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Robert Reich: Memorial Day Thoughts on National Defense

robertreich:

We can best honor those who have given their lives for this nation in combat by making sure our military might is proportional to what America needs.

The United States spends more on our military than do China, Russia, Britain, France, Japan, and Germany put together.

With the withdrawal of…

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Yep… all the cool kids are wearing these…
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Marilyn pats her curls. Naturally a brunette, Monroe reportedly dyed her hair blonde during her modeling days, after hearing that was the look agencies wanted.
Here, a series of stunning unpublished shots of the one and only Marilyn, as well as some possible explanations why they never made it into print.
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Marilyn Monroe , from Niagara (1953)
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Elizabeth Taylor’s bare back displays a fortune in cultured pearls from Tiffany’s. Photo by Richard Avedon, Harper’s Bazaar, 1960.
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Twain.
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Gina Lollobrigida