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War in Afghanistan
Techniques of the Taliban to Recruit Suicide Bombers

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has become the frontline for war between Taliban insurgents and western troops. In this interview, two failed suicide bombers, Abdul Quboshi and Farman Ullah, discuss how they got involved with the Taliban.  The young boys explain that they were at school when the Taliban came to … Continue reading

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Babe Ruth
The Great Bambino Calls His Shot

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Della Arnold Root, the daughter of Chicago Cubs pitcher Charlie Root, discusses the controversial ball that her father pitched to Babe Ruth in the 1932 World Series that Ruth allegedly predicted he would hit into the stands. According to Root’s daughter, the idea that Ruth had called his shot was … Continue reading

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Loretta Young
Beverly Washburn Describes Working With a Legend

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Beverly Washburn, one of the stars of “The Loretta Young Show,” talks about her experience working on the set with beloved American actress Loretta Young. She states that everybody on set got along just like a family and that Young was like a second mother to everyone. Washburn goes on … Continue reading

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Helen Gurley Brown
Revolutionizing the Self-Made Woman

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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The legacy of Helen Gurley Brown, former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, is remembered after she passed away at the age of 90 on August 13, 2012. Gail Sheehy, a journalist who knew Brown very well, recalls the type of person she was–claiming that Brown turned her back on the conventional … Continue reading

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Helen Gurley Brown
Cosmopolitan’s Editor-in-Chief on Men, Money & Success

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Joan Burnie, a columnist and associate editor at Cosmopolitan UK, describes what it was like to meet the former editor-in-chief of the magazine Helen Gurley Brown who passed away at the age of 90 on August 13, 2012. Burnie describes each of her visits to the office as “royal” and … Continue reading

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Julia Child
A Food Stylist on Her Friend Julia Child

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Sara Moulton, a friend of American chef Julia Child and a food stylist on Child’s show, “The French Chef,” talks about the kind of person that Child was. Moulton describes her as an inspiration and talks about the most important lessons she learned while working for Child, such as learning that cooking is all … Continue reading

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Julia Child
Getting ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’ Published

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Senior editor and vice president of Knopf Publishing House Judith Jones talks about discovering American chef Julia Child’s cookbook. The book, which Jones named “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” was something that no other publisher would have worked with it during that time. According to Jones, other publishing houses … Continue reading

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Julia Child
Americans Find Good Food

  By Sarah Dejak • July 29, 2014 Uncategorized
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Beloved chef and television personality Julia Child talks about her 1963 cooking show, The French Chef. Child says that her show helped introduce Americans to adventurous and delicious foods, as well as techniques to make cooking easier. She explains that, before her show, people were not so keen to trying … Continue reading

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Death of Meredith Hunter
Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway

  By Paul Hardart • July 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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“It was so horrible,” said Mick Jagger on watching the footage. See footage of the Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont, where Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by a member of Hell’s Angels, who were working security at the show. Hunter, dressed in green at the beginning of the video, … Continue reading

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Agent Orange
The Long-Term Effects of Agent Orange

  By Sarah Dejak • July 24, 2014 Uncategorized
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War photographer Philip Jones Griffiths discusses the pictures he documented and the visions he saw when visiting Vietnamese villages that had been sprayed with Agent Orange, a herbicide that contains high amounts of dioxin. As targets of the United States’ plan for herbicidal warfare during the Vietnam War, these areas … Continue reading