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- Inside the Beltway (Guardian Unlimited)
The British have long cast a bemused eye on America - the stateside adventures of Mrs Trollope and Dickens in the 19th century prefigured Alistair Cooke's genial Letter from America, which delighted millions on both sides of the Atlantic for more than half a century.
- B.C. poet Robin Blaser continues a stellar career by winning the 2008 ... - CBC News
Robin Blaser continues to reap rewards for an impressive career in poetry. This week he became the 2008 Canadian recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize , the world’s most lucrative poetry award for a single book. Blaser won for his collection The ...
- Mugabe plays the God card - Globe and Mail
In perhaps his sincerest admission of how he has regarded today's runoff presidential vote, Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe recently told a group of businessmen in Bulawayo: "Only God, who appointed me, will remove me." The not-so-veiled threat of ...
- Henson column: The madness of creativity (Macon Telegraph)
I know few people, even the left brain, linear-thinking types who don't aspire to be creative. In today's world of fast-track innovation, creative thinking is a virtue to be revered. You can't will creative thinking. You can't manufacture it. It's a relentless, often intrusive, state of mind that cannot be denied. Studies show that musical creatives continually have tunes in their heads. ...
- Funeral home director suing Archdiocese of Louisville for business ... - Courier-Journal
A Nelson County funeral home director is suing the Archdiocese of Louisville and a Roman Catholic priest, whom he accuses of undercutting his business by implementing new rules on conducting funerals at his parish. The Rev. Jeffrey Leger, pastor of ...
- 3 more kids die of cholera - Tribune
Three more children died of cholera today, taking the toll to seven. One cholera death was reported from Mauli Complex in Chandigarh. Despite the claims of the administration regarding preventive steps in affected colonies, hospitals continued to be ...
- Can Game Theory save our at-risk kids? - San Francisco Gate
Over wonton soup, Patricia Johnson confessed she spent the entire day watching "Friday Night Lights" on DVD. She was trying to beat a flu, and the 2006 television show -- centered on a small-town football coach, high school athletes, and their ...
- We Have So Few - Kommersant
Academician Petr Kapitsa (above) waited 40 years for his well-deserved honor. He received the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics for work published in 1938. The Nobel Committee responded quickly to Nikolai Basov (below) and Aleksandr Prokhorov’s discovery ...
- Kitten Poetry is New Black Death - The Spoof (satire)
Kitten Poetry is New Black DeathThe Spoof (satire), UK - 40 minutes ago"People on buses would much rather hear poetry written by ruined ex-hippies attempting to expel their demons. I know because I've written stuff myself. ...
- Bruni takes a swipe at Berlusconi - Gulf Times
PARIS: France’s first lady Carla Bruni takes a swipe at Silvio Berlusconi, newly re-elected prime minister in her native Italy, in interviews for a frank new book to be published today. In Carla and Nicolas, the true story, written by two French ...
- 'The Creator's Map,' by Emilio Calderón - Los Angeles Times
'The Creator's Map,' by Emilio CalderónLos Angeles Times, CA - 9 hours ago"The Creator's Map" is the initial work of adult fiction by Emilio Calderón, a popular author of works for young people, and his first book published in ...
- These 'birds are taking flight - Boston Globe
These 'birds are taking flightBoston Globe, United States - 1 hour agoI read a lot of poetry and nonfiction when I write songs." Moore takes inspiration from poets like Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Gary Snyder, and nonfiction ...
- Sketching out their future - Jerusalem Post
Sketching out their futureJerusalem Post, Israel - 32 minutes agoIn Tashkent, Anatoly had studied Sufi poetry, which inspired a series of illustrations. Anna Maria Schimmel, a Harvard professor originally from Germany, ...
- Calendar Event Listings 6-18-08 (City Pulse)
Wednesday, June 18 CLASSES & SEMINARS S’Moves Jam. For anyone interested in learning basic dance techniques found in modern, ballet and folk dance. 7 – 8:30 p.m. $8/class. Perspective 2 Studio, 319 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 339-0905.
- The seven year scratch - C-Ville Weekly
C-Ville WeeklyThe seven year scratchC-Ville Weekly, VA - 11 hours agoBefore Brown was even born, Braun was publishing stories and sports poetry for the Detroit News, and in 1966 published her first The Cat Who… novel—seven ...
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