Thursday, March 28, 2024

A Bad Day in Bear Country | Outside Bozeman

https://outsidebozeman.com/activities/hunting/archery/bad-day-bear-country

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How the Most Important U.S. Civil Rights Law Came to Include Women | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change

But on February 8, 1964, a committed segregationist and opponent of the bill, Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia, offered an amendment to add "sex" to the text. Smith's amendment passed.7 And ultimately so did Title VII, with "sex" included.

https://socialchangenyu.com/harbinger/how-the-most-important-u-s-civil-rights-law-came-to-include-women/

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BBC News: Harvard University removes human skin binding from book

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68683304

The practice of binding books in human skin - termed anthropodermic bibliopegy - has been reported since as early as the 16th Century.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

A middle-age Millionaires' Row: Average 50-something now has net worth over $1 million

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

A middle-age Millionaires' Row: Average 50-something now has net worth over $1 million

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/01/14/average-net-worth-1-million-50-year-olds/72177890007/

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Saturday, March 02, 2024

THE ATLANTIC: I Wrote George W. Bush’s Cheat Sheets. Here’s What I Learned.


I Wrote George W. Bush's Cheat Sheets. Here's What I Learned.
Even the most youthful commanders in chief use them. February 27, 2024 Axios recently reported that President Joe Biden carries cheat sheets with him into meetings with supporters and donors. Some of these supporters have expressed alarm that a president would do such a thing. Perhaps these cards—aide-mémoire, after all—are a sign of age and frailty? From 2001 to 2002, I had the job of writing speeches for President George W. Bush. Bush was 54 years old when I started working for him—almost 10

Read in The Atlantic: https://apple.news/AJ8sWqR95Sky86UEeXeBLSQ


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