The Shameful Silencing of Protest Outside the British Parliament
At the edge of Parliament Square, Winston Churchill squints – hunched and impervious and marble – over the gothic heart of British democracy. Usually, his only company is the smoggy traffic and snapping tourists. But for the past four months, he has be… Continue reading
Abandoned Cars and Memories of a Bashing
Dubai’s major English-language paper Gulf News reports today on a phenomenon that plagued Dubai throughout 2009, but now it comes with a new twist. The abandoned car — left to acquire a sand coating in a Dubai parking lot, sometimes with a note from a… Continue reading
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Tagged Abandoned, Bye, car, cars, coating, debtors, demise, Dubai, english language paper, Gulf, gulf news, memories, new twist, paper, parking, parking lot, phenomenon, sand, symbol, today
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Gold iPad Supreme (PHOTO): The World’s Most Expensive iPad Is Yours For $189,000
For those who find a regular iPad isn’t enough of a status symbol, Stuart Hughes has produced another option: the iPad Supreme, a solid gold and diamond-encrusted iPad.
Hughes, which also brought “elite” individuals the world’s most expensive iPhone, explains the iPad Supreme is
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Tagged diamond, elite, gold, iPad, iPhone, isMore, option, solid gold, status, status symbol, Stuart Hughes, Supreme, symbol, world
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Tina Fey & Steve Carell On ‘Oprah’ (VIDEO)
Tina Fey and Steve Carell appeared on “Oprah” today to promote their upcoming film “Date Night.” Winfrey started the interview by asking Fey how she feels being labeled “the thinking man’s sex symbol.”
“I’ve heard that,” she said, “and I sort of feel like that’s not really a thing, because I feel like even the thinking man wants Megan Fox and Jessica Simpson. Like, the thinking man’s like: ‘Yeah, get out of here. I see Jessica Simpson.”
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Haiti’s Resurrection: Promoting Human Rights
April 4, 2010
(Port-au-Prince) Today is Easter, an important symbol of rebirth. Christians everywhere rejoice in the victory over death. In Haiti the faithful celebrate in ra-ra bands, processions in the street led by a brass band, often hand-fashioned instruments. Children fly hand-made kites, symbolizing the resurrection and hope.
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Tagged April, april 4, brass band, christians, death, Easter, faithful, fly, Haiti, Port-au, Port-au-Prince, ra, rebirth, resurrection, street, symbol, today, victory
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