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  • Children's book publishing history is marked by scandalous firings and layoffs of editors; see Leonard Marcus's Minders of Make-Believe for some of the stories.

    What does this make the future look like? Roger Sutton 2009

  • I still have the first book that was ever given to me, The Tall Book of Make-Believe.

    Home Is Where… « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Damn your fathersRotten Lot;The stench of your bodies floods your nostrils …O Make-Believe SummitLeadersMay your faces be blackened;Ugly your drooping belliesUgly your fat arsesWhy the surpriseThat your faces resemble both ...

    This is an Arab 1848. But US hegemony is only dented | Tariq Ali 2011

  • Children's book publishing history is marked by scandalous firings and layoffs of editors; see Leonard Marcus's Minders of Make-Believe for some of the stories.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Roger Sutton 2009

  • (Soundbite of music) Unidentified Man: And so, friends, we come to the end of another Wednesday night jam session with your Make-Believe Ballroom.

    Sweet, Hot And Savory: Swing Era Jazz Archive Unearthed 2010

  • Gerard Jones, author of Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Superheroes and Make-Believe Violence, says it's not surprising kids see such movies.

    Many tweens watching 'R' films despite restriction 2008

  • A 12,000-word profile in Rolling Stone, "Make-Believe Maverick," that most major media have ignored describes how McCain piled up demerits at Annapolis, crashed three planes on non-combat missions (including one after he'd returned from Vietnam supposedly matured), and arguably stayed educated and airborne because of family connections (his father and grandfathers were admirals).

    Jim Kaplan: Major Newspapers, Networks Don't Dig Deep When Covering McCain 2010

  • Leonard S. Marcus's new history of American children's books, Minders of Make-Believe, features cover art that W.W. Denslow created in 1899 for Father Goose, his first collaboration with L. Frank Baum.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • (Soundbite of music) Unidentified Man: And so, friends, we come to the end of another Wednesday night jam session with your Make-Believe Ballroom.

    Sweet, Hot And Savory: Swing Era Jazz Archive Unearthed 2010

  • A 12,000-word profile in Rolling Stone, "Make-Believe Maverick," that most major media have ignored describes how McCain piled up demerits at Annapolis, crashed three planes on non-combat missions (including one after he'd returned from Vietnam supposedly matured), and arguably stayed educated and airborne because of family connections (his father and grandfathers were admirals).

    Major Newspapers, Networks Don't Dig Deep When Covering McCain Jim Kaplan 2010

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