THERE is a river of girls and women in our streets. There are so many that the cars are forced to use the sidewalks. The women walk in the street proper, the part where, in other cities, trucks and bicycles are found. They stand in windows too unbuckling their shirts, so that we will not be displeased. I admire them for that. We have voted again and again, and I think they like that, that we vote so much ... There is a river of girls and women in our streets
I was 7 years old when John F. Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago today — in 3rd grade at P.S. 183 in New York City, newly arrived in the United States after an early childhood spent overseas. The event colored my dawning awareness of this country, my ideas about politics and my sense of justice and injustice. Memory of seven year old 50 years later ;
The world's fascination with John F Kennedy's assassination, and the events that unfolded afterwards, shows little sign of abating 50 years later. The film of the moment JFK was shot as he rode in a Dallas motorcade with his wife Jackie has been replayed endlessly on television and in films, and hundreds of books have been written purporting to tell the true story of what happened.
But the Kennedys were already well ensconced in popular culture before November 1963.
First Lady Jackie Kennedy stepped up the celebrity stakes when she gave a personal tour of the White House for a primetime broadcast on Valentine's Day in 1962 - making Jack, Jackie, Caroline and John Jr. familiar faces and household names.
And after the assassination, popular culture expressed America's collective grief and examined the disturbance the killing created in the cultural and historical narrative of the nation. Google on JFK
The 50th anniversary of the legendary sci-fi series Dr. Who is receiving special love from Google. Doctor Who fans around the world should expect an "emotional wallop" at the end of the 50th anniversary episode, says the show's boss Steven Moffat. The episode, The Day of the Doctor, will be broadcast in more than 90 countries at the same time as it airs on BBC One on Saturday night. The BBC says it is likely to be the largest simulcast of a TV drama in history.Mal's Dr Who & Google
