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- Barack Obama the speechmaker is being rumbled - Times Online
It's funny how the harder you look at something, the harder it can be to understand it. I can't recall a US presidential election that has attracted more attention. But neither can there have been a time when the world has watched what goes on in ...
- Sibal's poetic impulse finds vent on his BlackBerry - MSN India
Nostalgia, the parting of lovers, the search for salvation, political opportunism, sycophancy, tsunami, nano-technology, bio-tech, terrorism, and the July 22 trust vote that saw some Indian MPs tossing wads of currency in parliament claiming they ...
- The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory (PhysOrg)
From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.
- Pool company head pleads not guilty in boy’s death (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 12, 2008 (11:54 a.m.) A swimming pool company president has pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge in connection with the drowning death of a boy whose arm was trapped by a pool's powerful drain pump.
- Autistic adults speak through art - Charities Aid Foundation
Charities Aid FoundationAutistic adults speak through artCharities Aid Foundation, UK - 26 minutes ago... one in 100 people with autism to communicate through art in one of three categories - poetry or prose, 2D art or photography, All Together Now! reports. ...
- Things to Go and Do - like join the Hoot (Portsmouth Herald)
The 2008-2009 Poetry Hoot season with the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 at Café Espresso, 738 Islington St., (Plaza 800) Portsmouth. Featured readers will be Kate Aset and Hugh Hennedy. At 8 p.m. an open mic will be...
- In defense of prejudice - Arab American News
In defense of prejudiceArab American News, MI - 1 hour agoThey (humans, not sea-cows) are pleasant, blond and suntanned, given to yachting, white wine and Sufi poetry; or so it seemed to me after a fly-through ...
- Paul Newman's loves, life, and 83 jam-packed years: links to all ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Location Akron Aurora Avon Avon Lake Bainbridge Barberton Bath Bay Village Beachwood Bedford Bedford Heights Berea Bratenahl Brecksville Broadview Heights Brook Park Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights Brunswick Burton Canton Chagrin Falls Chardon Chesterland ...
- Idaho History: Joaquin Miller's imagination led to a colorful career - IdahoStatesman.com
Idaho History: Joaquin Miller's imagination led to a colorful careerIdahoStatesman.com, ID - 1 hour agoDuring these years he began writing poetry, and in 1868 he published the first of several books of verse, "Specimens." It was ignored by the critics, ...
- All About Barbie - San Francisco Gate
Barbie is the ultimate cougar. She's single, frolics with younger men and, at 49 years old, doesn't look a day over 17. That is, until she's altered. "She's sexy. But the concept of altering Barbie, of turning her into a piece of art, brings it into ...
- The wide world of Woody (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Woody Allen says he has finally become what he always wanted to be -- a foreign filmmaker.
- Just because the bloggers are tapping away like laptop Mozarts doesn't ... - Guardian Unlimited
Some mornings I like to take my laptop and go and write in the local coffee shop near my office because I have low self-esteem and imagine that people will admire me from afar. And they do. I live in a village in upstate New York that prides itself ...
- The art of being Juliette - Guardian Unlimited
Her eyes are gazing off into the distance, anguished and fretful despite the resignation that clings to her mouth and the unyielding angularity of those oddly expressive cheekbones. The ears are unflatteringly jug-like but the forehead radiates calm ...
- Summer at Your Library - Worcester Telegram
Summer at Your LibraryWorcester Telegram, MA - 57 minutes agoPoetry – Wild Words Aug. 12 at 2 pm Bring a favorite poem or write your own. Paints, papers and more will be provided to make a decorative piece. ...
- 8/23-31: Red Rocks Music Festival - AZCentral.com
For seven years, violinist Moshe Bukshpan has brought the Red Rocks Music Festival to Sedona. But his mission has always been to bring more music to more people. So, for its eighth season, which runs Aug. 23-31, the festival has venues from Sedona ...
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