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On “Must Win” Games
Marv Levy, when he coached the Buffalo Bills, was asked whether an upcoming game was a "must win." Levy paused, then said, "World War II was a 'must win'." — DL
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A Wish for 2012: Bring back handwritten letters (by Stacey Harwood)
Eero Saarinen to Aline Bernstein1954. Smithsonian Archive of American Art.
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Card by Frederick Hammersley from Smithsonian Archives of American Art
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From the Archives: A Christmas Sermon by Jill Alexander Essbaum (December 25, 2010)
(Yup. What follows is a Christian, Christmas sermon. You've been warned.) A couple of weeks ago I was on a flight from Palm Springs, returning home from the December residency of the MFA low-res…
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“Downton Abbey” and “Mrs. Miniver”
Like other anglophiles who spent a few years in England and understands the heroic significance of World War II (Dunkirk, blackouts, Hail Brittania! pomp, circumstance, and the bulldog at Ten Downing Street!) to the…
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful. . .
It snowed overnight. . . but we've got brand new snow tires and Mr Sinatra to croon the words by Sammy Cahn, the music by Jule Styne.
