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American Transcendentalism and the revolution within.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
The Christian Science Monitor
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January 15, 2008|
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Byline: MARJORIE KEHE
'They called themselves 'the club of the like-minded,' " quipped preacher and abolitionist James Freeman Clarke. "I suppose because no two ... thought alike." Annie Russell Marble, who had once lived as one of their numbers, was rather more tart about the American Transcendentalists. They were, she sniped, "a race who dove into the infinite, soared into the illimitable, and never paid cash."
Today, it's as easy to poke fun at the Transcendentalists as it is to be mystified by them. A basic American education generally includes at ...
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Pullman builds on historic roots // Former company town pulls together for revival
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Welcome to Historic Pullman, considered "the world's most perfect...railway sleeping car inventor George M. Pullman built it as a model industrial community...about community pride. The residents of Pullman do all the time. What's more, they...
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Pullman a sleeper; Spending alone won't manufacture tourism.(historic preservation and tourism development dogged by weak economy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Crain's Chicago Business
; Pullman's place in history is certain, but its...houses built by railcar magnate George Pullman, but the famed Hotel Florence is closed...E. Coston, president of the Historic Pullman Foundation, advocate an ambitious vision...
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David Pullman, The Financier Who Rocked the Music Industry With Pullman Bonds, is the Subject of the International Bestselling Author Linda Davies, 'Something Wild'.
Business Wire
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 Based on Pullman's first Deal for David Bowie, "Something...Intellectual Property in the Music Business David Pullman, the financial entrepreneur who rocked...music industry with the invention of the "Pullman Bonds(TM)," the first for David Bowie...
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Pullman plans steam ahead Series: RESTORING PULLMAN
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...dormant plan to convert at least part of the Pullman Palace Car factory into a rail museum...million to assist preservation efforts in Pullman as part of a planned $12 billion state...step in building a museum," Historic Pullman Foundation President Robert Fioretti said...
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Pullman takes big risk in odd 'Goat'
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Pullman takes big risk in odd 'Goat' By SIMI...April 1, 2002 New York -- Actor Bill Pullman, who plays the tormented protagonist in...work is open to interpretation. Indeed, Pullman, 48, maintains that he, too, has been...
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Rebuilding Pullman's heart Series: RESTORING PULLMAN
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Pullman's Market Hall tells a neat little story...town. The genius and beauty that created Pullman - and the warts, idiosyncrasies, paradoxes...Railroad car manufacturer George M. Pullman built the Romanesque food market and meeting...
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Pullman Porters, Creating A Black Middle Class
Transcript from: NPR Fresh Air
; DAVE DAVIES NPR Fresh Air 05-08-2009 Pullman Porters, Creating A Black Middle Class Host...and became an agent of social change, the Pullman porters. They got their name from George Pullman, who started a train company in the 1860s...
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Pullman Bonds - Alternative Investments To Volatile Stock Market And Low Yielding Money Markets.
Business Wire
; ...NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2002 The now legendary Pullman Bonds(TM), created by the pioneering David Pullman, Founder, Chairman and CEO of The Pullman Group,(R) LLC, are celebrating their fifth anniversary as an alternative...
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Pullman's goal to swim Saturday Elgin senior ready for 4th straight state meet competition; will be joined by 3 teammates on relay team.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...High School senior girls swimmer Kyle Pullman, making the trip to the North Shore in...old. "No, it never gets old," said Pullman. "It's always new. All of the girls' times keep getting better every year." Pullman is included in that category and will...
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Pioneering Pullman
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL)
; In the 1880s, the area now known as the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side was just marshland. It was there that George Mortimer Pullman, president of the Pullman Palace Car Co., decided to build an industrial...
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