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Collectibles
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Not a member yet? Register now and get started. Register for an account. Sign in to your account. Television & Film. The world of collectibles can serve to represent a chapter in history or a crazed madness that could surround a fad. Sit back and remember collectibles that seemed to serve as the embodiment of wholesome American values ( Barbie. And Raggedy Ann and Andy. Walk through time and look at the staples of our culture, from the 1940's (the Slinky. And the 1950's (the Hula Hoop. And the Pet Rock.
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Pet Rocks
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Not a member yet? Register now and get started. Register for an account. Sign in to your account. Television & Film. Perhaps the most ridiculous fad of all, the Pet Rock symbolized the silly hearted nature of people which allows most fads to grow. Created by Gary Dahl (pictured), the rocks were seen as a perfect pet, needing very little maintenance and always behaving, quietly and peacefully. Dahl was born on December 18, 1936 in in Bottineau, North Dakota and graduated from what is now known as Washingt...
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Television & Film
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Not a member yet? Register now and get started. Register for an account. Sign in to your account. Television & Film. In the world of fads, Television and Film can often serve as a visual depiction of the trends throughout our times, many of them glamorous and many terrifyingly embarrassing. That first stared in the 1920's but became hugely popular in the 1950's looked as if they would change the movie industry, but instead all but disappeared, relegated to a return every five years or so.
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Not a member yet? Register now and get started. Register for an account. Sign in to your account. Television & Film. Fads and trends in music and sound have been around for thousands of years, whether in singing styles to musical instruments. Over the last 100 years, these have expanded to include ways of playing back and broadcasting music ( 8 Track Tapes. And talk radio (AM Radio, Satellite Radio and Podcasting) to musical forms that have swept the world (Beatlemania).
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Not a member yet? Register now and get started. Register for an account. Sign in to your account. Television & Film. Where once, the idea of sports would constitute only those events seen in the Olympic games, today sports include poker, competitive eating and even rock-paper-scissors, it is not surprising that a number of fads are sports or recreation oriented. One of the greatest fads of all time would be the Frisbee. Came into existence as the poor man's version of the real game and Inline Skates.
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Leisure Suits
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Not a member yet? Register now and get started. Register for an account. Sign in to your account. Television & Film. Leisure suit n (1975) : a suit consisting of a shirt jacket and matching trousers for informal wear – Websters Dictionaryleisure suit n (1975) : a suit consisting of a shirt jacket and matching trousers for informal wear – Websters Dictionary. Gary Dahl, the creator of the Pet Rock died. Happy Birthday Rubik’s Cube.
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Science | Great Black Heroes
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I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.". Mdash; Harriet Tubman. In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.". Mdash; Thurgood Marshall. Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.". Mdash; Malcolm X. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell. Educator Booker T. Washington. Home Run King Hank Aaron. Baseball Leg...
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Education | Great Black Heroes
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I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.". Mdash; Harriet Tubman. In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.". Mdash; Thurgood Marshall. Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.". Mdash; Malcolm X. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell. Educator Booker T. Washington. Home Run King Hank Aaron. Baseball Leg...
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Thurgood Marshall - Legal Pioneer | Great Black Heroes
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.". Mdash; Frederick Douglas. I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.". Mdash; Harriet Tubman. In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.". Mdash; Thurgood Marshall. Mdash; Malcolm X. Home Run King Hank Aaron.
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