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When it comes to urban literature, most people expect to hear about the author’s struggle. In fact, most read it just to discover how bad the author had it while growing up in a place like North Philadelphia.
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She crouched behind her mother, smirking playfully at me as a game of hide-and-seek began. She hid behind her mother as I hid behind my camera, having an exchange beyond language, beyond cultural barriers.
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While many coeds spend their days going to class, hanging with friends, drinking to the wee hours of the morning, and surviving on a daily supply of cheesesteaks and Chinese food, a small group of Temple students dedicate their lives to building the perfect physique.
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Wooing and courtship are no longer staples in the realm of developing romantic relationships. Hooking up – a very ambiguous phrase at best – has stepped in to take over where dating left off on a majority of college campuses.
… Founded in 1859, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company is a mega-company, operating retail titles like Pathmark, Waldbaum’s The Food Emporium, Super Fresh, A&P Super Foodmart and Food Basics.
In 1961, John Updike wrote a short story called A&P.
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History professor Ralph Young can’t forget the time Jay Leno went to Beverly Hills.
“He was asking people when women got the right to vote in America,” Young recalled. “These women in their fur coats and expensive cars – none of them knew the answers.
Lonnie G. Johnson
Invented the Super Soaker water gun.
Holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in nuclear engineering and his doctorate in science from Tuskegee University.
The Super Soaker water gun has profited close to $1 billion over the years.…
Philadelphia has had as big an impact in popular music as any other city in the world.
Daryl Hall and John Oates, who both attended Temple in the late 1960s, are as big a part of that distinction as any.…
The story has been told so many times that they recount it the same whether they are together or not. It is the story of how Hall & Oates, one of the most successful duos in rock history, came to be.…
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Senior film major Matt Makowski is a nice guy outside of the cage. His demeanor is polite, soft-spoken and gentle – but those who have squared off against him would probably say otherwise.