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- Milking History: 'Amalia's Tale' by David I. Kertzer (The New York Sun)
'Nothing is so dangerous to its surroundings as a syphilitic infant." So wrote Alfred Fournier, a prominent French doctor whose exaggeration, back in the late 19th century, would be hard to blame. In southwestern France, a contaminated newborn had recently infected his unsuspecting wet nurse, and when she fell ill her neighbors, equally unwary, took her place in between nursing their own ...
- Book tells Lady Liberty's story through many voices Young Readers (The Plain Dealer)
She measures 111 feet tall, weighs 225 tons and sports a 4½-foot-long nose that is "massive but elegant." Meet Lady Liberty, up close and personal, in a stellar collaboration from noted history writer Doreen Rappaport and acclaimed illustrator Matt Tavares.
- Young actors prove their talent - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Young actors prove their talentMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 1 hour agoThe young man thinks he is a radical, and he spouts poetry without prompting. Richard is long on book knowledge and short on life experience. ...
- The Real Lincoln Bedroom: Love in a Time of Strife - New York Times
New York TimesThe Real Lincoln Bedroom: Love in a Time of StrifeNew York Times, United States - 3 hours agoThe tone of the correspondence can be surprising, particularly when Mr. Epstein emphasizes its discreet but distinct erotic charge. ...
- Business in a bind - Norton Mirror
Business in a bindNorton Mirror, MA - 1 hour agoBoland, who gives poetry readings from Dylan Thomas and William Butler Yeats, frets that growing numbers of non-readers are “enamored by their computers†...
- Oe, Pamuk discuss influences of West - The Daily Yomiuri
Oe, Pamuk discuss influences of WestThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 1 hour agoPamuk: I'm excited about my friendship and solidarity with such a splendid novelist. In addition, being with Mr. Oe makes me realize that I shoulder a large ...
- A Life Set to Music - RedOrbit
A Life Set to MusicRedOrbit, TX - 3 hours agoJenna McFadden, 13, a flutist and Jenna's friend since preschool, described her as "enthusiastic. She liked to talk. She smiled all the time. ...
- STAGE REVIEW: 'Cyrano de Bergerac' a feast for the senses - Reading Eagle
STAGE REVIEW: 'Cyrano de Bergerac' a feast for the sensesReading Eagle, PA - 3 hours agoSince words are of the utmost importance in this play, the poetry needs to soar, and Burgess' does indeed. As Cyrano, the wizard swordsman and poet with the ...
- On Romanus the Melodist (Zenit News Agency)
VATICAN CITY, MAY 21, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square.
- Brawl over Barbie doll is heading to trial - AZCentral.com
LOS ANGELES - Four years ago, Mattel Inc. exhorted its executives to help save Barbie from a new doll clique called the Bratz. "The House is on Fire!" said an internal presentation on the decline of its iconic Barbie doll franchise. Market share was ...
- Cook Co.. religion notes (Daily Herald)
The Ministry of New Beginnings, part of the Phoenix Group, is a 31-year-old, Catholic-oriented, nondenominational social support organization for separated, divorced, widowed and single persons.
- University of Hawaii - UH System Current News
UH System Current NewsUniversity of HawaiiUH System Current News, HI - 13 hours agoIn addition to her scholarly work, she enjoys creative writing and has had her poetry and fiction appear in local publications such as “Bamboo Ridge. ...
- Counting Crows adds Tampa date to its playlist - Orlando Sentinel
Counting Crows adds Tampa date to its playlistOrlando Sentinel, FL - 1 hour agoYou may roll your eyes at the earnest poetry of Adam Duritz, but we have been watching and we can't help but notice how your car turns into a karaoke bar ...
- Salinas Rodeo honors past and future - Thecalifornian.com
The ads for the California Rodeo Salinas proclaim, "There's a little bit of cowboy in all of us." If you're from Salinas, it's true. Even for those who don't feel that way, you may end up with a "little bit of Rodeo" on your shoe this week. So go ...
- Bridge over troubled seas - The Times
Bridge over troubled seasThe Times, South Africa - 46 minutes agoThe title of the book comes from WB Yeats’s poem written in 1921, The Second Coming. Things fall apart / The centre cannot hold / Mere anarchy is loosed ...
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