Alan Mandel
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BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant a day after he called for suspending the judicial overhaul
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I-L-L! Gritty win for @IlliniMBB in the Mecca of Basketball against No. 2 Texas.
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Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. —Ben Hecht
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@boomboomandel I wish him everything good in life! But by the look of his face he already has everything he needs
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Billy Hamilton makes ridiculous catch to rob home run for Mariners cincinnati.com/story/sports/m…
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A metaphor for the band’s entire oeuvre.
Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel
Pink Floyd is trending… And it seems to be a lot of tweets about how Pink Floyd is trending and no one knows why. #meta
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Turn it upside down and it's an alien reading Torah. You're welcome.
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@tedcoxchicago @Cubs Your standards are pretty doggone high. Not a Fergie either.
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@tedcoxchicago Smith's 1/4/1980 column called for the boycott by the US of the Summer Olympics in Moscow, making him the first sportswriter to do so. President Carter announced a few weeks later that the US would not attend the games that summer, in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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Clarice Lispector, meet Red Smith: "You simply sit down at the typewriter, open your veins, and bleed."
Emir Han@RealEmirHan
“I’m alive. Like a wound..” Clarice Lispector from Água Viva
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@tedcoxchicago @PikettyLeMonde You have too much time on your hands
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Mayor Pete has pulled @PikettyLeMonde's "Capital" from its prime spot next to Jill Lapore's "These Truths" in the background bookshelves.
Health Care Voter@HealthCareVoter
WOW! We’re thrilled @PeteButtigieg sent us this video to say he’s a #HealthCareVoter. Now, more than ever, we need to protect and expand access to affordable health care, medicine, and vaccines. Submit your own story here: healthcarevoter.org/story
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@tedcoxchicago @chicagobulls @espn @Chicago_Reader Reads better now than ever. But I can’t quite conjure my 1996 self.
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For those who just watched the @chicagobulls win the 1996 NBA title and are about to embark on "The Last Dance" on @espn here's my @Chicago_Reader column. In "1,001 Days in the Bleachers" I titled it "Father's Day, #Bloomsday, Championship Day." Not bad. chicagoreader.com/chicago/sports…
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@BaseballQuotes1 I learned to combine four letter words creatively for emphasis from him. Always been grateful. George Karlin reportedly was jealous.
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Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square. -Joe Schultz
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@tedcoxchicago Apt beyond Apt. and not available at Abt at any price
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Note to self: stock up on red wine, rum, vermouth, absinthe, white wine, sherry, gin, and brandy. And warn those wanting to punch me to first wash their hands. To confirm this is really F. Scott, click on the letter and read the opening lines.
Molly@mollyfprince
A letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald, quarantined during the Spanish Flu outbreak (1920)
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Never gets old-From the Flagstaff Films Baseball home movie archive
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