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“Titanic Sinks” then “The Great War Ends”, Followed by the “Biggest Stock Crash of all Time”, Then “World War two” and a “Nuclear Bomb”, and “Hillary goes for a Climb”. Then things got worse with “J.F.K. Killed” and “I Have a Dream has Died”. But then a good moment of “Man Walks on the Moon”, Best headline reprinted World Wide. This was quickly followed by “The Beatles Break Up”, and “John Lennon is Shot in the Back”. And music became a middle page chart with: “My Sharona” performed by The Knack. The internet headline took over our news with “President Mandela is Free at Last” Followed by “9/11 Terror Plane Strikes”, And to the world these strikes were broadcast. Skip a few years and this has all lead To the scariest headline in ink. And that is the vain, egotistical “Trump, Taking us all to the brink”. Our headlines tell a story from defeat to triumph, From paper to TV to a phone. And they’ve all told us, every day of our life, How society, through time, hasn’t grown.

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Date: 5/18/2017 6:18:00 AM
What a powerful walk through time. I am afraid we are actually going backwards with Trumpy.
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Date: 5/23/2017 12:53:00 PM
After low tide comes high tide though, :)
Date: 5/16/2017 6:54:00 AM
Powerful Lewis! Well done for voicing things people often view as insignificant.
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Date: 5/23/2017 12:52:00 PM
Thanks Kudzai

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