PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Thursday August 31, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Thursday August 31, 2006

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Franklin Roosevelt: President, New Deal Maker, Drinking Buddy?

When it comes to Oktoberfest this fall, all one lucky contest winner needs is a pair of lederhosen and three beer-loving friends. Jay Pearcy of Malvern, Pennsylvania., has won the "Who Would You Have a Beer With?" consumer contest sponsored by "Here's To Beer," the industry development effort led by Anheuser-Busch. His essay, about the prospect of toasting with the man responsible for the repeal of Prohibition, earned him a trip for four to the ultimate destination for beer lovers -- Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. The contest asked adult consumers to submit an essay of fifty words or less about who they would most like to have a beer with via herestobeer-dot-com website.

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TV Land Explores How Boomers Shook the World and Redefined the Rules in Network's Four-Part Series, Generation Boom

From growing up in the suburbs to witnessing the original moon walk and from swirling a hula hoop to playing with hi-tech gadgets, baby boomers have shaped and continue to change the world we live in today. T-V Land takes an entertaining and light-hearted look at what it means to be part of the grooviest generation in history when it presents Generation Boom, a four-part original special premiering on Tuesday, September twenty-sixth. Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer, each one-hour installment focuses on a central topic including how boomers play, live, love and wire the world.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3282664

More U.S. Adults See Israeli Government as an Ally or Friend Than They Do Twelve Other Middle Eastern Countries, According to The Harris Poll

A new Harris Poll measures the attitudes of U-S adults toward thirteen countries and eight leaders and organizations in the Middle East. Unsurprisingly, these countries and leaders are perceived very differently. Seventy-five percent of people see Israel as either a close ally or a friend; far more feel this way about Israel than any of the other countries. Kuwait comes in second at fifty-one percent. These numbers include fully forty-seven percent who see Israel as a close ally and only sixteen percent who feel this is true of Kuwait. These are some of the results of a survey of almost four thousand adults conducted in August by Harris Interactive.

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Bet on the First NFL Coaching Casualty at PinnacleSports.com

Each NFL off-season sees a number of coaching changes and this year is no different as ten teams enter the 2006 campaign with a new head coach calling the shots. With the regular season kicking off next week, all thirty-two franchises will have Super Bowl aspirations, but once some teams fail to meet pre-season expectations, several coaches will inevitably find themselves in "the hot seat," with fans and the media calling for their jobs. Knowing that job security for professional coaches is volatile at best, PinnacleSports-dot- com has announced odds on which current NFL head coach will be the first to be fired, resign or otherwise leave their post. Leading the pack is San Diego's Marty Schottenheimer at six-to-one odds due to a lack of public and front office support, and Tennessee's Jeff Fisher at seven-to-one.

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PRNewswire -- Aug. 31

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