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...know what you’re thinking: Bill O’Reilly? Let me tell you, we’ve done the whole cute animal thing—twice—so it was about time for the cute kid thing, and Bill is the picture of the 50s commercial kid. He is good-looking, upright and proper, and has a small book open in his hands (what could it be? The Bible? The Constitution? The Federalist Papers?) as he looks at the camera in his white-tie apparel. He makes you yearn for the simpler days of childhood, when...
...Gang, that animated show. The premise was that the Fonz and Richie and Ralph and Potsie - all of whom did their own voices, amazingly - had a time machine, and each week they would travel to a different time. Never mind that the f______ thing is already set in the '50s. It just made no sense...
Charles Ardai was born too late. He's a dotcom success story--founder and CEO of Juno--but his first love was pulp fiction: those seamy, seedy, hard-boiled paperbacks from the 1940s and '50s, the kind with a hot broad and a cold, stiff drink on the cover. Ardai, 36, missed the great age of pulp, so after Juno merged with a competitor in 2001 and he had time and money to burn, he founded his own press, Hard Case Crime. Now he makes 'em like they used...
...women that pollsters are watching most closely this year are different in some ways from their "soccer mom" and "security mom" sisters of those earlier election cycles. For one thing, they are slightly older than soccer moms (in their 40s and 50s) and are juggling another set of problems - how to pay for college for their kids, how to take care of their elderly parents. They are also less upscale. Lacking college degrees, they are more likely to be feeling the brunt of an array of economic problems that now includes high energy prices, rising unemployment, soaring health-care costs...
...aware of your family's health history. If Alzheimer's, stroke or other degenerative illnesses run in your family, you are a prime candidate to buy coverage while in your 50s. Once an ailment surfaces, expect to pay 10% more right away--and that's if you can get coverage...