The Oval Office has been the main office for the president since President Taft first worked in it about October 1909. After his inauguration President Taft held a competition to select an architect to enlarge and make permanent the West Wing’s “temporary” Executive office built during Theodore Roosevelt’s first term. Read More »
2020 sucked in an unprecedented way, by every single measure known to mankind, except one—television! With nowhere to go and nothing better to do, we’ve had little choice but to rely on the TV gods to entertain us, and the powers that be did so well at their one job that a weird conspiracy theorist might even wonder if Netflix ... Read More »
Ingvar Kamprad, (born March 30, 1926, Småland province, Sweden—died January 27, 2018, Småland), Swedish entrepreneur who in 1943 founded IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer in the early 21st century. Read More »
There’s something a bout a voice that’s personal, not unlike the particular odor or shape of a given human body. Summoned through belly, hammered into form by the throat, given propulsion by bellows of lungs, teased into final form by tongue and lips, a vocal is a kind of audible kiss, a blurted confession, a soul-burp you really can’t keep ... Read More »
The Top 500 highest-grossing restaurant chains recorded their best overall performance in five years in 2019. Chicken had a moment, tech made another leap and the biggest chains got bigger. This annual report, in partnership with Technomic, highlights the data, trends and brands that defined the year. Read More »
Several famous baseball players, NFL athletes, and basketball stars have died much too young. Some of these sports stars that died young suffered from undiagnosed medical conditions, while others were killed in car accidents. Read More »
When a loved one dies, it’s natural to want to honor that person’s life with a gathering of friends and family. A funeral or memorial tribute provides family members and friends an environment to offer comfort, support to one another and share their thoughts and feelings about the life of the deceased. Read More »
Minavand died Wednesday night after a battle with COVID-19. He had been hospitalized at the Laleh Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) in Tehran last week. Minavand started his career at Tehran based football club Pas in 1994 but joined Persepolis a year later. Read More »
House fires continue to take a searing toll on U.S. homeowners, with more than 350,000 house fires per year causing as many as 2,510 civilian fire deaths, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Read More »
A football team consists of three core units: offense, defense, and special teams. Within each of these units, players’ roles and responsibilities are defined by their position on the team. Read More »