On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the Houston Astrodome. It was the first time a woman had played against a man in such a venue, and it was an historic event with much media hype and an astounding amount of betting in Las Vegas with the odds in Riggs’s favor.
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After months of deliberation, David Sheldon Fearon wrote a letter in 1959 to the committee responsible for developing the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible. Fearon, recently deceased, was then a 21-year-old seminary student in Canada who hoped to call attention to a mistranslation he’d discovered.
One of the many great things about living in Fort Lauderdale are the abundance of opportunities to meet people and make friends.
It can be easy to overlook our allies. At a time when the government is targeting LGBTQ from the petty (removing LGBTQ from the state’s tourism website) to the dangerous (invading the doctor/patient relationship), it’s our allies who stand with us, fight with us, and remind us we are not alone.
TacoWa in Boca Raton is part traditional Korean restaurant, part fusion and all of it is interesting, I just wish it was more exciting.
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