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For families in 1975, the weekend had a comforting rhythm, and dad was often at the center of it with a set of rituals so reliable you could…
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The holiday itself has not changed. The same date, the same bird, the same arithmetic of too many people in a house built for fewer.
What has changed…
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Before there were discotheques, clubs or anything with a disc jockey in it, the Saturday night out in most American towns of any size meant a hall with…
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The home party is remembered as a joke: a living room of women, a demonstration, some faintly humiliating games and a catalogue. It is one of the most…
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Organised youth baseball was at its absolute peak in the late nineteen-sixties. Nearly every American town had a programme, the fields were busy every evening from spring to…
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Long-haul trucking in 1975 was at a peculiar high point. The interstate system was essentially complete, freight was moving by road in volumes it never had before, and…