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The Slice archive for Sept. 7, 2012
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 2012
Extremely short wedding dresses
No, I do not have photos. But I am wondering. Do you recall seeing mind-blowingly short wedding dresses? Was this in a decade commonly known as the 1970s? Was it in Montana?
Dickensian Spokane 2
What local criminal legal proceeding most reminds you of "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens -- especially the interminable court hearings attendant to Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce? www.audiobooksonline.com
One 1960s editor thinks inside the box 3
Yeah, a gimmick. That's the answer, Perry. www.sacomics.blogspot.com Don't do it, Lois. Make a run for it while there's still time.
Friday's Bing Crosby caption contest 3
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Not wanting to watch "Lawrence Welk" 4
During a certain long-ago era, almost every family had a kid who wanted to watch something other than "Lawrence Welk." And this impatient youth invariably would express his or her disdain for what was on the screen by asking "Which one's Bobby and which one's…
This date in Slice column history (1995)
Slice answers: According to readers, higher education administrators are the most overpaid people. And various lower-tier categories of nursing got a lot of support in voting for the most underpaid occupation.
Part of the welcoming committee
My elderly parents moved to Spokane on Sept. 7, 2000, arriving at sunset. I flew here with them from Vermont (with a stop in Chicago) and my wife met us. I had not driven us a mile from the airport when I saw a coyote…
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