What was Life like 50 years ago? Article subjects in July 1958 issues of the magazine included "Puppeteer for Moppets" Shari Lewis and the (very short-lived) return to fashion of the men's flat-topped straw hat, a.k.a. "boater." A full-page ad suggested taking a "Cantoneasy kitchen holiday" with the Chun King brand of canned chicken chow mein.

In the stage directions for "Peter Pan," author James Barrie reveals that he chose the London neighborhood of Bloomsbury as the home of the Darling family because synonymist Peter Mark Roget once lived there. Barrie, a frequent user of Roget's Thesaurus, explains, "we whom he has helped to wend our way through life have always wanted to pay him a little compliment."

From 1977 to the present, the person who has served most often as music director and conductor of the annual Academy Awards ceremonies is an Oscar winner himself, for composing the score of:
A) "E.T."
B) "The Right Stuff"
C) "The Way We Were"
D) "Forrest Gump"

Previous answer: Supermodel Cindy Crawford was discovered by chance at the age of 16 when a newspaper photographer happened to notice her at work on a summer job of removing the tassels from corn.

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