It’s what kept my grandfather going to work in the same Scranton lace mill every day for 50 years.
Campaign Kickoff Speech | The Feed | Hillary for America
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The Scranton lace mill where Hillary’s grandfather Huey Rodham worked was founded in 1897 and finally shut its doors in 2002.
At its peak it had 1400 employees. It had bowling alleys, a gymnasium, a barber, a fully staffed infirmary, and owned its own coal mine and cotton field.
During World War II, the mill produced mosquito and camouflage netting, bomb parachutes, and tarpaulins. After the war, the mill returned to producing cotton yarn, vinyl shower curtains, and textile laminates for umbrellas, patio furniture, and pool liners.
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FITTLER, Adolf (Steve)
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend Adolf (Steve) Fittler passed away peacefully with family at his side on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at the age of 75 years. Steve was born in Kapetanovo Polje, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) on January 6, 1939. He was happily married to his lifelong friend Hilde Leipold for a blessed 56 y...
Adolf FITTLER Obituary - Leamington, ON | The Windsor Star
FITTLER, Adolf (Steve)
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend Adolf (Steve) Fittler passed away peacefully with family at his side on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at the age of 75 years. Steve was born in Kapetanovo Polje, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) on January 6, 1939. He was happily married to his lifelong friend Hilde Leipold for a blessed 56 y...
Adolf FITTLER Obituary - Leamington, ON | The Windsor Star
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...m his hometown of Compton, Calif., to all over the world. While in Germany, he met the woman who'd become his wife, Miriam Brown.
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Equanimeous St. Brown enrolled at Notre Dame in January.
Not only did John and Miriam name their children after Egyptian gods, they also added "St." to their kids' last names. John said that's because he wanted his sons to be distinguished.
It's possible he already saw them as football players.
"I changed their last names because I thought about what it would look like on ...
St. Brown brothers preparing to invade FBS world | Prep Rally - Yahoo Sports
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That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the St. Brown brothers – Osiris, Amon-Ra and Equanimeous, names you likely aren't familiar with now, but soon will be. All three brothers are Division I football prospects – Equanimeous has already committed to play receiver at Notre Dame next season, Osiris, a sophomore has an offer, while Amon-Ra, only a freshman already has two scholarship offers.
St. Brown brothers preparing to invade FBS world | Prep Rally - Yahoo Sports
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Osiris St. Brown (left) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (right) with their parents, John and Miriam Brown.
Wish my mom (also named Miriam!) gave me a cooler name
...told journalists attachment to computers is 'bad for the soul' Pontiff praised parents who only allow computer use in communal rooms Condemned 'dirty content, pornography, semi-pornography' on internet Pope has 19million Twitter followers, but has said he does not use the web
Pope tells parents not to let children use computers in their bedrooms | Daily Mail Online
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Last year, Hillary Clinton was the most admired woman in the United States, an honor she also claimed in 2013. And in 2012. And in 2011. In fact, Hillary has been America’s most admired woman for 18 of the 21 years she’s been on the national stage, from her eight years as first lady through her Senate tenure, her first presidential campaign, and her time in the Obama administration.
Hillary Clinton’s resilient popularity: The Democratic frontrunner still leads in all polls.
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... fears of weakness, however, is Clinton’s real and enduring strength. Take the most recent poll of the presidential race, from Quinnipiac University. Within the Democratic Party, she is the favorite: Most Democrats, 57 percent, support her candidacy, compared to 15 percent for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and just 1 percent for Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. But given her long dominance over competitors—potential and otherwise—this isn’t a surprise.
Hillary Clinton’s resilient popularity: The Democratic frontrunner still leads in all polls.
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Norman Schur's 1000 Most Important Words
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Like “apex” – the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful.
Not the omnibus mail order corporation of roadrunner vs coyote fame
...ation is essentially a democratic experience, sometimes that leads to, well, less than trenchant analysis of the text at hand. I know I can trust the commentary from the polymaths who work at Genius (these are the type of people who all have several friends who have been on Jeopardy!, and a good half of everyone I spoke with at Genius had at one point come up with their own versions of the much-missed Google Reader), but can I trust the annotating masses?
Who Runs the World?: How Genius Plans to Transform the Internet | Brooklyn Magazine
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