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...wife Edna's astonishment, Rubin bought a shelfful of Lincoln books and flipped from ESPN to the History Channel. He also went online and met Lincolns around the country, who helped him learn the trade secrets (you can pay $300 for a beaver top hat like Lincoln's, but a hand-me-down from the local theater troupe will do; always have a snappy response to kids' favorite question: "Aren't you dead?"; a little piece of pencil eraser affixed above the right corner of your mouth can serve as Lincoln's prominent mole; if you're not quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Abe. Honest | 6/26/2005 | See Source »

...best-known songs of the 1950s and 1960s were not sung by Elvis Presley, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. In fact few even made it to vinyl. Classic cuts such as The Jetsons, Leave It to Beaver and Gilligan's Island were heard over and over again as theme songs for television shows. Now, however, a two-record set called Television's Greatest Hits has put the hottest tunes in TV history on Billboard's pop albums chart. According to Executive Producer Steven Gottlieb, the record recognizes TV music as a piece of Americana. Says he: "People like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

With all the ills rampant in the country, one need only look at the faces of these immigrants to know that everything is going to be O.K. America is still on the right track. John A. Ciciarelli Beaver Falls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 29, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...clear my throat. I tailgate closely. And yet the girl with a faux-fur vest—who looks like a beaver has mounted her—will not move to the right...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stephen Fee's Rant of the Week | 4/7/2005 | See Source »

...parents, who he describes as hippies, set their child apart from the crowd, giving him his distinctive first name to honor a soldier who protected the French supply of arms and beaver pelts against the English...

Author: By Eliza G. Hornig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Clothes Aren’t It | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

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