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Peoria (Ill.) has been an old stand-by with comedians for years—but not only because of the "O" sound. Nor because of the four vowel sounds that give it a nice noisy resonance. But largely, I suspect, because of the fact that it is a whiskey town and a river town and not particularly famous for what is known as the genteel tradition.
Death marches can also be triggered by misunderstandings between parties, unresolved assumptions, mismatched expectations, and sometimes external change. Management may desperately attempt to right the course of the project by asking team members to work grueling hours (14-hour days or 7-day weeks) or by attempting to "throw (enough) bodies at ...
The most comprehensive address was given by Lincoln in Peoria, Illinois, on October 16. [3] The three-hour speech that evening [ 2 ] on the lawn of the Peoria County Courthouse, [ 4 ] transcribed after the fact by Lincoln himself, presented thorough moral, legal, economic, and historical (citing the Founding Fathers ) [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ...
Playing in Peoria: When Jimmy Buffett helped bring streaking to central Illinois. On the outbreak's one-year anniversary, the Journal Star began a five-part, front-page series on the incident and ...
Some of the Peoria-area posts in March had hinted at the upcoming film's content. When one commenter asked, "Whose the 'dude' in the dress hanging with" Ferrell at Maquet's, another replied, "They ...
The Peoria Civic Center is no stranger to big Broadway shows. "Wicked" will be in Peoria this year, and "The Lion King" was here previously. But it took 10 years to get "The Lion King," Edgar said.
The fact is that, while Peoria was a butt of jokes on the vaudeville circuit, there is no documented use of "will it play in Peoria?" before Ehrlichman's use in 1969. It was not in fact used in A Night at the Opera, and the literal references to Peoria in Horatio Alger's Five Hundred Dollars have nothing to do with the phrase.
From football moms to state champs and all-staters, here's what high school stars and coaches had to say around Peoria in 2023. Here are 48 of the best quotes from Peoria-area high school athletes ...