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Cop arrested for prostitute strip search Ad Links Buy one link » George Will, Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON - "There was, too, one wonderful simplicity of desire. It was the last time that people would be thrilled to own one toaster or waffle iron."-- Bill Bryson_ What Thanksgiving is to gluttony, the three days after it are to consumerism -- the main event. therefore, with Americans launching the Christmas season by storming the stores, let us recall when consumption had an exuberance remembered now only by those who experienced the 1950s. ... |
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In era of consumer delight, made-in-U.S. products ruled world GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group What Thanksgiving is to gluttony, the three days after it are to consumerism -- the main event. therefore, with Americans launching the Christmas season by storming the stores, let us recall when consumption had an exuberance remembered now only by those who experienced the 1950s. ... |
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