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The Ups and Downs of Matchlessness
My grandmother's tall, glass-fronted bookcase swayed out from the wall. Its doors flew open, spewing books onto the floor. She quickly jumped into a doorway. She shut her eyes, waiting for the crash, but another swift jolt caused the bookcase to jerk back against the wall with a bang, and that was it. The quake was over more »
The "most notorious liar in the country" Gets a Memorial on the Mall
15 months after Dr. King’s famous speech at the 1963 march and rally, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover told a group of women reporters that King was "the most notorious liar in the country." This came in reaction to newspaper reports of a mild criticism by King of the FBI’s handling of civil rights complaints in the South. more »
Week of Activities Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.in DC; Updated Plans
A week of celebration of Martin Luther King’s legacy began on August 22 with a press preview of the memorial to Dr. King on a four-acre site on the National Mall. It will end on August 28, the 48th anniversary of the famous March on Washington, when President Obama dedicates a memorial to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr more »
Another Aging Puzzle: The Case of the Disappearing Fingerprints
Recently, we had our fingerprints taken for a US government traveler's identification system. What we didn't realize was that we had lost an integral part of our personal identity. more »
