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Daily Excerpt Subject
young josef stalin -- 2/28/14
i was hungry and you fed me -- 2/26/14
the late, great harold ramis -- 2/27/14
panic and mergers -- 2/25/14
the age of skyscrapers -- 2/24/14
russians are vikings -- 2/21/14
not many restaurants in 1963 -- 2/20/14
gold, camptowns, prostitutes and slagheaps -- 2/19/14
ben franklin prints money -- 2/18/14
george washington's tomb -- 2/17/14
layla -- a valentine's day love story -- 2/14/14
the most gracious people in hollywood -- 2/13/14
the danger of creation -- 2/12/14
the first time a president died in office -- 2/11/14
a shantytown in mumbai -- 2/10/14
the cotton club -- 2/7/14
breathing and our mysterious sense of smell -- 2/6/14
the british invent ping-pong -- 2/5/14
america starts to invent -- 2/4/14
edith and 'teedie' roosevelt -- 2/3/14