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Church, in fact, has been a surprisingly tough issue for the Obamas. They resigned their membership with Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in 2008 after Obama renounced the church's controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. And while the First Family intended to find a local church to attend when they moved to Washington, concerns about crowds and displacing regular worshippers has prevented them from finding a new religious home during their first year here...
...best toys transcend, their survival a testament to their purpose and power. The Babylonians played board games; the ancient Greeks had yo-yos. The Chinese were flying kites 3,000 years ago. Crayola crayons were first produced in 1903. In 1916, Frank Lloyd Wright's son John, inspired by the way his father had built an earthquake-resistant hotel in Tokyo, invented Lincoln Logs. And many great toys are accidents or improvisations, a serenade by kids whose first drum set is a wooden spoon and a tin pot. Play-Doh was invented as a wallpaper cleaner. In 1943 a Navy...
...Wright said that he has been persuing magic since he was 8 years old and started putting on shows professionally when he was 18. He said that he performs because he loves creating “an ideal of childlike wonderment” in the audience...
...Wright said that when he works as a nighttime guard in Pfoho, students often come to the office to watch him perform. It was Robb Fitzsimmons ’10, a late-night regular in the dining hall, who decided to put the show together to share Wright’s magic, which he called “pretty amazing stuff,” with the whole Pfoho community...
...Wright said he enjoyed performing for Pfoho...