Are America’s Best Days Behind Us? By Fareed Zakaria Thursday, Mar. 03, 2011 Illustrations by Joe Magee for TIME I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American … Continue reading →
APRIL 1965/ BILLBOARD 1. I’M TELLING YOU NOW/ FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS 2. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK/ THE BEATLES 3. CAN’T YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT/ HERMAN’S HERMITS 4. STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE/ THE SUPREMES 5. KING OF THE … Continue reading →
AP (2005) No need to count sheep THE GAZETTE, 3/30, p. 1a. Americans continue to get less sleep and poor quality of sleep since the beginning of the monitoring of this behavior. In 2000, nearly 2/3rds reported sleeping problems. Today, … Continue reading →
ANY TIME, ANY DAY JOEL CHARLES SNELL 56THST.COM/ time after time, day after day i can’t stop thinkin’ about you baby i guess it’s nature’s way any time… any day… i can’t stop thinkin’ about you baby i guess it’s … Continue reading →
ANOTHER SMILEY I came across some more music that was recorded at the same time as SMILEY SMILE. The material is more listenable and so combined it with the music published at the time. For Beach boys’ fans, this was … Continue reading →
ANNIE SNELL 3020 MEREDITH ST. OMAHA, NEBASKA/ died 70 years ago. Annie Snell died 70 years ago today. Her husband, George died numerous years ago. She never remarried, but became a seamstress, and remade her home for renters. This was … Continue reading →
AMERICANS REPORT HAVING DEPRESSION ONE MONTH A YEAR Associated Press, (2004) “Survey: Americans are sad three days a month” MSNBC, 7/29 P.1-2 Sad and lonely? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sampled 166,000 adults in 38 states from 1995 … Continue reading →
AMERICANS REPORT HAVING DEPRESSION ONE MONTH A YEAR Associated Press, (2004) “Survey: Americans are sad three days a month” MSNBC, 7/29 P.1-2 Sad and lonely? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sampled 166,000 adults in 38 states from 1995 … Continue reading →
AMERICANS EATING BIOTECH FOODS WITHOUT COMPLAINT Johnson, Linda (2005) Americans eating biotech foods, but still clueless The Associated Press and THE GAZETTE, 3/27, p. 5d. On the whole, Americans know little about what they buy at the supermarket. Today roughly … Continue reading →
AMERICANS BUYING FOREIGN CARS ______ (2004) “Car Talk” BUSINESS WEEK, 12/13, p.16 Twenty years ago, American consumers purchased 76% of their cars from USA automakers. Today, the U.S. share is down to 56.5%. Sales appear to be flat and the … Continue reading →