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Ben Hogan Wins US Open (June 11, 2015)
On this day in 1950, Ben Hogan won the United States Open in a three-way playoff. What made it almost miraculous was that Hogan had suffered multiple injuries sixteen months earlier when a Greyhound…
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Jennifer Givhan: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
_______________________________________________________ Apocalypse Déjà Vu At the end of the world the dishes pile in the sink;…
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On His Birthday: Ben Jonson’s “My Picture Left in Scotland” [by David Lehman]
Ben Jonson (born June 11, 1572, in London). My Picture Left in Scotland I now think Love is rather deaf than blind, For else it could not be That she, Whom I adore so…
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The Great Miami Shootout (Edited for Television) [by Joe Lehman]
In some ways a Manichean story about the clash between the forces of good and evil, the 1988 television true-life docudrama In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders exemplifies the tendency of such…
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Prince Harry Tosses His Cap into the Ring!
Prince Harry today declared he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. When told that you need to have been born in the United States to be eligible, Harry said, "What about…
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Happy birthday, Cole Porter (June 9)
I get a kick out of you, Cole Porter. It's de-lovely. . .to hear your songs sung.Your lyrics remain as young and "easy to love" as ever. So here's "looking at you," chum. Furthermore,…
