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  1. Backlighting
    Michael, I understand they became friends eventually. Also, another Founder, James Monroe, also died July 4, but in 1831 (aged 73).
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    On July 4th 1826, both Thomas Jefferson, 83 yrs. old and John Adams 93, both died.
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    Peter, while on a bus transporting me and other G.I.s to work, I occasionally saw, in a rural area, individuals squatting and relieving themselves. Someone informed me that as long as one's back faces the road, it was legal.
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    I experienced quite a bit of that while stationed there during my stint in the Army '68-'69. Even in Yokohama, where I lived it was normal to be pushed on to crowded trains. Add to that the ceilings of the trains were not quite 6 feet so I had to bend somewhat to fit. All in all Japan was a very strange country. The food, language, driving on the left with the steering wheel on the right, women expected to walk behind men etc. I have some memorable memories.
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    This one rings a bell for me.
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    May 14, 1929 – December 11, 2013. She is missed. I particularly enjoyed reading PAR.
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    Michael, The year was 1968. I was in the Army, stationed in Yokohama. A friend there had an extra ticket to see Astrud perform at a military club in Tokyo. When I entered the club I saw Astrud, with a band member, behind a table signing autographs. It was a short line so I got in it. I presented my ticket stub to Astrud and said hello. She smiled and told the person with her that "this one looks like Paul McCartney". I stayed for the entire show. She sang exactly like her recordings...soft and sweet. I liked the bossa nova sound and discovered Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66. I still, on occasion, play some of Astruds and Sergios cds. Astrud died recently, June 5, 2023. Sergio is alive and 83 yrs old.
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    Another tear jerker:
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    Michael, Had NB not had his affair with AR and kept expanding the NB Institute, one can only wonder how much further Objectivism would have gone.
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    Nathaniel Branden was born on this day in 1930. I enjoyed his articles in the Objectivist Newsletter and read 2 of his books... The Psychology of Self Esteem and Breaking Free.
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    Some of the omitted material from the interview. Interesting. https://www.atlassociety.org/post/the-lost-parts-of-ayn-rands-playboy-interview
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    Lol. Wish I was 60.
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    In March, 1964, Playboy magazine published their interview with Ayn Rand. Here it is in its entirety: http://www.proctors.com.au/MRhomepage.nsf/985f14ab922be306482577d5003a2040/e090930ad6c1e4bb4825789c002a8e9b/$FILE/AR interview with Playboy 1964.pdf
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    Problem solved...I'll use the Safari browser...that works.
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    Hello Michael When attempting to open the link I get a "Firefox can't open this file" message. I'm using MacIntosh Catalina. Any suggestions? _Joe