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The Cubs are winning, aren’t they?

My husband, Barry, has been a Chicago Cubs fan since he heard his first baseball game on the car radio during a car trip with his parents in 1945. The Cubs were playing and he decided to become a Cubs fan because the bear cubs were so adorable. . He was ten years old and…

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Ghana Life: summoned to Accra

In the brief era of the people’s revolution, following the second seizure of power by Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on December 31, 1981, it became standard practice for people to be summoned to Accra by radio. The call that went out early one morning in July 1982 caused some urgent concern on the Kwame…

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sunny and boycs

There have been some truly great opening batsmen to grace Test cricket since its emergence in the early 20th century. Some of them left an undeniable mark on international cricket. We are truly unfortunate people of this generation who didn’t see all of their talent and couldn’t see for ourselves why they were so highly…

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What motivates people to be charitable?

One of the great mysteries of human nature is why some people can spend their entire lives amassing massive wealth (often, but not always, exploiting the less privileged) and then donate it all to charity. Sometimes they even create their own charitable foundation, which they run like a business, to give away their money. Bill…

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Austria national ski team at Sun Peaks

With an impressive record in both the FIS World Cups and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, the Austrian National Ski Team has shown that it is a strong Olympic contender for the 2010 Olympic Games. Of the 23 Olympic medals won by Austria at the Turin Games, 22 of them were won by…

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New Orleans Part I The Invitation

Oh, my dear friend, – exclaimed David. – Then you don’t know anything about New Orleans and its inhabitants. Don’t pay too much attention to Katrina. The city is completely rebuilt. Well, I agreed to visit New Orleans, because I wanted to do this trip but I was afraid. Meanwhile I began to look for…