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- Letters: Oxbridge admissions (Independent)
David Blunkett, discussing Oxbridge admissions (report, 21 July) falls into the same trap as most commentators in assuming that the problem of a high proportion of independent-school admissions to Oxbridge lies with the universities themselves.
- Trailers (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Second run "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" and "The Happening" will play in second run at the Byrd, starting Saturday. Special Byrd Lyric Ave presents its poetry-based variety show at the Byrd at 7 tonight. No movies will be shown. Leaving town "Sex and the City" and "Iron Man" leave in first-run today. Open caption "The Dark Knight" will be shown with open captions at Virginia ...
- Turn up the radio and give me some peace - Telegraph.co.uk
Turn up the radio and give me some peaceTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoSilence is meant to be a noble thing, a golden thing, the stuff of nature and poetry and philosophical contemplation. Not to be able to handle it - to feel ...
- Poetry and the environment - knox.VillageSoup.com
knox.VillageSoup.comPoetry and the environmentknox.VillageSoup.com, ME - 4 hours agoThe poetry reading and reception celebrating the environment are free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Camden Public Library and the ...
- Free download gives readers access to poems by Ohioans (Akron Beacon Journal)
J.B. Solomon Editions of Alliance is making a rock-star move by offering its first poetry collection as a free electronic download.
- Kay Ryan Is Appointed US Poet Laureate - NewsHour
NewsHourKay Ryan Is Appointed US Poet LaureateNewsHour - Jul 17, 2008"Kay Ryan is a distinctive and original voice within the rich variety of contemporary American poetry," Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said a ...
- Poetry slams Adversity in verse - Economist
Poetry slams Adversity in verseEconomist, UK - 28 minutes agoA mix of New York’s young and liberal have assembled to witness a poetry slam, a feature of every Wednesday and Friday night at the Nuyorican. ...
- Mugabe plays the God card - Globe and Mail
In perhaps his sincerest admission of how he has regarded today's runoff presidential vote, Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe recently told a group of businessmen in Bulawayo: "Only God, who appointed me, will remove me." The not-so-veiled threat of ...
- Irish Wit Infuses Poetry - Hartford Courant
Paul Muldoon once said, "The point of poetry is to be acutely discomfiting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the nose, to knock us off our feet, to take our breath away." Muldoon is known for his Irish wit, masterly way with ...
- Literary North Carolina - Rocky Mount Telegram
Literary North CarolinaRocky Mount Telegram, NC - 39 minutes agoOn the other side of the state, pick up Thomas Wolfe, and then go to the Wolfe house or read some Carl Sandburg poetry and go to Sandburg's house," said ...
- A flight away from the traditional - Stanford Daily
A flight away from the traditionalStanford Daily, CA - 45 minutes agoCalcuttans will say they would rather teach their sons poetry than business, and people worldwide know the city as Mother Teresa’s home base for her works ...
- The Fourth of July Parade's 2008 Grand Marshal Rose Gilbert. - Palisadian-Post
Weathered books with titles such as 'Roots,' 'Les Miserables' and the 'Canterbury Tales' line Rose Gilbert's bookshelf in the family room of her Pacific Palisades home. The books attest to how Gilbert has spent her life ' sharing her love of ...
- Sharp response to poetry competition - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Sharp response to poetry competitionAuckland stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 4 hours ago... public transport and super-city proposals. Both Kay and Linda have received poetry books by writers nominated for this year’s Montana Book award for poetry.
- Lyn Gardner: What on earth would Miss Skinner think? - guardian.co.uk
Lyn Gardner: What on earth would Miss Skinner think?guardian.co.uk, UK - 55 minutes agoThe fact that I can still quote large chunks of poetry is entirely down to her. "Shakespeare," insisted Miss Skinner, "was for performing, not reading. ...
- Naked Brothers Band to visit Crocker Park - Cleveland Plain Dealer
What: The Naked Brothers Band free concert and autograph signing. When: Concert, 1 p.m. Sunday; signing, 2-4 p.m. Where: Concert: Crocker Park, 228 Market St. Signing: Barnes & Noble, 198 Crocker Park Blvd. For more information: 440-250-9233 Nat and ...
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