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1. Much Ado About Middle Grade

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The Horn Book Magazine (Periodical) -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Bibliography -- Best books, Centennial celebrations, Elementary school students -- Influence, Books and reading -- Forecasts and trends, Periodical publishing -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Market trend/market analysis, Literature/writing, Publishing industry
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When we set out to write a few pages about this issue's centennial mini-theme of middle grade, we were somewhat daunted, and with good reason. We've said this before, but--it's [...]

Published
2024

2. Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains, Ga., celebrates the former president turning 100

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Plains, Georgia -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Ex-presidents -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5123852 BYLINE: SOFI GRATAS HOST: MICHEL MARTIN MICHEL MARTIN: Jimmy Carter turns 100 years old today. He is already the oldest living president [...]

Published
2024

3. ‘Best kept secret’ in aviation history gets a once-in-a-century celebration in Seattle

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United States. Army. Air Corps -- History -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Seattle, Washington -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Flights around the world -- History -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Aeronautics -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5119937 HOST: SCOTT DETROW SCOTT DETROW: Here's a bit of aviation trivia. A hundred years ago today, the first round-the-world journey by flight [...]

Published
2024

4. Few writers have seen America more clearly than James Baldwin

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Centennial celebrations, African American authors -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Influence -- Works -- Appreciation
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IN THE months after a young black man in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot by a white policeman in 2014—galvanising the Black Lives Matter movement—no prominent African-American writer was invoked more […]

Published
2024

5. BACK TAXES AND GRAVEL PITS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CALGARY'S BURNSLAND CEMETERY

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Sucha, Don

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Centennial celebrations, Cemeteries -- History -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Maintenance and repair -- Location, History
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There are layers of history contained inside a community's cemeteries--the stories of those buried there, the architectural history of the monuments and buildings, and the history of the cemetery itself [...]

Published
2023

8. Jimmy Carter turns 100, and his hometown is ringing in the milestone

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Craig, Tim and Parks, Casey

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Plains, Georgia -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Ex-presidents -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Tim Craig, Casey Parks PLAINS, Ga. - Signs that read 'Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!' dotted lawns. The local general store stocked up on its famous peanut butter ice [...]

Published
2024

12. A tragedy of imperialism: E.M. Forster's A Passage to India at 100

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Parker, Peter

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A Passage to India (Novel) -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Authorship, Romantic love, Centennial celebrations, Authors -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Travel, Literature/writing
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'My time since I landed a week ago has been so marvellous that it will read like a dream', E. M. Forster wrote on October 30, 1912, shortly after arriving [...]

Published
2024

13. A bookstore named for James Baldwin is counting down to his 100th birthday

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Authors, American -- Appreciation -- Influence -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Booksellers -- Appreciation -- Names, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5020708 BYLINE: NEDA ULABY HOST: AYESHA RASCOE AYESHA RASCOE: Yesterday marked the centennial of the birth of writer James Baldwin. He was born [...]

Published
2024

14. On the centennial of his birth, James Baldwin remains relevant today

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The Fire Next Time (Essay collection) -- Authorship, Centennial celebrations, Authors -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Works -- Influence -- Interviews, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-5034000 BYLINE: ANDREW LIMBONG HOST: A MARTÍNEZ A MARTÍNEZ: We often invite the authors of an incisive political essay or commentary to join [...]

Published
2024

18. When Baldwin Took On the Great White Way

Author

Venarchik, Anna

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Centennial celebrations, Authors -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Influence -- Achievements and awards -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
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On the centennial of James Baldwin's birth, a look at this revolutionary work that was a playwriting milestone for him. One spring day in 1964, among the glittering theater marquees […]

Published
2024

19. America has a big birthday coming. How could we possibly celebrate it?

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Rodríguez, Jesús

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Fourth of July, Centennial celebrations, Democracy -- Public opinion -- United States, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Jesús Rodríguez In the course of human events, America has come to agree on one thing: that any modern birthday celebration of itself will involve sizzling hunks of meat, [...]

