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McCagg, who is the assistant publishing manager of Candlewick Press, twice represented the United States in the Olympics, first in Barcelona in 1992, then at the Atlanta games in 1996. On both occasions, the American eight reached the grand final...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Sports Briefs | 7/2/2004 | See Source »

Even if your child hasn't reached puberty, talk with him or her about what lies ahead. If you'd like some help, check out the excellent picture book It's So Amazing! by Robie Harris and Michael Emberley (Candlewick; $21.99), which is geared to boys and girls ages seven to nine. It could help prepare your son or daughter--as well as reassure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Growing Pains | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...drowsy day in 1895 Catherine Evans, a farm girl from Dalton, Ga., journeyed back into the hills to visit a cousin. There she saw a pair of family-heirloom "candlewick" bedspreads, the handsomest bedspreads she had seen in all her born days. Back she went to Dalton. learned to make them herself. Soon hardly a wedding anywhere around was complete unless the bride got one of Catherine Evans' bedspreads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Catherine Evans1 Bedspreads | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

...Revere, Mass., Mrs. Paul Hahn, 61, is sitting in a trailer making candlewick bedspreads, waiting for her husband to return. She married him last Christmas. Last fortnight he unhooked the auto from the trailer, disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 20, 1937 | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

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