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Dates: during 2000-2009
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After the readi ng, Ellroy answered questions from audience members, many personal, following his note that he would “welcome the most invasively overpersonal questions” they could give him. A large smattering of people shouted questions out, rather than raising their hands, a format Ellroy seemed to enjoy...

Author: By Joe L. Dimento, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ellroy Shows Life’s Gritty Details | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...merchandisers, not lite architects, who would be the first to exploit the potential of prefab, though mostly in traditional styles--Tudor, Cape Cod, bungalow--that would have made Le Corbusier fall on his protractor. As early as 1906, the Aladdin Company was mailing out factory-made Readi-Cut house kits of precut, numbered pieces. Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck shipped out nearly 100,000 of its House by Mail kits. For a cost that varied between $650 and $2,500, the ambitious do-it-yourselfer received an avalanche of 30,000 pieces, including lumber, nails, shingles, windows, hardware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're All Absolutely Prefabulous | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

Many readers have praised the accessibility of Caro’s books, which often readi more like novels than history...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Biographer Caro Devoted to LBJ | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

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