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Our Flatlander’s favourites
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Two Manitoban editors got a chance to check out the Flatlander’s Beer Festival.
By no means beer experts, Fraser and Marc were given a simple purpose. Each was asked to pick three favourite beers, one...
Three reasons why we drink
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Drinking is an age-old custom. Archaeologists have found evidence of fermented alcoholic beverages’ existence in China as early as 9,000 years ago. Intoxicating liquor runs deep into the roots of human civilization, and it...
Notable Deaths of 1993
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Audrey Hepburn
Date of birth: May 4, 1929
Date of death: January 20, 1993 (63 years old)
Cause of death: Appendix cancer
Occupation: Actress and philanthropist
Famously known for: Her role as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and...
10 songs from 1993: The 5 best, and 5 that make...
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For most music fans, the early 90s are a mixture of the good, great, and regrettable. The Billboard Hot 100 from 1993 is populated with many names that we should be glad never made...
Becoming an X-Wing pilot: The first time LucasArts invited you to...
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Star Wars: X-Wing, the first LucasArts video game based on the popular movie series, debuted in 1993. Set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the game put you in the pilot’s seat of an...
From Mosaic to Mozilla: The modern web browser’s journey
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Before Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or even Internet Explorer, there was NCSA Mosaic, commonly referred to as just Mosaic. The NCSA acronym stood for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, which is located at...
Free Willy: ’93 film propels anti-captivity movement
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Courtesy of Warner Bros., Free Willy entered theatres on July 16, 1993, and quickly warmed the hearts of millions. In the film we meet Jesse as an abandoned, troubled 12-year-old boy with no home...


