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She Bought Me Another Dog PRO
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 11, 2005 (message contributor)
“She Bought Me Another Dog”
Pepper Rogers, coach of UCLA’s football team suffered through a poor season back in the 1970’s. He came under intense criticism and pressure from alumni and fans. Things got so bad that he felt as if all his friends were gone. “My dog was my only true friend,” he...
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For Example, In Late Fall Of 1777, General ...
Contributed by J. Martin on Apr 12, 2005
For example, in late fall of 1777, General George Washington and his rag tag army of militiamen suffered 2 defeats at the hands of the British at Brandywine and Germantown. He and his 11,000 men retreated to Valley Forge, PA to establish winter headquarters. It was a dark time for the revolution. ...read more
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Perspective: Adapted. The Author Is Linda ... PRO
Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Oct 11, 2002
PERSPECTIVE: Adapted. The author is Linda Senese On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools. On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not praying. On Monday there were people were trying to separate each other by race, sex, color ...read more
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Who Will Provide? PRO
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 11, 2002
WHO WILL PROVIDE? A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents for thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man. "I ...read more
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A Story… It Was Autumn, And The Indians On The ... PRO
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 13, 2002
A story… It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the weather was going to ...read more
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One Evening A Grandson Was Talking To His ... PRO
Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 14, 2002
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandma replied, "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, ...read more
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