The story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease and even death for nearly a decade.
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Hoover Dam’s electrical output helped build the ships and planes used in World War II; its water grew fruits and vegetables in California. It tamed a wild river and, for a time, renewed faith in American ingenuity and technology.
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John Malkovich, Gary Sinise and Sherilyn Fenn shine in this contemporary remake of the beloved classic about a nomadic farm worker who looks after his dimwitted, gentle-giant friend.
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Seabiscuit was dung-colored and boxy, with stumpy legs that wouldn’t completely straighten, a straggly tail and an ungainly gait, but though he didn't look the part, he was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history.
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Bronson plays a bare-knuckle fighter in the 1930s who makes his living beating the brains out of those foolish enough to think they can take him. Coburn is the New Orleans promoter who arranges illegal bouts for Bronson, and Ireland has a fling with him.
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www.pbs.org At a forum in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed the central bank’s actions in handling the economic crisis, saying he did not want to be the Fed chief who "presided over the second Great Depression."
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Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions — a "New Era" when everyone could be rich.
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