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Remember the good old days, back in 2016?

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Muppets, a portmanteau of marionette and puppet, first appeared on TV in the Washington, D.C., region in 1955.

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The nonprofit founder, who dedicated her life to caring for people experiencing homelessness, ran the organization Beauty 2 The Streetz.

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The deal authorizes the creation of multilingual and multi-version content of the TIkTok star, and is expected to generate $4 billion in annual sales.

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The lyrics describe how “a city aflame fought fire and ice ’neath an occupier’s boots,” which Springsteen calls “King Trump’s private army.”

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Experts said it was unusual for a first lady to pursue a project of this kind from the White House — but not unusual for the Trumps.

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Gen Zers and millennials go analog with letter writing, typewriter clubs and calligraphy to take a break from screen time