IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY |
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THEY'VE BEEN GOING IN & OUT OF STYLE |
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BUT THEY'RE GUARANTEED TO RAISE A SMILE |
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SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU |
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THE "ACT" YOU'VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS |
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SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND |
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In June 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" dueled on U.S. charts with "More of" this Beatles TV imitator band |
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A short necklace of these cultured gems has epitomized conservative dressing since the 1950s |
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"To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did...I've done it 1,000 times" is attributed to this 19th c. humorist |
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1966 saw the introduction of the telecopier, an early version of this machine; it sent a page in 6 minutes |
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"I can't get no" contentment... no, that's not it... gratification is close...aha! "I can't get no" this |
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This "Lovely" meter maid was "filling in a ticket in her little white book" |
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Senator J. William Fulbright's book "The Arrogance of Power" proposed an 8-point plan to end this event |
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Many celebs like Sienna Miller, seen here, have sported these fitted pants, hot in the '80s and again in 2006 |
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This J.K. Rowling girl says, "I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled" |
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The rollout of air-filled tires for automobiles was by this French company in 1895 |
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It's from the Latin for--look over there, it's Judge Judy, juggling chainsaws--"to draw apart" |
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He chipped in with lead vocals on "With A Little Help From My Friends", whose working title was "Bad Finger Boogie" |
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Striking down a Virginia law, the Supreme Court let Mr. & Mrs. Loving go on loving though they were of different these |
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This hairstyle that was big--we mean big--in the '70s has recently been seen on stars like Chris Tucker |
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This Miami Herald columnist wrote, "Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face" |
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First made in 1887, they went bifocal in 1958 |
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Some are intolerant to this disaccharide present in milk |
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Paul worried about being needed & fed in this tune in which he also warned, "You'll be older too" |
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On June 1, 1967 this man became Israel's Minister of Defense; 4 days later he was very busy |
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These 2-toned pumps named for onlookers have been stylish since their introduction in the 1920s |
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This heroine details her own consumption of 5,277 cigarettes, her gain of 74 pounds & her loss of 72 pounds |
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William Burroughs' arithmometer, a calculator that could print, was later called this "machine" |
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You pick a horse race's first- & second-place finishers, in order, in this bet |
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This song tells of "tangerine trees and marmalade skies" & "plasticine porters with looking glass ties" |
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Tragically, a Jan. 27, 1967 fire at Cape Kennedy claimed the lives of Ed White, Roger Chaffee & this man |
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First popular after WWI, these riding breeches named for a city in India were fashionable in the 1980s |
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She wrote the "At Wit's End" column & advised, "Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died" |
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GE's Senographe was the first of these machines used largely on women; regular x-ray machines had been used |
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This insurance job computes premium rates according to probabilities based on statistics |
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A 45-second piano chord on this song brings "Sgt. Pepper" to a thunderous close |
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