A small selection of flowers wild and cultivated
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A small selection of flowers wild and cultivated
Readers of The Economist will know that there is some disagreement about the Shim Sham, from which Mr Reed developed the Shim Sham Shimmy. Some say it started as a tap routine in the early 1900s; others credit it to the Brains-as-well-as-Feet team.
They don't write obituaries like they used to. Thank God. And this one from The Economist is an absolute gem. Alas, I can't find an article I read some time ago about the rise of the modern obituary, although I recall that it was extremely fine.
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