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In 1972 the variety store on the main street had oiled wooden floors that creaked so you could hear where everybody was, and the goods were in open…
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In 1976 a garage sale was advertised with a hand-lettered sign stapled to a telephone pole on Friday evening, and laid out on Saturday on card tables in…
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In the winter of 1973 buying fuel meant queuing for two or three hours, and in many states whether you could buy at all depended on whether your…
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In 1974 almost every street had a gap in it - an unbuilt parcel, a demolished house, a field waiting for a developer - and everybody understood that…
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In 1976 the kerbs, benches, water towers and fire hydrants of an enormous number of American towns were repainted red, white and blue - and a great many…
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The Point Was Not the Cartoons. It Was the Control
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There were three channels, one television, and an adult who decided what was on it. Through…