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Time to be Plutoed
On January 2, 1928, Time Magazine featured its first “Man of the Year,” aviator Charles Lindbergh. It was a brilliant solution to the year-end dilemma presented by a traditionally slow news week. As a result, what is now called (in better parlance) the “Person” of the Year, has been an eagerly anticipated feature of Time…
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Dogged! Pluto Stripped of Planetary Status
Christine Lavin’s folk albums have been enjoyed in our house since before my oldest child was born. Of course, if you aren’t familiar with the singer, you may well wonder why her name opens an article purporting to discuss the latest news about Pluto. (You know—that heavenly body formerly known as a planet.) It’s not…
