Paul Luvera Journal

Harwood "Bill Bannister died Tuesday February 9th 2010. He was 95 years old and my former law partner as well as my mentor. He had an interesting life. His father traveled the Vaudeville Circuit as a magician "The Great Bannister" which also featured Bill in the act as the ventriloquist "Little Alexander and Tommy." In later years Bill was known to entertain the family with magic and ventriloquist performances in the family home. He had graduated from Stadium in Tacoma…

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Today is January 11, 2011 or, more significantly, 1/11/11 and we will have the time as 1/11/11 at 11:11:11. That’s produced a lot of strange interpretations including the prediction it is a sign for the return of aliens in UFO’s or the end of the world. On a more realistic level I see that Papa John’s is offering a second large pizza for 11 cents when you buy one for $11 and a New York hotel is offering a day…

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Everyone of my generation recognizes the famous photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iowa Jima taken in World War II. The photograph was taken by Joe Rosenthal which shows five U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag during the battle of Iowa Jima. The photo was instantly famous and was reprinted thousands of times. It is probably the most reproduced photograph of all times. It was the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize…

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