John Harrington - Writer for 24/7 Wall St.
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Americans love pizza. Several years ago, a Harris Poll, surveying more than 2,000 U.S. adults, found that if those polled could eat only one food for the rest of their lives, 21% of them would...
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No event is more life-changing for a couple than welcoming a baby. Amid the joy of the event, parents in the modern world have tough decisions to make regarding how to integrate their work world with...
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The 22nd FIFA World Cup will be held in the Arabian Peninsula nation of Qatar from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18. It is the first time in the 92-year-old history of the World Cup that a Middle Eastern country...
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Few industries were more profoundly disrupted by the Covid-19 outbreak than the motion-picture business. Theaters closed, workers were idled, some stars passed away, and projects were delayed or...
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With the midterm elections concluded, the political parties are training their sites on the 2024 presidential race and who the possible contenders might be. Typically the party that does not occupy...
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Some movie franchises are conceived as multi-film series from the beginning, but most of them grow in response to the success of film number one. Major motion pictures are tremendously complex and...
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Video games have been around since the 1970s but their growth was turbo-charged during the pandemic, as millions of people had to huddle in place at home and find things to do. More than 2.5 billion...
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What would morning breakfast be without the sound and taste of crispy and salty bacon combined with the yellow richness of eggs? It’s a mainstay on diner menus, whether served as a dish or as a...
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The best gangster movies are commentaries on why some people can’t, or won’t, assimilate into a civil society. These films often depict their protagonists as victims of their environment –...
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British rock icon Elton John is one of the most prolific and enduring musicians in history. Born Reginald Dwight in England in 1947, the piano-playing John burst onto the music scene just as the...
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Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro…. With these movie duos, sometimes you can’t think of one without the other. And in some cases – Fred...
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Thanks to the best efforts of state-run media and a propaganda onslaught, an estimated 60% of Russians are said to support the country’s current “special military operation” – i.e., the...
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Thanksgiving, that annual American rite of food overindulgence, is just weeks away. Before you settle into an easy chair and process that week’s-worth of calories you consumed in a single sitting,...
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What makes a film a cult classic? The fervor of its fans – the growth of a community of people who love the film, have probably seen it numerous times, can probably quote lines from it, and often...
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The 1970s was a decade of disillusionment in the United States as the nation reeled from the traumas of the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the gas shortage, and the Iranian...
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