Weight Loss Through the Ages

My mother has tried nearly every contemporary diet ever conceived, which has resulted in her becoming a collector of diet books. Through my mother’s obsession with diet programs, I have become familiar with a variety of weight loss fads and trends–from the Cabbage Soup Diet to the Blood Type Diet, and from the Flat Belly …

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Over 70 and Still Looking Good

The picture to the left is what the Adams Building looks like today, but before January 3, 1939 the area where today’s Adams Building stands looked quite different.  This location once had houses. By the 1920′s it was quite obvious to the Library that it needed more space! In 1928 the land where the Adams …

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