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  1. Upton Sinclair--California's 1934 EPIC Campaign for Governor





    Upton Sinclair's EPIC Campaign

    Of all the left-wing mass movements that year, Upton Sinclair's End Poverty in California (EPIC) crusade proved most influential, and not just in helping to push the New Deal to the left.
    Back in the autumn of 1934, political analysts, financial columnists and White House aides for once agreed: Sinclair's victory in the primary marked the
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  2. Yuri's Night--50 years



    Adding info via Bell member Michael who has information about this song: The title is "Gagarin, What a Guy He Was!", music by Pakhmutova and N. Dobronravov and sung by Yuri Gulyaev. Thank you Michael for the background here!

    "Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!" ...

    Updated 04-23-2011 at 11:49 PM by starry messenger (adding information)

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