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...authorized a radio appeal urging every American to send a dime directly to the President to help beat polio. The first days of this “March of Dimes” campaign produced a disappointing $17.50. However, a few days later, mail trucks started arriving at the White House. First there were 30,000 letters, then 50,000, and 150,000 the next day. Desks, offices, and corridors were buried in mail sacks. A total of 2,680,000 dimes had been sent. With this outpouring of generosity from ordinary Americans, Roosevelt established the nonprofit health agency known today...
...series of captivating attempts at dealing with 9/11: first the photographs that filled newspapers, the television documentaries, then “The 9/11 Commission Report,” which became a national best-seller. In many ways, the film is about how ordinary life can turn on a dime, from mundane to terrifying, and about how fear, chaos, and courage build deep in our hearts. In many ways, Greengrass is telling a spiritual tale. “United 93” is a thriller, yes, but it both begins and ends with a prayer—the rhythmic Arabic chanting...
...Sandra E. Pullman ’02, the president of the Harvard ACLU and a former Crimson arts editor, defended the decision to invite Flynt, saying that the documentary “is being composed by an outside film company, and he’s not making a dime from it.” She added that Flynt had “expanded the reach of free speech [protections through] his precedent-setting defeat of Jerry Falwell...
...estimated $238 million in sales this year, into PPR's second most successful label after Gucci--even surpassing the iconic Yves Saint Laurent brand. Revenue grew 66% last year to $190 million, and profits tripled to $17 million. PPR didn't expect to earn a dime on the brand--which it bought in 2001 from the Moltedo family who founded it--until next year...
...There was no other paper that reported on black people,” says Montgomery native Rubye H. Braye, one of eight siblings whose family was active in the black civil rights community. She sold the Courier around Montgomery for a dime, keeping a nickel as a commission...