The fashion world loves petite things, skinny things, colorful things -- except when it comes to its books.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars essay contest winners

The words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt were, "a day that will live in infamy". Infamy resonates in a haunting way: something criminal, brutal and shocking as it is defined. This thread weaves through the memories of many Americans as on December 7, 1941, Sunday morning, Pearl Harbor was attacked. Admiral Yamamoto led the Japanese Combined Fleet and delivered the U.S. Navy its greatest defeat. The attack was to immobilize the Pacific Fleet and prevent American interference as the Japanese expansion into Asia and the western Pacific moved forward.

We don't know the exact day Christ was born, so why celebrate on Dec. 25?

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PRINCETON, N.J.-- In a marriage of new technology and old documents, a vast treasure trove of information about life in the early Islamic world is about to go online, enabling Muslims, scholars and the merely curious to peer into a window on the faith's rich history.

B movies started during the Depression. Along with the mainstream, or 'A' movie, theater owners tried to fill their houses by offering a double feature. The B movie was made quickly, on a low budget, with actors whose careers were on their way up or down. Now the term extends to any movie made in that manner, often horror pictures.

NEW YORK -- The prestigious Jewish Theological Seminary has sponsored dialogues with all sorts of American religious and ethnic groups over the past 67 years, but never with evangelical Protestants -- until last week.

The holiday season is traditionally one in which gifts are chosen with care for the ones we love. Always on Santa's Nice List are our four-footed friends. (We'll conveniently overlook the time kitty shredded the brand-new couch leg and those brand-new, chewed up shoes, courtesy of Oliver). Americans spend millions on their pets this time each year, and there are a lot of fun toys to choose from.

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Juan Fuentes calls himself a Chicano, a term not heard as often now as in the 70s when pride in one's Mexican origins was growing into a powerful movement.

In Mexico, as soon as December begins, everybody's face has a smile. Something is coming. But what is all this excitement about? What are those children getting ready for? Why are they decorating the streets with strings of paper lanterns, velvet grass, Christmas balls and other ornaments? "Las Posadas" are coming. This tradition starts on Dec. 16 and ends on Dec. 24. But what exactly are these Posadas?