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- Memorable slogans distill a campaign and do it with poetry, imagery - Waterbury Republican-American
KANSAS CITY, Mo.  Life isn't a bowl of cherries, it's a boatload of slogans. They're everywhere and in our heads. They're the hooks of marketing. And presidential campaigns. That's because the good ones work. "Voters want a nice distilled ...
- Benefit for Lincoln teen set for today - Helena Independent Record
Benefit for Lincoln teen set for todayHelena Independent Record, MT - 9 hours agoBy Independent Record - 08/23/08 Tessa loves reading and poetry, and the color aqua. She likes to go shopping, especially for high heels because she’s on ...
- Claudia Roth Pierpont: The man who taught rulers how to rule. (The New Yorker)
One method of torture used in Florentine jails during the glorious days of the Renaissance was the strappado: a prisoner was hoisted into the air by a rope attached to his wrists, which had been tied behind his back, and then suddenly dropped toward the floor as many times as . . .
- The Greatest Manitobans: #25 Carol Shields (Winnipeg Free Press)
Today and every day for the next two weeks, we offer readers a sneak peek at the life stories of 12 of the Top 30 Greatest Manitobans ever, as chosen by Winnipeg Free Press readers in a collaborative process that lasted all summer. We’ve chosen seven profiles at random for you to enjoy, but the last five are that long-awaited countdown to the No. 1 greatest Manitoban ever. Watch for our book The ...
- Libby George: 'Trinidad,' monoprint - North Coast Journal
Libby George: 'Trinidad,' monoprintNorth Coast Journal, CA - 3 hours agoThere are photographs, prints, sculpture, a wall hanging made from ocean rock, pages from one of Jerry Martien's chapbooks of poetry. ...
- The Balanced Life: 19 Tips for Cheering Yourself Up -- From 200 Years ... - Huffingtonpost.com
While reading a biography of English writer Sydney Smith, Hesketh Pearson's The Smith of Smiths , I stumbled across this letter. In 1820, Smith wrote a letter to an unhappy friend, Lady Morpeth, in which he offered her tips for cheering up. I have my ...
- Winning Olympic gold just part of the battle - OCRegister
Winning Olympic gold just part of the battleOCRegister, CA - 3 hours agoThrough the poetry emerges a portrait of a man at times roiled by pain and even in fear of the end of life. Yet Bragg's words speak of challenging oneself ...
- 5 county teachers of the year honored at fete - San Diego Union Tribune
5 county teachers of the year honored at feteSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago... Theater and developed a free tutoring program at the local public library one evening a week. Waldron uses classroom rituals such as weekly Poetry Days, ...
- Emperor of the first holocaust: How the death of his male lover left ... - Daily Mail
The elderly, distinguished-looking Israelite is thrown to the ground by a group of hard-faced soldiers who spit on him, kick him and call him a filthy old Jew. His name is Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph, one of the greatest scholars of his day. But that ...
- Poem: White Moon by Wang Xiaoni - Guardian Unlimited
The midnight moon exposes every bone. I breathe ice-blue air. All the world's follies are falling like fireflies. The city is a carcass. No living thing can match this pure light. I open the curtains to watch earth hold such pouring silver until I ...
- Posted -4 sec ago - Brantford Expositor
Posted -4 sec agoBrantford Expositor, Canada - 4 hours agoHis greatest love was poetry, being able to quote 100 - 200 lines from major poets. Often he quoted the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam which he knew by heart. ...
- Carlos Alcalá: Gold-medal moment at the fair (The Sacramento Bee)
Gold medal at the fair: Roseville residents and authors Jennifer Martin and Bud Gardner – both have written for the "Chicken Soup" series – were signing books at the State Fair's local authors table when basketball star Ruthie Bolton showed up. They got to talking. "One thing led to another (especially since Bud used to coach basketball at American River College) and Ruthie pulled her Olympic ...
- City must heed poet's strategy for change - Seattle Post Intelligencer
City must heed poet's strategy for changeSeattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours agoOr the thousands of high school and college students she has lectured on the magic of poetry and music to spread messages about politics, environmentalism, ...
- A poet explores the language of collage - International Herald Tribune
A poet explores the language of collageInternational Herald Tribune, France - 18 minutes agoTibor de Nagy, which both exhibited art and published poetry, helped shape it. Ashbery's first slender volume, "Turandot and Other Poems," appeared under ...
- Weekend Events (Foster's Daily Democrat)
ROCHESTER  The next monthly Art Stroll will take place on Friday, Sept. 5, 5-7 p.m., and will feature work in the local galleries around town. At the Jenny Wren Gallery, 107 North Main St., fiber artist and gallery owner Jenny Stimac will be showcasing her new line of embellished clothing.
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