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- IAF to host Shakibaii photo exhibit - MehrNews.com
IAF to host Shakibaii photo exhibitMehrNews.com, Iran - 54 minutes agoTEHRAN -- The Iranian Literature Center is to review the poetry of France in its third World Poetry Session for two days on August 31 and September 7. ...
- THE MEMBER-ABILIA AMONG US - New York Post
Treasure-troves of "member-abilia" - Napoleon's privates, Einstein's eyeballs and other morbid collectibles - are being kept under lock and key, prized like family heirlooms, right in our own back yard. An elderly New Jersey ophthalmologist owns ...
- 'American Teen' - Hartford Courant
The documentary "American Teen" is the most realistic movie you will see all summer. Nonetheless, I'm convinced it was made by a sci-fi character. To go so deeply under the skin of a handful of high-schoolers in Warsaw, Ind., and to chronicle their ...
- Collection of Rilke's letters has pride of place beside bed (The Standard-Times)
I always thought "The White Album" was my favorite Beatles album, but last weekend I rediscovered "Let it Be."
- Today in History - Aug. 4 - FOX News
On Aug. 4, 1944, Nazi police raided the secret annex of a building in Amsterdam and arrested eight people, including 15-year-old Anne Frank, whose diary became a famous account of the Holocaust. (Anne died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp some ...
- Colchester: Town mourns "dedicated soldier" - The Gazette
Colchester: Town mourns "dedicated soldier"The Gazette, UK - Aug 8, 2008“We have lost two men that live in Colchester and nine Paras in total which is so sad for one town. “But we do support everything the army is doing and we ...
- Going West Books and Writers Festival 2008 (Scoop.co.nz)
Karlo Mila is this year’s Curnow reader. Her first book Dream Fish Floating, won the Best First Book of Poetry at the 2006 Montana Book Awards.
- How `Genius' Walsh Added Smarts to Brutal Gridiron: Book Review - Bloomberg
How `Genius' Walsh Added Smarts to Brutal Gridiron: Book ReviewBloomberg - 2 hours agoIt wasn't that Walsh saw poetry in the gridiron game that had gone unnoticed for 12 decades or so. This smart book about a smart man demonstrates how Walsh ...
- Stunning Bolt doubles up on records - Guardian Unlimited
BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Usain Bolt produced another barely believable performance of dominant sprinting to break Michael Johnson's untouchable world record on Wednesday and add 200 metres gold to the 100 he won in record time four days ago. While ...
- Declare freedom from foreign fuel - South Coast Today
Declare freedom from foreign fuelSouth Coast Today, MA - 8 hours agoOn that evening, music, sing-alongs and a poetry reading will accompany poster-making and working on the Wing's Court Eco-Garden RainGarden, ...
- Blogging day one of National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Spoken word artists are naturally a loquacious bunch, so it's only natural that more than a few are sharing their experiences at the National Poetry Slam in Madison this week. The five-day showdown opened on Tuesday with a series of 12 bouts between 48 teams, less than a third of the total in the two preliminary rounds of competition. Poets from several teams competing on this opening night have ...
- A fictive family history of China - Times Online
A fictive family history of ChinaTimes Online, UK - 51 minutes agoFrom infancy he avoids the sight of suffering by immersion in classical poetry. He easily passes exams, rising to the rank of Mandarin and administrator ...
- A Macclesfield ode by Jo - Community News Group
A Macclesfield ode by JoCommunity News Group, UK - 40 minutes agoUsing some 50 inspirational ideas submitted by members of the public, Jo produced her words of wisdom at a special poetry evening which she jointly hosted ...
- Apple could be on the verge of shaking up its all-Intel CPU/chipset ... - DailyTech
Mention Apple in the tech community and one is sure to invoke a firestorm of criticism and debate. Indeed few topics excite tech readers quite like the moves of Apple which tends to draw inordinately passionate praise and criticism. However, one of ...
- Kathleen Parker: Beneath the campaign's prose, poetry - commercialappeal.com (subscription)
Kathleen Parker: Beneath the campaign's prose, poetrycommercialappeal.com (subscription), TN - 9 hours agoAnyone familiar with Hispanic art and literature knows that poetry isn't only a genre. Poetry is in the DNA of this romantic, passionate people. ...
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