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The Great Debaters - Movie to see this weekend (December 29, 2007)
2007-12-29 14:03:24
Inspired by a true story, “The Great Debaters” displays the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views.
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December 29 - On this day
2007-12-29 03:36:23
1845 - Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1851 - The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China.
1937 - The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
1939 - First flight of the Consolidated B-24 ...
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I gotta leak - Joke of the Day
2007-12-29 03:28:57
How do you know when you’re staying in a Kentucky hotel?
When you call the front desk and say, “I gotta leak in my sink,” and the front desk replies, “Go ahead.” ...
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December 28 - On this day
2007-12-28 14:07:30
1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1836 - Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
1908 - An earthquake rocks Messina, Sicily killing over 75,000.
1973 - The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
2000 - U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years. ...
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A blonde and a brunette - Joke of the Day
2007-12-28 14:06:05
A blonde and a brunette were talking, and the blonde was very stressed. The brunette asked her what was the matter. The blonde proceeded to tell her that she really needed to sell her car, but no one would buy because it has 100,000 miles on it.
The brunette said to her, “I know a way that will help you sell it. I have a friend who can help you, but it’s illegal.”
The blonde said, ” I’ll do anything.” So the brunette gave the blonde the phone number of a guy who could turn back the odometer on her car. A week later the blonde and the brunette crossed paths, and the brunette asked the blonde if she had sold her car yet.
The blonde said, “Why would I sell a car with only 50,000 miles on it?! ...
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December 26 - On this day
2007-12-26 15:37:46
1793 - The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
1825 - Several Imperial Russia army officers lead circa 3000 soldiers on the Senate Square in the failed Decembrist uprising.
1933 - FM radio is patented.
1996 - The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification goes into force.
2003 - A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam. ...
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