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...DIED. GERRY THOMAS, 83, inventor of the TV dinner; in Phoenix, Arizona. Thomas came up with the idea as a marketer for poultry company C.A. Swanson & Sons, after seeing that Pan American Airways was developing a flat aluminum tray for hot in-flight meals. Since Swanson had a post-Thanksgiving bird surplus, he devised a multicompartment tray for the turkey and accompanying side dishes. Introduced in 1954, the dinners took off, selling 10 million that year and earning Thomas a raise and a spot on Hollywood's Walk of Fame...
...winter morning at Ha'atafu Beach on the northwestern tip of Tongatapu, the Kingdom of Tonga's main island, Sokoi Liava'a crouches on the shore and eyes the building swell with visible excitement. The forecasts that have been buzzing about the beach were right. After a week of flat or messy seas, clean 2-m waves are rolling in. The tall 25-year-old took up surfing eight months ago. He's unemployed now - a friend chips in that this is because Liava'a kept taking sick days to catch waves. Liava'a laughs this off, but without diverting...
...though the northern and southern tiers of France. Now, we wonder if he could have won 10. Armstrong wore the yellow jersey for 16 (out of 21) stages, more than any of his previous six wins. After trailing fellow American Dave Zabriskie by two seconds through the first three flat stages in early July, Armstrong took the yellow jersey after the fourth stage, a team time trial in which Zabriskie crashed, ending his Tour. Armstrong gave the jersey up for a day, to Germany?s Jen Voight, after the ninth stage, saving his strength for the Alpine climbs. Armstrong came...
DIED. GERRY THOMAS, 83, inventor of the TV dinner; in Phoenix, Ariz. He came up with the idea as a marketer for poultry company C.A. Swanson & Sons, after seeing that Pan American Airways was developing a flat aluminum tray for hot in-flight meals. Since Swanson had a post-Thanksgiving bird surplus, he devised a multi-compartment tray for the turkey and accompanying side dishes. Introduced in 1954 with a package resembling a TV set, the dinners took off, selling 10 million that year and earning Thomas a raise, a spot on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and hate letters...
...TEST RESULTS SHOWED NO IMPROVEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. DO YOU STILL WANT TO EXPAND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND TO HIGH SCHOOLS? We have flat scores for 30 years for 17-year-olds. Flat is not good enough...