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Texas Stadium, 1971-2010

access_timeApril 12, 2010 personNeil deMause

Texas Stadium got blowed up real good yesterday. Pushing the plunger: This kid, who won the contest to do so by writing an essay about his campaign to help feed the homeless. One hopes he won’t have to now start feeding them cheese-like food products.

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