Published
2024

20. 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW: A look back at the news that affected libraries and library workers

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Newbery Medal -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Public libraries -- Facility closures -- Safety and security measures, Newbery medal books -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Reproductive rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Library and information science, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022)
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Organized book challenges continued to proliferate. From January through August, 681 attempts to ban or restrict library materials had been made in the US, with 1,651 unique titles targeted. In [...]

Published
2023

21. The Century Club: Simon & Schuster celebrates its first 100 years--and looks forward to the next

Author

Milliot, Jim

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Simon & Schuster Inc. -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Book publishing -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Publishing industry
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There have been many incarnations of Simon & Schuster since the publisher was formedin 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster. And as the company celebrates its 100th anniversary this [...]

Published
2024

22. Kurt Vonnegut Would Still Be Amused

Author

Sandford, Christopher

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Centennial celebrations, Novelists -- Criticism and interpretation -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Philosophy and religion
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The novelist Kurt Vonnegut, whose birth centenary we celebrate in November, was many things during his 84 years on earth: war veteran, trained mechanical engineer, crime reporter, corporate publicist, used [...]

Published
2022

23. Swedish grace; Svenskt Tenn, an originator of Scandi design, turns 100

Author

Atkinson, Nathalie

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Interior design firms -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: NATHALIE ATKINSON 'A HOME DOES NOT NEED to be planned down to the smallest detail or contrived,' architect and designer Josef Frank declared in his 1958 interior design manifesto. [...]

Published
2024

32. Family celebrates Henry Mancini's legacy on what would have been his 100th birthday

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Palm, Mike

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Birthdays -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Centennial celebrations, Motion pictures and music -- Appreciation, Composers -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Appreciation -- Works, Motion picture music -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Mike Palm Apr. 16When famed composer Henry Mancini discussed his childhood with his family, he made sure to stress exactly where he grew up. 'He used to talk about [...]

Published
2024

36. The ICMA Code of Ethics Turns 100! Celebrating this milestone and reflections on the year ahead

Author

Cowles, Jessica

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Centennial celebrations, Professional ethics -- History -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Government, International City Management Association -- History -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
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2024 Marks 100 Years of Ethical Conduct in the Profession At the ICMA annual conference in Montreal held in 1924, the membership voted to adopt ICMA's Code of Ethics, originally [...]

Published
2024

37. PRAIRIE Gazette

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Canada. Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Powers and duties -- Public relations -- Information management, Canada's History (Periodical) -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- History, Centennial celebrations, Names, Geographical -- Study and teaching, Web sites -- Educational aspects -- Usage, Company public relations, Company Web site/Web page, Company systems management, History
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We welcome submissions from readers for this section as a platform for heritage events and issues, items of public history as well as broader trends and developments influencing the contemporary [...]

Published
2021

38. INNOVOTING: HOW DEMOCRACY IS BEING RESHAPED BY WOMEN'S INNOVATIVE VOTING ACTIVISM & CANDIDACY.

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Centennial celebrations, Women politicians -- Statistics -- Evaluation, Women in politics -- Statistics -- Evaluation, Women -- Suffrage, Feminists -- Evaluation, Suffragists -- Demographic aspects -- Evaluation, Democracy -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Analysis -- Demographic aspects -- Management, Government regulation, Company business management, United States Constitution (U.S. Const. amend. 19)
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Professor Andrea Schneider, Director, Institute for Women's Leadership, Marquette University, Marquette University Law School Hi, my name is Andrea Kupfer Schneider, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for [...]

Published
2021

45. New Kensington man credits God, family for helping him reach 100 years old

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Felton, Julia

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Aged -- Appreciation -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Birthdays, Centennial celebrations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Julia Felton Jan. 13Dan Hawkins credited God and his family for helping him live to 100. After turning 100 on Thursday, Hawkins, who lives in New Kensington, celebrated the [...]

Published
2024

49. Challenge for the Semiquincentennial

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Holtermann, Callie

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Centennial celebrations, Designers -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Logos (Graphic design) -- Design and construction, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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The design studio behind the U.S. bicentennial emblem was asked to brand America's 250th anniversary. Per one of its designers, an impossible job called for ''an impossible construction.'' In an [...]

Published
2023

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