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As the economic and financial state of the country continues to creep into disarray, there is one government persona that Americans are still happy to see – FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair.
For those nervous about the connotations of Friday the 13th, doctors have diagnosed 17 to 21 million Americans with the phobia known as “paraskavedekatriaphobia.”
Prior to the 2008 presidential election, many Americans did not think they would live to see a black president. In the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of a black man becoming president was a pipe dream. There were no black senators or congressmen.
Thursday is Thanksgiving, a holiday started in Massachusetts. This holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November is a feast resembling one in 1621 between the Pilgrims and Native Americans, but how much of the history is actually true?
