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- Badal misused official machinery: Cong - Tribune
Levelling allegations of misuse of official machinery, the Congress today demanded a probe into the use of a government helicopter by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to tour Punjab for electioneering prior to the panchayat elections. The issue was ...
- A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time (New York Times)
A baggy compendium of artworks at the Parrish Art Museum offers a chance to meditate on the many meanings of one of the world?s cheapest and most precious materials.
- Acting can be torture: Irrfan Khan - Times of India
Acting can be torture: Irrfan KhanTimes of India, India - 9 hours agoDifferent actors from different parts of the world — England, Japan, France, America and Sweden — will be reading the same piece of poetry that will be ...
- Art plunges the depths in 'Immersion' - Athens Banner-Herald
"These are not pastel pieces, that's for sure," says Celia Brooks, looking at the watercolors that make up the exhibit "Immersion" at the Lyndon House Arts Center, on display through July 19. Indeed not. These watercolors are vibrant with color, from ...
- Prince starts new a new chapter - Glasgow Daily Record
Prince starts new a new chapterGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour ago... lyrics and poetry based on his three-week residency at the O2 Arena in London last year. Publisher Atria books claim it offers "a rare glimpse into the ...
- Bragdon's "Outlook Portland" Keeps City Weird (The Oregonian)
The show fills KRCW-32's airwaves near dawn on Sunday. But to host David Bragdon,"Outlook Portland" should have the unpredictable feel of an after-hours cafe.
- Guest Book Review: Edison on Altschul - Mediabistro.com
Lady Lazarus By Andrew Foster Altschul (Harcourt) Reviewed by Mike Edison John Lennon may have called Chuck Berry the first poet of rock'n'roll, and Bob Dylan just got chucked a Pulitzer, but poetry and rock is still a tough pill to swallow.
- Teacher at juvenile hall among Golden Bell award winners (Marin Independent Journal)
BART JONES points out the orange and blue stripes in the quilt his students made.
- British-Russian relations in deep-freeze, as summit fails - Times Online
Relations between Britain and Russia remained in the deep freeze last night after Gordon Brown appeared to have made little headway in his first meeting with President Medvedev. At an hour-long meeting, the Prime Minister protested at the treatment ...
- The death of grand poetry? - Al-Ahram Weekly
Commemorating the anniversaries of the deaths of two great Arab poets, Mona Anis investigates the contemporary role of the poet Literary circles in the Arab world last week commemorated the tenth anniversary of the death of the Syrian poet Nizar ...
- Pianist strives to find the music's poetry - Newark Star-Ledger
Misha Dacic at the Golandsky Piano Festival. When: 8 p.m. Monday. Where: Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University campus (Ivy Lane and Washington Road). How much: $25; call (877) 343-3434 or visit golandskyinstitute.org . Born in Serbia 30 ...
- Baghdad’s Other Power Struggle - Truthdig
TruthdigBaghdad’s Other Power StruggleTruthdig, United States - 1 hour ago“The power supply is really bad,†said al-Farji, a judge who loves old Arabic poetry. “We barely get any power from the city, and the power we have from the ...
- How to navigate the Bible - Canada.com
How to navigate the BibleCanada.com, Canada - 11 minutes ago... passage that Genis identifies as to its literary form (ie narrative, instruction, explanation, poetry) and comments on with its relevance to daily life. ...
- Kay Ryan, a Laureate Worth Lauding (The New York Sun)
Yesterday's announcement from the Library of Congress that Kay Ryan will be the country's next poet laureate is a cause for celebration. In part, this is because Ms. Ryan is an excellent poet, and in poetry it is rarer than it should be for merit and recognition to find one another. But it is also because Ms. Ryan has advanced to the top rank of American poets while keeping a principled distance ...
- Obama mentor: 'Smash on, victory-eating Red Army' (WorldNetDaily)
The man who heavily influenced U.S. Sen. Barack Obama during his growing years wrote poetry praising the aggression of communism, criticizing "Sweet Jesus" and mocking the traditional hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," according to an advocate for media accuracy.
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