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...national architectural treasure, right down to the lobby's signature, bowtie-shaped marble floor tiles. And the hotel's prices actually compare favorably to other upscale U.S. resorts. When the economy rebounds, say the Fontainebleau's new proprietors, the resort will still be what it was in the 1950s and 60s, a stage where even the middle class can see and be seen...
...have expressed themselves with “Let them eat cake!” angrily scrawled across their shirts? The answer is “Non!” Art and fashion have certainly always gone hand in hand, but it was the emergence of Pop Art in the 1950s and 60s that literally manifested this relationship in America. By the first half of the 20th century, Americans were already saturated in a visual culture—a culture that enticed consumption on every street corner and was epitomized, interestingly enough, by the urban department store window. The department store...
...proud owner of a 1931 Chevy fire truck that has been in his family since the 1950s, Purcell would have had access to the entire fleet of fire trucks in Nashville...
...that’s indicative of songs that are least effective on a sunny day.First track “Flowers and Football Tops” starts only with distracting reverb, which leads to echoing drum beats and lead singer James Allan crooning like he’s in the 1950s. Though the accents are hard to understand at first, the song is actually sung from the point of view of a mother whose son has died in a way reminiscent of Wayne Cochran’s “Last Kiss.” The drums and lyrics open into...
...marriage equality and that got 61%. So the percentage is coming down. We know that we have a long road ahead, but we are making progress. It was stirring to see President-elect Obama speak on Tuesday. I was involved in the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, and I'm certainly mindful of the whole history of the African American struggle for equality. Civil rights was never an easy thing to do, and it didn't happen overnight or even in one generation. I know that this is going to happen in our generation, though. It happened...