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Thumbnail image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Have you heard of Rachel Zegler? If not, you soon will. Born and raised in New Jersey,...

Thumbnail image by kropekk_pl from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Imagine four University of Florida doctors meeting in a campus basement lab in the spring of 1965. Clicking raised glasses to toast a newly created, transparent drink, each physician cautiously takes a sip. Yuck! Those standing...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Remember Cat Stevens? He came to prominence here in the early Seventies as a singer-songwriter responsible for such ethereal musical ballads as “Peace Train,” “Wild World,” “Moon Shadow” and “Morning Has...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  In 1984, “Ghostbusters” was unleashed in theaters throughout the USA. The supernatural comedy generated rave reviews and became a cultural...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Miniskirts were not born, as many of us believe, during the UK youthquake (as it was called) of the frenzied Sixties. Over...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  On November 22, 1963, entertainer Vaughn Meader got into a cab at the Milwaukee airport. He later recalled, “The cabbie said, ‘Did you hear about Kennedy in Dallas?’” “I...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Thomas “Snuff” Garrett was a Dallas high school dropout who became a Lubbock, Texas, disc jockey at age 17 and befriended...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  In 1957, an Oregon newspaperman/sci-fi magazine writer named Frank Herbert made a trip to the town of Florence, Oregon. He was...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  Beginning in 1959, Barbie dolls captured the hearts of young girls everywhere, as well as the wallets of their parents. Competing toy outfits soon sought to offer...

Thumbnail image from Pixabay BY RANDAL C. HILL  The new Clint Eastwood film Cry Macho—he directs and stars in it—is based on N. Richard Nash’s 1975 novel of the...