Are You a Safe Patient?
An excerpt from Dr. Peter Pronovost’s new book and his lifesaving checklist.
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Father’s Day Times Seventeen
Think you have a busy Father’s Day? Meet the Joachim family from our 1958 article, “How to Raise a Multitude.” Twelve girls and five boys made for an interesting household.
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Private Wilburn Kirby Ross: An American Hero
Andrew Stillman Phipps provided us this account of the incredible courage that earned Wilburn Ross the Medal of Honor.
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Art Linkletter Writes for the Post
In the 1950s, the Post hired Art Linkletter, a rising young star, to write two series.
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The One-Man Army
Ever hear of a one-man army? Neither had we until we received an intriguing letter from a World War II veteran who was the entire “garrison” on strategically important Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. He was featured in a 1945 article called “The War’s Cushiest Billet.”
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The Troubles of an American Ideal
America was tired of manufactured heroes — movie stars; politicians, bootleggers; flagpole sitters — and then came Lindbergh, the real thing: modest, courageous, ingeneous, and quietly self-confident.
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The Royal Role of Grace Kelly
If she hadn’t won an Academy Award and married the Prince of Monaco, would the media still be writing about Grace Kelly after all these years? Probably, yes.
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Post Boys and Girls – 74 Years Later
We recently ran a piece on Post News Boys (and Girls) – those ambitious youngsters who pounded the pavement in years past to sell subscriptions to The Saturday Evening Post. And we’re delighted to report that we keep hearing from more!
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The Wild Heart of Sam Houston
The successes of Sam Houston’s life were as remarkable as its failures. Again and again, as Houston saw his fortunes collapse, he looked for solace—retreating from the white community to live among Native Americans. Ultimately, though, he found it in a young woman from Alabama.
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Profiles in Creativity
The innovators we profile here hail from a wide variety of fields, but they have a few key attributes in common: a burning curiosity about the world; an unusual willingness to implement new concepts and ideas; and an unrelenting work ethic that enables them to turn mistakes into successes.
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