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Photo: Rosslyn - Olsson's Books

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Photo: Ballston - Map of the Neighborhood

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Photo: Farragut North - Bubbles Salon

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Photo: Clarendon - Clarendon Center

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Jazz legend Louis Armstrong, also known as Satchmo, was born into poverty in 1901 in New Orleans. He had a rough childhood and was sent to "James Home for Colored Waifs," an institution dedicated to reforming troublesome youth, after he fired a pistol into the air on New Years Eve; he was only 11 years old. While there, Armstrong started playing the cornet in the home's brass band. After about 18 months, Armstrong was released, and he started playing at clubs with his mentor Joe "King" Oliver, one of the first jazz musicians.

Photo: Rosslyn Station - Berlin Wall exhibit

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A Berlin Wall exhibit at the Rosslyn Station.

Photo: Metro - Starbucks

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Photo: Clarendon - Thai Cuisine

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Thai food here is quick and cheap.

Photo: Ballston MU - Tivoli

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Photo: Old Blair Auditorium 1

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Playbills decorate the wings of the Old Blair Auditorium.

Photo: Rosslyn Station - Rosslyn Spectrum

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The Rosslyn Spectrum

Photo: Boston Market, Ritz Camera

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Photo: Senior Inspirational Speaker

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Blair girls continue improvement at Regional Championship

By Jonah Gold | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The Blair Indoor Track team competed amongst its toughest competition at the Western Regional Indoor Track Championships today. Blair placed highly in several events, with three athletes qualifying for State Championships before a power outage ended the meet prematurely.

Ask Chips 11: as juiced as MLB

By Vivek Chellappa, Allison Elvove, Katherine Zhang | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Several issues ago, we asked our readers for nominations to make our list for the best teachers at Blair. We received over 30 nominations for teachers, and excited at our newfound power, we set off to root out the unworthy to find out who would crack our list. We decided upon three tough questions to test our teachers' mettle: Why do you think you deserve to be on the Ask Chips list of best teachers, why do you think you are better than all other teachers, and what are your best two qualities? We started with Mr. Honigsberg, of the foreign language department. Mr. Honigsberg jumped right into the top spot on our list with an unabashed proclamation.