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● It was American bridge expert Phillip Alder who made the following sage observation: “We are born with talents, but we acquire skills.” ● The inventor of Life Savers was Clarence Crane (incidentally, he was also the father of poet Hart Crane). In 1913, a year after coming up with the recipe for the candy, Crane sold the patent for his sweet treat for $2,900. Seems like a paltry recompense for creating a pop culture icon that is still going strong after 100 years. ● Do you suffer from arachibutyrophobia? If so, you probably refuse to eat PB&J sandwiches, for fear that the peanut butter will stick to the roof of your mouth.

• Barnum wasted no time working him into his traveling show act, and took him on his first tour of America at the age of five. He changed Charles’ stage name to General Tom Thumb, and billed him as being an 11-year-old child prodigy from England. The crowds loved the act, and Barnum immediately began billing Tom Thumb as a regular feature attraction. • When the tour traveled to Europe, he was billed as being American, and as he grew older Barnum began revising his age downward. • After appearing on stage in a new comedy routine with two 8-foot giants, the hilarious act “Tom Thumb” (Charles Stratton) circus pioneer P.T. Barnum, was a huge success and 1850. and the enthusiastic audience approval brought the house down.

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On your recommendation, I watched Bill Pullman in Scott Turrow’s “Innocent,” which carried on the stor y of “Presumed Innocent” main character Rusty Sabich 20 years later, where he is accused of murdering his wife. I absolutely loved it, and it got me to thinking that in my opinion, Bill Pullman is underutilized in Hollywood. Can you tell me what I can see him in next? -- Virginia F. in Connecticut

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Before he hit the 40-feet hook shot Tour, but Sa out of the straw to take him to within for his man two putts of thesoGreen was famous There’s only muchJacket, “Mickeya little Mouse FunStanislaw Wiza bita of banter theDesperate, room turned to esque devo house” father can in take. I download a MON. NOV. 19th founded his pottery what Bubba Watson was wearing. He was kno Spiderman story to the iPad for my 3-year-old son, in Boleslawiec, an auto-turning storybook narrated byBubnone other As most of us know by now, that looked Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours Poland in 1963. than Stan Lee. won the Masters, largely ba Watson pleated gol Q: The enclosed photo is one of my child Buttoas the 300-plus story arc went due hisI listened, monstrous yard in acardigans an hood dolls. She was made byContact American Charyour Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. way I drives wasn’t expecting from a child’s book. 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While bot is the coliseum, where he takes on and coos when turned over. “AM CAR DO” is Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate first stop For the local techies out there, Watson are philanth PROOF writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at a wrestler $100with if they can last they have s stamped on the back of her neck and she is ADVERTISING uses offering a PINGanyone G20 driver a cusVictoria’s Attic www.creators.com 15 minutes in the ring. Spiderman easily wins the 21 inches tall. She is not wearing her original mon — th Final1/16th Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. tom pink True Temper Grafalloy Bipage, 4C, 13x rate COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM fight, goes to collect his earnings and demands clothes and her reddish brown hair Please is replaced Matrix shaft. The same exact driver golfers. Nei review carefully. 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