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...evolution in public schools was eventually overturned in the 1960s. And while most people in this town of 7,000 have been content to move past history, a Wisconsin-based atheist group, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, rubbed it in by purchasing a 12-ft. by 25-ft. billboard on the southern side of town to remind them of Darwin's legacy - and his milestone birthday. "Praise Darwin," the billboard reads. "Evolve Beyond Belief." (Read the 1955 TIME review of the original production of Inherit the Wind...
That stirred up some of the old feelings. The group's co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor says it was not allowed to purchase a billboard in the city limits of Dayton after the head of the local advertising company found out what would be on the sign. "Once we sent one advertising group our artwork for the sign, [the firm] cut off all communications with us," Gaylor says, adding that a company representative told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that he was a Christian and would not take money for any sign that supported Darwin or his birthday...
...last time the Harvard men’s basketball team beat Yale, “Let Me Love You” by Mario topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hitch reigned over the box office.Since then, the Bulldogs have taken six straight from the Crimson. Harvard (9-9, 1-3 Ivy) hopes to reverse that trend this weekend in its penultimate slate of home games. The Crimson faces Yale (7-11, 2-2 Ivy) tonight and Brown (6-12, 0-4 Ivy) tomorrow night at Lavietes Pavilion. Last weekend, Harvard dropped a pair of close games to Penn and Princeton...
Months went by, yet Holly's albums continued to sell. Decca rushed out a greatest hits album, which would float on and off the Billboard charts for another seven years. Britain devoured Holly records faster than the record company could produce them. Demo tapes, B-sides, previously unreleased recording sessions - they all shot up the British charts and turned Holly into one of the forefathers of the British Invasion that would strike America five years later. Both John Lennon and George Harrison learned to play guitar in part by listening to Buddy Holly records. The first Rolling Stones' single released...
...fast-food-service growth may flatten out; plus, McDonald's can expect more price competition. For example, Steak 'n Shake, the diner-style burger chain in 21 states throughout the Midwest and South, is promoting four different meal combos for less than $4. "In Los Angeles, every other billboard is a 99-cent food price," says Glass. The battle for bargain-hunting eaters is on. But given its recent winning ways, McDonald's might just add a few more billion served...