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- How to fly without fear - The Independent
Last week's "terror plunge" to an emergency landing by a Qantas jumbo jet will have done little to soothe the intense fear of flying suffered by one in five of the UK population. Boarding an aeroplane may actually be the safest form of travel, but ...
- Creative writing at the Queen - Napa Valley Register
Creative writing at the QueenNapa Valley Register, CA - 1 hour ago... with a community creative writing project to start in September. The documentary, “Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine,” will be shown from 4 to 6 pm at ...
- Driven to excel - Deccan Herald
Driven to excelDeccan Herald, India - 5 hours agoAn avid traveller, music lover and reader, she also writes 'Urdu' poetry. And what is her advice to young women who are about to start their career? ...
- Outdoor notebook: Finish summer break with a shorelands tour - Salt Lake Tribune
The Nature Conservancy is holding a back-to-school tour Aug. 23. On Aug. 23, a Nature Conservancy of Utah guide will take kids on a tour of the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve. The event will include hands-on activities and poetry writing. The ...
- At the library: - Wicked Local Roslindale
At the library:Wicked Local Roslindale, MA - 2 hours agoOngoing poetry workshop: Since 1996, local poet Mary E. Joyce Waite has been guiding other aspiring poets during their Monday meetings at the West Roxbury ...
- READING THE OED - New York Times
READING THE OEDNew York Times, United States - Aug 1, 2008Théophile Gautier read the dictionary to enrich and exoticize his poetry. Walter Pater read the dictionary to keep his prose pure and marmoreal — to learn ...
- Child's poem entitled 'Ahmed's Bunker' deemed racist - Ynetnews
Child's poem entitled 'Ahmed's Bunker' deemed racistYnetnews, Israel - 8 hours agoA poem written by a 10-year old boy from Ness Ziona, in which he describes the life of a bomb-maker named Ahmed who specializes in killing Jews, ...
- One rancher's solution to the 'Mexican invasion' - Orangeville Citizen
One rancher's solution to the 'Mexican invasion'Orangeville Citizen, Canada - 2 hours agoCowboy Poets — males and females of all ages — tell about everyday life on ranches throughout their poetry. The tales can be funny, sad, or philosophical, ...
- A cultural history - Economist
A cultural historyEconomist, UK - 1 hour agoJean Cocteau managed a professional boxer and rhapsodised about his “active poetry” and its “mysterious syntax”. Jean Genet wrote poems to a “thief-boxer” ...
- It's the water... - Spokane Spokesman-Review
In spring, where April showers bring mold, shoe-sucking mud, and batallions of slugs, we often wonder how the state's founders settled on this mossy burg for their capital. Here's the answer, according to the archivists of the Secretary of State's ...
- BR Area for June 20-June 26, 2008 - 2TheAdvocate
BR Area for June 20-June 26, 20082TheAdvocate, LA - 1 hour agoGAY MEN’S CHORUS IN CONCERT: 8 pm, Unitarian Church, 8470 Goodwood Blvd. The chorus presents Home, arrangements of familiar songs about friendship, family, ...
- Oceans' Growing Acidity Alarms Scientists - Common Dreams
WASHINGTON - Seven hundred miles west of Seattle in the Pacific at Ocean Station Papa, a first-of-its-kind buoy is anchored to monitor a looming environmental catastrophe. Forget about sea levels rising as glaciers and polar ice melt, and increasing ...
- Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life (Boston Herald)
HONOLULU - At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice...
- Gross takes charge into no-man's land - Globe and Mail
Stephen Harper could scarcely have scripted it any better. Almost coincident with the expected calling of a general election - likely to be in some measure a referendum on Canada's war effort in Afghanistan - the 33rd Toronto International Film ...
- Emotion and law - Hindu
HinduEmotion and lawHindu, India - 2 hours agoWordsworth and Keats are more popular because of the universality in their poetry. I love EE Cummings as a poet.” His poems traverse the socio-economic, ...
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