"He instinctively can find the shining greatness of our American culture and does a good job of highlighting it (although he also does have those rare lapses when he writes about hockey, but that is something caused by impurities in the Eastern waters or something)." Erik Keilholtz
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Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
Jupe Pluviusarch. Rain that interrupts or mars a game. Syn. J. Pluvius; Old Pluvy.1st Use. 1868. (New York Herald, Aug. 13; Edward J. Nichols). Etymology. From the ancient incantation to Jupiter Pluvius, with "Pluvius" being an ancient epithet for Jupiter as rainmaker. ~ The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary
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New Yorker Cover Print, June 6, 1959, by William Steig
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Fathers Day
When the nasty old bogeyman Fills me with fears And my little old pinafore Is all wet with tears And my cute little pug nose Is all red for crying Who is it that saves me And keeps me from dying? My Pa!
When my little pink cheeks Are pale with fright Who is it that lifts me And holds me tight And says, "There, there, little man Everything is all right?" My Pa!
~ Ursine Hat Tip (and a Happy Fathers Day) to Old Dominion Tory
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An illustrated advertising label for soap manufactured in Boston, interesting for its imagery and allusion to the popular "Know Nothing" or nativist movement. In the foreground are two American Indians, emblematic of the movement's prejudice against the foreign-born. In the lower right is a seated brave, leaning against a rock and holding a pipe. Above him a large American flag, with thirty-one stars, unfurls across the main picture area. The flag is supported in the upper left corner by an Indian woman, who points to the words "Know Nothing Soap" emblazoned on it. In the background is a landscape with tepees and a campfire on the bank of a stream.
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