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...York Post reports that Barry Manilow is releasing an album where he covers classic songs from the 1950s. When asked why he picked the '50s, Manilow said, 'Because I already ruined the '70s and '80s.'" --CONAN O'BRIEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punchlines: Feb. 6, 2006 | 1/29/2006 | See Source »

...1950s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born In The U.S.A. | 1/23/2006 | See Source »

...claimed that Hamas should not be allowed to participate until it acknowledges Israel’s right to exist.According to experts and recent news reports, Hamas is poised to make a strong showing in the polls against Abbas’s dominant Fatah faction, which Arafat founded in the 1950s. The militant group has performed well in local elections over the past year, taking control of many important municipal councils. A poll released last Friday by an independent Palestinian firm, the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, put Fatah and Hamas in a dead heat, with Fatah taking 32 percent...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alum Leads Delegation Assisting Palestinian Elections | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

DIED. OFELIA FOX, 82, manager and "first lady" of Havana's famed Tropicana nightclub during its 1950s heyday, when regulars included Marlon Brando and Joan Crawford; in Burbank, Calif. With its casino, showgirls and lavish stage shows, the club was a renowned hot spot before Castro took it over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jan. 16, 2006 | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...will pass within a mere 6,000 miles (10,000 km) of Pluto?40 times as close as the Earth is to our own moon ? KUIPER BELT Voyage into Kuiper Belt 2016-2020 What is the Kuiper Belt? Named for Gerard Kuiper, who predicted its existence in the 1950s, it is a vast, disk-shaped cloud of thousands of icy bodies that starts near Neptune and reaches to about 4.5 billion miles (7.5 billion km)from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Stop, Pluto | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

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