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Lee Lightning
Lee Lightning, known to her family as Cherilee Mae Shipley and to some old friends as Lee Shipley, died January 3, 2007, in Swedish Hospital in...
Off Our Backs, 01/01/06 by Gianoulis, Tina · More from publication -
Laetrile
Laetrile, alternatively referred to as amygdalin or vitamin B17, has been in use as a healing agent for thousands of years. Claimed by many to be...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Tina Gianoulis · More from publication -
Parades
Whether to demonstrate military might, to advertise public events and holidays, or simply to entertain, parades traditionally have been part of the...
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Skateboarding
Invented in the 1950s by southern California surfers who sought a way to surf without waves, skateboarding has itself experienced several waves of...
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Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson is one of the foremost names in American tennis and in African American history. In a prejudiced, segregated society, and in the even...
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Cyndi Lauper
The mid-1980s heralded the coming of age of the music video as a mainstay of the rock music industry. Cyndi Lauper erupted into the music scene in...
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George C. Scott
At once a commanding presence on the screen and a subtly nuanced character actor, George C. Scott was a significant force in American theater,...
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Cheerleading
Few archetypes so exemplify every stereotype of women in modern culture as that of the cheerleader. An uneasy juxtaposition of clean-cut athlete,...
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Coming Out
Since the 1960s, the expression "coming out"--once reserved for young debutantes making their entrée into society--has been subverted to mean...
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Department Stores
With the creation of the first department stores at the end of the nineteenth century, came the inception of that most American of...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Tina Gianoulis · More from publication
