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- MY TAKE - Facing up to our limits - Holland Sentinel
In a recent commentary in another publication, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra argued that the solution to our oil crisis is to increase our oil supply. His various ideas range from opening the Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...
- Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for £60,000 prize - Evening Standard
A 28-year-old London waiter has been nominated for one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes for his first novel. Ross Raisin's debut God's Own Country is a contender for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for authors under the age of 30 ...
- Owen Wilson "Enormously Literate" And "Big Poetry Fan" - All Headline News
Hollywood, CA (CNS) - "You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts," said Owen Wilson's character in "Wedding Crashers." Wilson's character in the movie was only hoping to get lucky with a ...
- Pal power (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Sometimes, with all the pointless competition, feuding and lack of cooperation, the "New Orleans theater community" doesn't seem to exist. But for singer-actress Lisa Picone, it came through big-time.
- Ras Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon? (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Ras Beirut remains the socially most-diverse, arguably the most-urban, part of the Lebanese capital. Though it isn't immune to sectarian tension, it is still hoped in certain circles that Ras Beirut - where intellectual discussion and social activism are its daily bread - will provide a prototype for a post-sectarian Lebanon.
- Former Virginia Governor's Comment About Science At Convention ... - Wired News
Former Virginia Governor's Comment About Science At Convention ...Wired News - Aug 27, 2008(poetry in motion) dagsalot: I'm a big fan of former Gov. Mark Warner right now. "Think, in 4 months, we could have a presidency that believes in science! ...
- Gerda’s history to be unveiled? - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Gerda’s history to be unveiled?Fergus Falls Daily Journal, MN - 2 hours agoThe contest is free, and no registration is necessary. Pieces will be read in an informal discussion setting, and gift certificates donated by local ...
- Palestinians plan 'state' funeral for poet Darwish - AFP
Boston GlobePalestinians plan 'state' funeral for poet DarwishAFP - 3 hours agoHe penned over two dozen books of poetry and prose in a career spanning nearly five decades that captured the Palestinian experience of war, exile, ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishDeaths elsewhere Baltimore SunMahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet, is dead International Herald TribuneReuters - Los Angeles Timesall 479 news articles
- 30 years at Daybreak - Martha's Vineyard Times
30 years at DaybreakMartha's Vineyard Times, MA - 1 hour agoThere were close to 70 friends, family, staff, members, and supporters attending the raffle that featured gifts donated by Donaroma's, the Vineyard Haven ...
- Las Tunas Poet Wins National Prize of the Cuban Book Institute - Cuba Headlines
Cuba HeadlinesLas Tunas Poet Wins National Prize of the Cuban Book InstituteCuba Headlines, Cuba - 2 hours agoThe poetry book Ovejas y demonios (Sheep and Demons), by the writer of this city, Antonio Borrego, won the prize La Puerta de papel, of the Cuban Book ...
- The Italian city of Florence is to revoke the exile imposed on the ... - BBC News
BBC NewsThe Italian city of Florence is to revoke the exile imposed on the ...BBC News, UK - Jun 18, 2008... experience to his finest poetry, especially the final book of the Divine Comedy, Il Paradiso, which Dante completed shortly before his death in 1321. ...
- Pioneering lesbian rights activist dies just weeks after wedding (Independent)
Del Martin, the pioneering lesbian rights activist whose career spanned more than five decades, and who twice took part in California's “first†gay marriage, has died at the age of 87.
- Poster poems: The rhymes of war - Guardian Blogs
An art less martial ... Members of the "Last Post to the Pals" march across the Somme battlefields, France, June 2006. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA "Arms, and the man I sing" wrote Virgil , or something very like it . Whatever the merits of Dryden's ...
- Today's Poets Provide Fresh Literary Perspectives on the Most Popular Book of the Bible (Christian News Wire)
"Reading Poets on the Psalms gave me a new appetite for reading the Psalms." -Mark Jarman, author of Epistles
- Your Community (Albany Democrat-Herald)
ALBANY Model A’s to roll through town Saturday The Enduring A’s Model A Ford Club of America will tour through Albany as part of International Model A Day on Saturday to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Model A.
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