Dagwood’s upper-crust parents strongly disapprove of his marrying beneath his class, and disinherit him. The check Dagwood uses to pay for his honeymoon bounces, and the Bumsteads are forced to become a middle-class suburban family. Blondie’s marriage marked the beginning of a change in her personality. From that point forward, she gradually assumed her position as the sensible head of the Bumstead household. And Dagwood, who previously had been cast in the role of straight man to Blondie’s comic antics, took over as the comic strip’s clown. Comments: Its…
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Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews , Betty Cooper , Veronica Lodge , Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones . The characters were created by publisher/editor John L. Goldwater , written by Vic Bloom and drawn by Bob Montana . They were based in part on people met by Goldwater “in the Midwest” during his travels throughout the United States while looking for jobs and places to stay. My Comments: If you all keenly observe movies and serials,…
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The green monster that you can see in the picture is Rasputin. The Boney-M song “Ra-ra rasputin – lover of the Russian Queen” must be connected in some way or the other to this story. I do not quite know this story …so cannot really compare it with my life !! Anyone who knows about this story well may please reply to me.
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Some tid-bits from the story – the Classic Alice in Wonderland…no wonder its a classic – it was all about me after all !! Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); `now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!’ (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). `Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will…
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A wee bit from the story…. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well. Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what…
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Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland How do you get to Wonderland? Over the hill or underland Or Just behind the tree? When clouds go rolling by They roll away and leave the sky Where is the land beyond the eye That people cannot see Where can it be? Where do stars go? Where is the crescent moon? They must be somewhere In the sunny afternoon Alice in Wonderland Where is the path to Wonerland? Over the hill or here or there? I wonder where
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Raghuveer Malhotra was a very successful Industrialist. At the mere age of 49 he had built up an entire empire of his own- on his own from a scratch ! He had just been to an Interview with the Doordarshan and was driving back home – he loved driving his own car ….. and the one he was driving right now had recently been imported from UK … had been Tailor made for him. He was busy admiring his new car and was adjusting the music volume and mixing the…
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Christie (1890-1976), prolific British author of mystery novels and short stories, is especially famous as the creator of Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective, and Miss Jane Marple. Agatha Christiewas born in Torquay, in the county of Devon, as the daughter of Frederick Alvah Miller andClarissa Miller. Her father died when she was a child. Christie was educated at home, where her mother encouraged her to write from a very early age. At sixteen she was sent to school in Paris where she studied singing and piano. In 1914 Christie…
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