Archive for January 11th, 2007
The Indignity of Man - WWII
Naked Jewish women, some of whom are holding infants, wait in a line before their execution by Ukrainian auxilliary police. (October 14, 1942)
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Posted: January 11th, 2007 under History.
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Bend it like Beckham
Roll out the red carpet, Hollywood. The David Beckham show is coming to town.
It’s not “Bend it Like Beckham” this time, though. It’s more like “Spend it Like Beckham.”
The most recognized player on the planet — fashion icon, tabloid fixture, marketing giant and husband of a former Spice Girl — is taking his game and [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2007 under Sports.
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What if Robert Evans wasn’t dancing the tango?
The United States of America Library of Congress in 1999 selected 75 films of the 20th Century to be vaulted for preservation in perpetuity. In June of that year, a congressional member, in front of a filled Academy Theatre audience, bestowed an honor to Robert Evans that stands alone. He is the only living producer [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2007 under Movies / The Arts.
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What if you had to write your wife to say goodbye?
Knowing he was days from death on a trek back from the South Pole in 1912, Capt. Robert Falcon Scott wrote to his wife that “we are in a very tight corner and I have doubts of pulling through.”
However, the explorer assured Kathleen Scott that he faced his end without regret.
“How much better it has [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2007 under History.
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On this day in History
Inez Boissevain,
at the Suffrage Parade,
Washington, D.C.,
March 3, 1913.
“Votes for Women” Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
Equality of Rights Under the Law Shall Not Be Denied or Abridged By the United States Or Any State On Account of Sex.
Alice Paul,
Equal Rights Amendment
To the Constitution,
Introduced by the National Woman’s Party,
1923.
Alice Paul, chief strategist for the militant wing of the suffrage [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2007 under History.
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