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- Roger Hall; WWII spy who made it fun in his memoir; 89 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Roger Hall, 89, who wrote “You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger,†a wry memoir about World War II spycraft that became a cult classic in intelligence circles and appealed to a wide audience for its irreverence, died July 20 at his home in Wilmington, Del. He had congestive heart failure.
- The 28th S.F. Jewish Film Festival - San Francisco Gate
del.icio.us The 28th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the oldest continuous festival of its kind in the world. Under Executive Director Peter Stein, it has grown to 70 films from 19 countries and features 114 screenings in five locations ...
- Frank Gehry: pavilion of delight - Daily Telegraph
Whether it is a tribute to life in the Californian sun, or the weekly ice hockey matches that he started playing 20 years ago, Frank Gehry looks pretty spectacular for a man a year shy of his 80th birthday. Eight pavilions on, is it still possible to ...
- Review: Joel Toledo's 'Chiaroscuro' pits art, nostalgia versus childhood demons (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
By the year 2006 the Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition had earned the kind of venerable reputation that only a thirty-year history, plus an impressive roster of winners and judges, could grant.
- On far too many issues, Obama's poetry doesn't rhyme - Seattle Times
On far too many issues, Obama's poetry doesn't rhymeSeattle Times, United States - 1 hour agoThe poetry reading on change and hope... Barack Obama is such a stand-up guy that he'll stand up twice — once for each side of an issue. ...
- Sorting the Olympic professionals from the amateurs - yorkshirepost
From: Tom Whitley, Nicholson Road, Healing, Grimsby. THE arguments about whether professional sportsmen and sportswomen should be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games will go on and on, and the matter is clouded by definition of what constitutes a ...
- San Diego datebook - San Diego Union-Tribune
If you love big dogs, come out to Fiesta Island from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow for a special adoption event featuring more than 100 large breed dogs and puppies from 25 local shelters and rescue groups. The largest adoption event of its kind. Bring ...
- Vivid Girl Nikki Jayne Wins Coveted Miss XBIZ Summer 2008 Crown - Emailwire
Vivid Girl Nikki Jayne Wins Coveted Miss XBIZ Summer 2008 CrownEmailwire - 3 hours agoIt has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through licensing and marketing programs that extend to advertising, book publishing and such ...
- 'Voice of my ancestors' guided N. Scott Momaday, keynote speaker at ... - WFAA
books@dallasnews.com Karen Thomas is a freelance writer in Arlington. N. Scott Momaday, considered the dean of American Indian writers, grew up steeped in language. As a young Kiowa boy, the stories of his family and tribe flowed richly from ...
- Obama holds big lead in poll - Buffalo News
Sen. Barack Obama, shown addressing an event Tuesday in Las Vegas, rejects allegations of distorting the Bible. WASHINGTON — Buoyed by Democrats’ enthusiasm and public concern over the economy, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has captured a sizable ...
- From car seats to condoms, nasty compounds have invaded our lives (Colorado Springs Independent)
I am half the man my father is. This disturbing fortune came to me about five years ago, but not from an odd relative or a sadistic girlfriend.
- Long Branch poetry series makes great summer readings - Holmdel Independent
Long Branch poetry series makes great summer readingsHolmdel Independent, NJ - 17 minutes agoThe author of the acclaimed book-length poem "The Beautifully Worthless," as well as the novel "The IHOP Papers," Liebegott writes with detail-intensive ...
- Literary Lapses starts Friday - Orillia Today
Literary Lapses starts FridayOrillia Today, Canada - 46 minutes agoUnpublished writers of poetry and prose will have their work judged in a competitive format, with the winners’ entries read aloud later in the day. ...
- Key figure in promoting American Indian literature - Miami Herald
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses. Allen ...
- Stories of city's grave and good are set in stone - Edinburgh News
"Burns was so angry at the absence of a memorial to Fergusson that he asked permission to pay for a stone. THE monument erected to the late Robin Cook MP in the elegant grounds of the Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh unashamedly displays a proud ...
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