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The best-known offshoot of the rock-and-roll movement, the hippies of the 1960s and 1970s, are well known for their libertine attitudes but, ironically, they found themselves in the same contradictory place as their redneck archenemies.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Head Start, one of the best-known creations of the War on Poverty, even today reaches only 40 percent of eligible three- and four-year-olds.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

Head Start, one of the best-known creations of the War on Poverty, even today reaches only 40 percent of eligible three- and four-year-olds.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

Head Start, one of the best-known creations of the War on Poverty, even today reaches only 40 percent of eligible three- and four-year-olds.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns one of his best-known paintings, "St. Martin de Porres," a 1983 work that depicts a Peruvian saint surrounded by a zoo's worth of tropical birds and beasts.

An Oddball Menagerie Kelly Crow 2011

Silver Lake Partners isn't among the best-known investors in the private-equity business.

Silver Lake Takes on the Big Fish Anupreeta Das 2011

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Harris Corp. is the best-known maker of stingrays, like the one above.

Feds Shift Tracking Defense Jennifer Valentino-DeVries 2011

Don't be fooled by the options market's best-known sentiment gauge, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, which finished the year close to its sleepiest readings in months.

New Year to Test Muted 'Fear Gauge' Chris Dieterich 2012

NEW YORK—The market's best-known anxiety gauge climbed higher for a fourth session to finish at its highest close in a month Thursday as U.S. stocks declined sharply on economic growth concerns sparked by a dour outlook from the Federal Reserve.

'Fear' Gauge Hits High For Month Chris Dieterich 2011

The new edition of "The Silver Spoon" includes an updated selection of menus from 23 of the world's best-known Italian chefs—including four from the U.S.

Classics Made New Aram Bakshian Jr. 2011