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...disease. Lynn Smith, a newspaper editor in Monticello, Minn., and a former smoker, wrote editorials in the 1970s urging others to quit. Smith, who once told the New York Times he started smoking "as a teenager by picking up butts from the street during the Depression," organized a local event called "D-Day," or "Don't Smoke Day," in 1976. The next year, the California chapter of the American Cancer Society sponsored a similar event, and by 1977, the Great American Smokeout was born. In subsequent years, the Smokeout has encouraged millions of Americans to set aside their packs...
...feel about Barack Obama's election win a few days before your own? I thought it was a particularly moving event and history in the making. It's hard not be excited by the election of Obama, not just for what he has achieved but for what he might achieve as President of the United States. From a global perspective, it was another really important milestone: an African American elected as President. For me, it was another example of change. We'd seen that in Australia with Kevin Rudd, then Obama's election. It certainly helped set the mood...
...both Fort Bragg and the Pope Air Force Base threw a party on Nov. 15 for a thousand new and expectant military moms--a baby boomlet prompted by the return since October 2007 of some 22,000 members of the 82nd Airborne from active duty in Iraq. The event was held in Fayetteville's Crown Exposition Center, complete with a buffet, a cupcake table, plenty of bottled water and raffle prizes ranging from a 2009 Chevy Malibu to a Fisher-Price Take-Along Swing for infants...
...workers and their clients both in film and in reality. Some attendees, such as Rheeqrheeq A. Chainey ’11, a women, gender, and sexuality concentrator, were attracted to the subject matter because of their fields of study. “I’m always interested in events like this because it’s so tied into my concentration,” said Chainey, who is also studying drama and who appreciated that the discussion focused on film. The event was co-organized by Matthews Mmopi ’11 and Eva B. Rosenberg...
...calls resumed in 2003, though there was no confirmed link to the man in Florida. Onofrey said the oddity of the call was less unusual than just getting a call itself. When the phone rang, “my roommate picked up the camera because this was the momentous event,” she said...