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- Vote shows public's take being heard - Daily Local News
His name was George F. Babbitt. He was 46 years old now, in April 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. -- "Babbitt ...
- Joan Aragone: Play games to improve your brain (San Mateo County Times)
As we age, our brains function less efficiently than they did when we were younger.That isn't news to anybody over 50 who knows the experience of forgetting a name immediately on introduction or grasping for words to describe a common object.
- R. A. Campos - Cosmopolitan - Sheknows.com
We're not averse to a romantic roll in the hay; it's just that lighting candles and scattering flower petals on the sheets doesn't qualify. Instead, why not treat your guy to steamy circus sex moves...in costume? Okay, I tried. You don't have to be ...
- "TXTNG: THE GR8 DB8" (New York Post)
It's almost comic to imagine how annoyed some people will be by the title of this book. But texting (the idea of it, the practice, the mere word sometimes) does get people's goats. David Crystal quotes two such commentators with relish. "[Texters...
- Review: D.V. - Diana Vreeland (ThirdAge)
Prepare to be dazzled. You know all about "pink is the navy blue of India" and "wash your blond child's hair with dead champagne" and "the bikini is the most important invention since the H-bomb", but you may have been busy elsewhere when Diana Vreeland's memoir appeared.
- Fallen Statues and Febrile Stories (The New York Sun)
Back when CD stores still existed on the Upper West Side, a Juilliard student I knew applied to work in one of them. The manager asked him one question: What opera features the popular aria "O mio babbino caro"? The student continued his job search somewhere else. This incredibly well-known air, heard in spaghetti sauce commercials and Andre Rieu concerts, is from a rather underplayed Puccini ...
- Ferret out the ferrets - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Ferret out the ferretsPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 9 minutes ago... the festival will be presentations by school-age poets and artists who are winners of the library's River of Words environmental art and poetry contest. ...
- British military in contempt of the law - Chronicle
British military in contempt of the lawChronicle, Zimbabwe - 2 hours agoLike the British royal family, the British Prime Minister simply follows the money. Brown set off recently for Saudi Arabia, exporter of Wahhabi ...
- Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa (Guardian Unlimited)
Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko OgawaTo read Yoko Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with nightmare, writes Joanna Briscoe
- Letitia James, Others Announce Fund For 9-Year-Old Injured in Shootout - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Letitia James, Others Announce Fund For 9-Year-Old Injured in ShootoutBrooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - 6 hours agoA 9-year-old child is now in the hospital recovering from a bullet wound,ââ⬠said Councilwoman James. Shamshawan Kelly was caught in crossfire, ...
- Black in America, Painted Euphoric and Heroic - New York Times
Black in America, Painted Euphoric and HeroicNew York Times, United States - 5 hours agoThe subject of a valuable exhibition at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture called ââ¬ÅAaron Douglas: African-American Modernist,ââ¬Â he created a ...
- Go, Do, Learn - Herald-Mail
Hagerstown Children's Theater/Walker Performing Arts will hold an open house for fall classes from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16; and from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at St. John's Lutheran Church, 141 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, across the ...
- Tinian Peace Ceremony to celebrate sixth year - Saipan Tribune
Tinian Peace Ceremony to celebrate sixth yearSaipan Tribune, Micronesia - 17 hours agoAn evening candlelight vigil featuring performances of peace songs and poetry by community members will be held at 7:00 pm on the night of the ceremony. ...
- Be a Father to Your Child: Book Review - NewsBlaze (press release)
Be a Father to Your Child: Book ReviewNewsBlaze (press release), CA - 11 minutes agoBe a Father to Your Child amounts to a heartening mix of poetry, prose and pictures which combine to reassure skeptics about the prospects for the black ...
- Shirley MacLaine reflects on her life - MSNBC
Shirley MacLaine reflects on her lifeMSNBC - 3 hours agoMother was an artist, an actress, and loved to read poetry. Her mother was the Dean of Women at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...
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