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- Great speakers: Why their words resonate (Denver Post via Yahoo! News)
Four years ago, Barack Obama jumped into the spotlight with a single speech, "The Audacity of Hope," which triggered national buzz when he delivered it at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
- What’s in art galleries - Tehran Times
What’s in art galleriesTehran Times, Iran - 23 hours agoSculptures created by Yasamin Sinaii will be on display during an exhibition entitled “Love Poems” from August 15 at the Niavaran Cultural Center. ...
- Kilin, the author who enriched Maltese literature, dies aged 90 (Times of Malta)
Well-known author Mikiel Spiteri passed away yesterday, a month before reaching his 91st birthday.
- Bear books for children are great reading (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bears loom large in children's literature - teddy bears, panda bears and Goldilocks' mild-mannered victims, for example. This season, such cuddly human stand-ins reappear in three utterly charming sequels to recent favorites, all about friends. A deferential...
- John Baber: LR doctor enjoyed poetry, gardening - Arkansas Online
John Baber: LR doctor enjoyed poetry, gardeningArkansas Online, AR - 11 minutes agoBy Evin Demirel (Contact) John Baber, MD, a general surgeon who took pleasure in the words of a Persian poet and the cultivation of orchids, ...
- Phil Hogan finds out what the truth is behind memory loss and if you can avoid it (Guardian Unlimited)
Phil Hogan asks leading academics and medics what the truth is behind memory loss and, crucially, can you avoid it?
- Ray Lewis bites the dust - Daily Telegraph Blogs
Oh dear that didn't last long, did it. A day after Boris Johnson and his pugnacious deputy came out fighting over a series of allegations of sexual and financial misconduct, and Ray Lewis is toast already His position was clearly untenable after it ...
- Calendar Event Listings 8-27-08 (City Pulse)
Wednesday, August 27 CLASSES & SEMINARS Intro to Christian Mysticism. A course to introduce you to Christian mysticism and help you figure out if it’s right for you. 7:30 – 9 p.m. FREE. Center of Light, 209 N. Walnut St., Lansing. (517) 580-3690. www.centersoflight.org.
- BBC Proms 2008: Marking 150 years, Hallé gives a fitting finale - Daily Telegraph
The Hallé's Prom last night harked back to earlier years in the orchestra's history, a fitting way to mark its 150th birthday this year. The first half celebrated the period under the great John Barbirolli and its particular association with British ...
- Veronica Patterson's "Marry Me" (Seattle Times)
I don't often talk about poetic forms in this column, thinking that most of my readers aren't interested in how the clock works and would...
- Relaxing with a coffee, a book, and a pile - The Island (subscription)
The Island (subscription)Relaxing with a coffee, a book, and a pileThe Island (subscription), Sri Lanka - 13 hours agoDay 18: Walking along a road reading a novel of a rural community deeply riven by dark secrets, I walk into a lamppost and end up with a forehead deeply ...
- James Reaney, 81 (The Globe and Mail)
National literary icon had 50-year career as playwright, poet and professor
- Who's bard? Burns fans shock over Jacko "show tunes" covers (BBC News)
Experts on Rabbie Burns react to reports that Michael Jackson has put the Scots Bard's work to music.
- The Bible takes an Eastern influence - Bombala Times
THE words of the Bhagavadgita, the songs of a Hindu mystic and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi have all found a place in a controversial Bible published in India. An illustration in the new version depicts the Holy Family as poor Indian villagers ...
- Da Kine (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Cast a vote for Hawaii's Junior Miss Trina Hyun in an online competition that could win her a scholarship. Verizon Wireless has given each contestant in the 2008 America's Junior Miss Program an LG Venus phone and asked them to upload photos taken with the phones to a Web site.
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