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1 week ago

How The Gilded Age Pulled Off the Wedding of the 19th Century

The only thing more fearsome than Bertha Russell when she's angry is Bertha Russell when she's getting everything she wants. For three seasons, the formidable social striver at the heart of The Gilded Age has fought for her family's place in high society and eventually succeeded in marrying off her daughter, Gladys, to the Duke of Buckingham, securing a title and place in English peerage.
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California
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1 month ago

Walters: California's high living costs and poverty levels sharpen its divide

California is now characterized by rigid class divisions based on ethnicity and education, leading to high poverty rates.
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