Four Who Also Shaped Events: Making the Everyday Seem Unique

He is 3-ft. 6-in. tall and 3 million light-years from home. His face looks like a cross between Carl Sandburg and a Galapagos turtle. He snacks on Reese's Pieces, and after a hard day he enjoys relaxing in front of the TV with a few cans of Coors. He walks like Charlie Chaplin in slow motion and, when excited, breathes like an asthmatic piglet. He wants nothing more in this world than a faithful pal, unless it is to return to his out-of-this-world home. Cynics will insist he is made of aluminum, E.T. steel,...

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