More Stories, p. 3
More Stories, p.3
Business, Politics,Culture
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Short Stories on the History & Power
of Popular Culture
“Rumble Riles Censors”1958-1959 Link Wray’s guitar |
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Technology & Culture “Apple, Rising”1976-1985 Two guys in a |
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“Wayne For Camels”1950s Hollywood’s John Wayne |
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“Celebrity Buffett”1960s-2010 Billionaire Warren Buffett |
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TV, Music, Civil Rights When Harry Met PetulaApril 1968 Pet Clark & Harry Belafonte |
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“The Frost-Nixon Biz”1977-2009 The 30-year, multi-media |
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Politics & Television “The Kefauver Hearings”1950 – 1951 Televised Senate hearings |
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Music, Video & Advertising “Madonna’s Pepsi Ad”1989 A Madonna television ad |
“The Sound of Money”2009 A Dutch pension fund |
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“The Rocky Statue”1980-2006 A 20-year fight in Phila- |
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“Ruth at Oriole Park”1930s-2009 Sultan of Swat comes |
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“1968 Presidential Race”Republicans Film star John Wayne & |
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“Hello Stranger”1963-1966 Barbara Lewis brings |
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“Person to Person”1953 – 1961 Edward R. Murrow, CBS, |
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Music & Celebrity “Candle in the Wind”1973 & 1997 An Elton John tune |
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Annals of Sport “Slingin’ Sammy”1930s-1950s Sammy Baugh helps |
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“A Star is Born”1910s How the early film studios |
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Statues & Icons: TV “Ralph Kramden Statue”August 2000 Viacom’s cable channel |
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“I Won’t Back Down”1989-2008 A Tom Petty rock ‘n roll tune |
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Annals of Music “Fingertips, Pt.2″1963 A 12 year-old blind boy, |
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“Pearl White”1910s-1920s A daredevil heroine |
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Music & Celebrity Dream Lover1958 – 1973 Bobby Darin set the world |
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Sport, Icons & Money $2.8 Million Baseball Card1909 Honus Wagner A great baseball player |
Mickey Mantle’s 535th19 September 1968 With two good legs, this |
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Dennis Does Ameriprise2006 – 2008 Actor Dennis Hopper pitches |
