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...full name: there was Heidi Hansen, who played violin, and Heidi Hanson, the gymnast. In high school, the main office dealt with the problem matter-of-factly by announcing them on the intercom as “Heidi Hansen E-N” and “Heidi Hanson O-N.” It was only during college that I realized how uniquely Iowan it was to have two students in such a small sample sharing such a Scandinavian name...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky | Title: Matters of the Heart(land) | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...Except that this was news. Hansen E-N was praising the Iowa Supreme Court for unanimously upholding the earlier verdict of Hanson O-N, which declared that Iowa had to provide marriage to same-sex couples. Many of the Iowans who commented on the page joined Hansen in celebrating the decision; some, of course, objected strongly. Yet the most common reaction from non-Iowans was neither approval, nor dismay, but shock: “Gay marriage? Iowa...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky | Title: Matters of the Heart(land) | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

Another catchy tune--but much harder to convey in writing--is one in which the players simply spell out Harvard or Crimson in a specific rhythm as follows: "C, r, i-m-s, o-n, C-r-i-m. s, o, n-C-r, i-m-s-o-n." It's better if you just hear...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, | Title: Fire Engines, Disco and Camptown Races | 10/7/1998 | See Source »

...story goes that Tallulah fell for Actor John Emery because he reminded her of John Barrymore, o-n whom she had had a girlish crush. In any case, she knew, immediately on seeing him at a summer playhouse in 1937, that she wanted him. She rushed backstage afterward, threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. As Emery recalls it: "She damn near knocked my tonsils down my throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: One-Woman Show | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

April 28-2 p. m., F-C, H-G, A-N; 4 p. m., O E, D-L. April 29-2 p. m., N-C, F G, K-P, B-A; 4 p, m., I-E, D-J. April 39-2 p. m., N-G, I-F, C-L; 4 p. m., B J, K-O, H-A. May 1-2 p. m., A-F, G-P; 4 p. m., I-O, E-D, B-N...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revised Schedule of Matches in the Tennis League. | 4/26/1890 | See Source »

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