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The Dempsey-Tunney fight
![It was instantly dubbed "the long count." And it has been recounted in tales both true and tall since the heavyweight championship fight this night at Soldier Field.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-09/34344192-10115317.jpg "It was instantly dubbed "the long count.\" And it has been recounted in tales both true and tall since the heavyweight championship fight this night at Soldier Field.")
Tribune staff reporterIt was instantly dubbed "the long count." And it has been recounted in tales both true and tall since the heavyweight championship fight this night at Soldier Field. Amid a screaming crowd of 104,943 spectators, reporters at ringside said it took...Tags: Soldier Field, Tribune Tower, Jack Dempsey, Radio Industry, Washington (U.S. state)
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'MacArthur Park' Jimmy Webb | 1968
![BY late 1967, Jimmy Webb was a 21-year-old wunderkind of the L.A. songwriter scene with the hits "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Glen Campbell and "Up, Up and Away" by the Fifth Dimension. He was invited to lend a musical hand at a fundraiser in East L.A., and there he met Richard Harris, the incorrigible Irish actor, who prowled the room like a lion with twinkling eyes. Harris wanted to sing old pub songs, and Webb played the piano, so soon they were unlikely drinking mates. "He liked vodka," Webb recalled. "And I was out of my league. Way out of my league. He said to me, 'Let's make a record, Jimmy Webb.' He only called me 'Jimmy Webb,' never just 'Jimmy.' "](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-06/30366587.jpg "BY late 1967, Jimmy Webb was a 21-year-old wunderkind of the L.A. songwriter scene with the hits "By the Time I Get to Phoenix\" by Glen Campbell and \"Up, Up and Away\" by the Fifth Dimension. He was invited to lend a musical hand at a fundraiser in East L.A., and there he met Richard Harris, the incorrigible Irish actor, who prowled the room like a lion with twinkling eyes. Harris wanted to sing old pub songs, and Webb played the piano, so soon they were unlikely drinking mates. \"He liked vodka,\" Webb recalled. \"And I was out of my league. Way out of my league. He said to me, 'Let's make a record, Jimmy Webb.' He only called me 'Jimmy Webb,' never just 'Jimmy.' \"")
BY late 1967, Jimmy Webb was a 21-year-old wunderkind of the L.A. songwriter scene with the hits "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Glen Campbell and "Up, Up and Away" by the Fifth Dimension. He was invited to lend a musical hand at a fundraiser in East L....Tags: Bars and Clubs, Weird Al Yankovic, Donna Summer, Dining and Drinking, Liza Minnelli
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Ridley Pearson's "Killer View"
Associated PressOnly Ridley Pearson could take a timeless children's tale and deftly turn it into a series of engaging thrillers. But that's what happened when the unlikely duo of Pearson and humorist Dave Barry teamed up to recast the story of Peter Pan as a quasi-...Tags: Fiction, Idaho, Crimes, Death, Washington (U.S. state)
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Top Authors Set to Participate in 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 29-30 at UCLA
NOTE TO EDITORS: Advance registration is required for working media planning to cover the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Registration deadline is April 20. The registration form and directions are posted online at http://www.latimes.com/extras/...Tags: Cartoons, Ticketmaster, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crimes, Ray Harryhausen
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Literary Focus Turns Westward for 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 29-30 at UCLA
NOTE TO EDITORS: Advance registration is required for working media planning to cover the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Registration deadline is April 20. The registration form and directions are posted online at http://www.latimes.com/extras/...Tags: Literature, Cartoons, Adults, Ticketmaster, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Joke's on them
Sun ReportersThere is no tougher room than the Academy Awards. Just ask Jon Stewart, whose stint as Oscar host Sunday night at times drew a chilly reception from the star-studded audience in front of him. For a while, he seemed destined to join an ignominious group:...Tags: Johnny Carson, George Clooney, Chris Rock, Culture, Cinema Industry
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11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Set for April 29-30 at UCLA Campus
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12, 2006--The 11th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will feature more than 90 author/panel discussions, author book signings, six stages featuring children's programming, poetry readings, cooking demonstrations and music....Tags: Ticketmaster, Orange County (California), Los Angeles, San Fernando, Children
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Obama, Sharpton, Gingrich, Bloomberg
The Swampby Mark Silva As an old friend of ours, the humorist Dave Barry, always liked to say: We are not making this up. And we are not making this up: On the president's schedule today, there's an afternoon meeting in......Tags: New York, Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich, Michael Bloomberg, Government
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WGN's Steve Cochran interviews Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Staff reporterWGN's Steve Cochran interviews Dave Barry and Ridley PearsonTags: WGN
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Andrew Meyer
University of FloridaAndrew Meyer is a University of Florida columnist who finds writing about himself in 3rd person to be both pretentious and strange, but will complete the exercise nonetheless. Andrew tries (keyword:tries) to write mostly whimsical nonsense columns about...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, University of Florida
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Nothing says 'festive!' like a trash bag with a bow
This is the time of year when we think back to the very first Christmas, when the Three Wise Men - Gaspar, Balthasar and Herb - went to see the baby Jesus, and, according to the Book of Matthew, "presented unto Him gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh."...Tags: Volleyball, Holidays, Symptoms, Infants, Religious Festivals
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KIERNAN P. SCHMITT
Lyman Hall High School Wallingford Harvard University, Brown, Boston College, Tufts, Providence College SATs: 1440 Southern Connecticut Conference Student-Leader Award; Key Club; Superintendent-Student Award; Governor's Scholar Award semifinalist;...Tags: Family, Connecticut, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Harvard University
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