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- Saddam feared disease in prison, according to his 'diary' - Seattle Post Intelligencer
CAIRO, Egypt -- Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in ...
- `Magnificent' Lorenzo Fights Pope, Defends Florence: New Books - Bloomberg
`Magnificent' Lorenzo Fights Pope, Defends Florence: New BooksBloomberg - 28 minutes agoThe conspiracy was hatched by the Pazzi, a noble old Florentine family who resented the arriviste Medici, and relatives of the obnoxious Sixtus IV. ...
- Rome’s Honor America Days schedule - Utica Observer Dispatch
Rome’s Honor America Days scheduleUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 1 hour ago... N. Washington St. Make poetry and CD magnets to beautify metallic surfaces. Info: 336-4570. * Summer in the Square Concert, 6 to 8 pm, free admission. ...
- The real Boris Johnson: is there any such thing as a Libertarian ... - Daily Telegraph Blogs
To the general disappointment of Labour, Boris Johnson has not shown any real signs of weakness, although the campaigning journalism that got Ken into such hot water over the last year, threatens to swamp his own team in controversy after a mere two ...
- BHS's literary magazine continues to be well-received (The Pantagraph)
BLOOMINGTON -- When they started the season, Bloomington High School artists, poets and writers knew it would be difficult to live up to the achievements of their peers last year.
- Poetry fest to be launched in Lowell - Lowell Sun
LOWELL -- Thanks to Jack Kerouac, Robert Frost and other notable scribes from the Merrimack Valley, Lowell has been picked to host the first poetry festival in the state. The Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Oct. 10-12, will feature three days of ...
- Paperback: Tennis Whites and Teacakes, by John Betjeman (Independent)
How delightful that a statue of the man who wrote "It is useless to pretend that I enjoy myself abroad" adorns the refurbished St Pancras. Equally dubious about the expat life ("Our savings gone, we climb the stony path/ Back to the house with scorpions in the bath"), Betjeman extolled the delights of the Northern Line's City Branch ("a strong smell of wet feet"). What he wrote of Waugh – "he ...
- Young students form an everlasting bond (Vancouver Sun)
I have witnessed an amazing journey of friendship develop between 20 eight-year-olds and 10 octo- and nonagenarians who came together this past school year thanks to the wisdom of one "newbie" Grade 3 teacher.
- Dolgeville will bloom during 10th annual Violet Festival - Utica Observer Dispatch
Dolgeville will bloom during 10th annual Violet FestivalUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 1 hour agoThere's also a poetry contest; the winners will be announced at 5:30 pm Saturday. Throughout the weekend, vendors will sell crafts and flowers - including ...
- Outlander wields compelling plot - Baton Rouge Advocate
Set in 1903 in the Canadian West, this novel begins with a young widow named Mary Boulton on the run. As the story unfolds, her compulsion to flee is revealed: she’s a widow because she has killed her husband, and his two gigantic, look-alike, red ...
- Profits from poems - Crosscut.com
Seattleites John Marshall and Christine Deavel are co-owners of Open Books: A Poetry Emporium , one of just two poetry-only bookstores in the U.S. (The other is called Grolier Poetry Book Shop, in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass.) Open Books offers ...
- Niagara-Wheatfield School Board hires superintendent - Buffalo News
SANBORN … Carl H. Militello, the current superintendent of the Carthage Central School District in the North Country of New York State, has been hired to become the new superintendent of the Niagara-Wheatfield School District. The School Board ...
- Katy Guest: A Week in Books - Independent
Katy Guest: A Week in BooksIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoOthers say we're not getting enough poetry, as if poems contained vital roughage and we ought to aim for five a day. And what are these pages for, ...
- The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Rachel Leibrock Column - RedOrbit
The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Rachel Leibrock ColumnRedOrbit, TX - 11 hours agoRounding out the lineup is Dove, a former US poet laureate and special consultant in poetry for the Library of Congress. Her poetry collection "Thomas and ...
- Volunteer says taking first step is the hardest (The Doings Hinsdale)
One friend asking her to be involved kick-started a 20-plus year volunteer career for Hinsdale's Lisa Wilhelm Haag. "Start where you can to help a cause and say, 'What else can I do,' " she said. "Someone is going to call you about a volunteer opportunity." Since the 1980s, she has been involved with the YWCA of Metro Chicago, where she is the treasurer of the board and chairman of the finance ...
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