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How did cooks build the Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library in the 1970s?
New card sets arrived by mail, so the collection grew over time instead of arriving as one cookbook.
Which library supplied articles for the early Reader's Digest issues DeWitt Wallace edited in Manhattan?
Wallace later helped fund the restoration of the library's periodicals room, which was named in his honor.
Which newborn appeared on the first national TV Guide cover in 1953?
The cover showed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's newborn son, already famous from his parents' hit sitcom.
Which motto appears on the cover of Highlights magazine?
Founders Garry and Caroline Myers chose it to promise puzzles that teach skills while children play.
In what year did national TV Guide Magazine begin publication?
The magazine grew alongside television itself, as TV sets spread into most American homes during the 1950s.
Which food company publishes the Betty Crocker recipe cards?
Betty Crocker began as a fictional spokeswoman created by a flour company that became General Mills.
Which Highlights feature contrasts rude behavior with polite behavior?
Garry Myers created the pair for Children's Activities, years before he founded Highlights.
Which telephone inventor helped shape National Geographic as president of its founding society?
Bell's son-in-law Gilbert H. Grosvenor became the editor who helped make photographs central to the magazine.
Who is the gap-toothed mascot on MAD magazine covers?
Versions of the grinning face appeared in advertisements and postcards long before MAD adopted the character.
How do readers reveal the hidden image in a MAD magazine Fold-In?
Al Jaffee created the Fold-In as a joke about the large fold-out pages in other magazines.