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POPSMajel has boldly gone, rest well fine lady I had met her several times in my life, and I was amazed at her look on life. As a TV star, it was quite a life. And being married to Gene Roddenberry, a true match. She is now with him and I hope they have a wonderful journey. Thank you for the memories Majel
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POPSTV Guide Hits the Skids As a child born around the same time as television, I grew up with TV Guide as being my daily bible of all kinds of magic stuff on the tube. Every Sept, I would rush to the store to pick-up the Fall Preview Issue to research the brand new shows that would be premiering for the new season. Who'da thunk that 55 years later, the entire enterprise would be sold for a buck, with only a prayer that it will remain in print much longer? I found this article interesting and in a sense, nostalgic and decided to share it with my ClipMarks friends.
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POPSThey did not give up R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York City caught on. When Bell telephone was struggling to get started, its owners offered all their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy." Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work An expert said of Vince Lombardi: "He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation." Michael Jordan and Bob Cousy were each cut from their high school basketball teams. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After Fred Astaire's first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, read, "Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress, she was to"Try any other profes
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POPSBeloit College's Archiving Of Our Mindsets "Each August since 1998, as faculty prepare for the academic year, Beloit College in Wisconsin has released the Beloit College Mindset List. A creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it looks at the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year students." I only included 20 numbers from the 75 items of the year's mindset list. :) There is also an archive of mindset lists from previous years on the website. See if it covers your college freshman batch.
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