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- An American’s Generosity: Sanskrit Classics Made Easy - The Moderate Voice
I look back with regret that I could not study Greek, Latin and Sanskrit languages. It is easier to get good translations of the Greek and Latin classics than the Sanskrit literature. The ancient Sanskrit literature remains unparalleled its ...
- Our stone fairy's still not hiding her - Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail
Our stone fairy's still not hiding herDonnybrook Bridgetown Mail, Australia - 3 hours agoShe had created the Poetry, Songs and Lies club on campus with other singers and performers, ''to entertain ourselves''. She had lived in an old sheep ...
- I want a long rest from a game that never sleeps - Guardian Blogs
Why don't I like football? Maybe it's because I was a timid child and I was made to play it against my will. Memories of cold, dark autumn afternoons in the 1980s, standing in the corner of a sports field hoping nobody would kick the ball anywhere ...
- Maths hysteria - Guardian Unlimited
Charles Dodgson became a pedagogue early: by the age of 13 he was writing "useful and instructive poetry" for his younger siblings. In 1879, continuing the strategy, he decided to cast his defence of Euclid, Euclid and his Modern Rivals, as a play in ...
- Entertainment (The West Australian)
The birds and the bards are the words this weekend in a unique event linking poets and some feathered friends near Wollongong. A “bird cam” will beam live pictures of the event billed as the world’s first pigeon-powered poetry competition.
- Local fimmakers' documentaries on J.D. Salinger, WENZ-FM 107.9 on tap ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Local filmmakers tackling two very different subjects -- J.D. Salinger and a former alternative rock station --show the resulting documentaries at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque on Saturday, June 14. "Catching Salinger" follows three ...
- 'Walking park' to open Saturday - Olympian
• What: Olympia's Southwest Neighborhood Association invites neighbors to the opening of a new "walking park" in the neighborhood Saturday morning. The walking park is not a single park, but four mini-parks to which people in the neighborhood can ...
- Weekend Calendar | Events for June 28-29 - Seattle Times
Events for June 28-29 Family fun In the Good Old Summertime Sat Sack races, Dixieland band, vintage firetrucks and toy display, pie-eating... Sat Opening day of exhibit of 40 photos of polar bears in their natural habitat, with displays, programs ...
- Roger Hall; WWII spy who made it fun in his memoir; 89 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Roger Hall, 89, who wrote “You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger,” a wry memoir about World War II spycraft that became a cult classic in intelligence circles and appealed to a wide audience for its irreverence, died July 20 at his home in Wilmington, Del. He had congestive heart failure.
- Eulogising past glories - Nation
Socrates thought they were the voice of conscience. Iroquois Indians saw them as commands to be followed. Voltaire said they resulted from overeating. Freud defined them as repressed thoughts. Author Robert G. Allen wrote: ”The future you see is ...
- Poems always delight - Anniston Star
Deliciously wacky, a little subversive, Shel Silverstein's poetry is a sometimes serious bit of silliness that never grows old, whether the reader is 5 or 95. Where the Sidewalk Ends is the definitive collection. I have recommended Silverstein to ...
- Media Advisory - The 21st Trillium Book Award - CNW Group
TORONTO, June 11 /CNW/ - On behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Culture, the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is hosting a luncheon event on Thursday June 12th, 2008 to announce the winners for the 21st Trillium Book Award; Ontario's ...
- Elevated cinema - Downtown Express
Downtown ExpressElevated cinemaDowntown Express - 1 hour agoAn abstract and formal film, it centers on the city from the perspective of two women looking at life on the streets through a glazed window. ...
- Entertainment Calendar for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 - Enterprise-Record
Entertainment Calendar for Aug. 28-Sept. 3Enterprise-Record, CA - 2 hours agoAUGIE'S FINE COFFEE & TEAS: Chico Poetry Slam, The John Staedler Band. $5. 7 pm HUMANITIES CENTER GALLERY, Trinity Hall, Chico State University: Dylan ...
- Remembering Shamsur Rahman - The New Nation
Remembering Shamsur RahmanThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 7 hours agoAnd this new breed, in the trend of Bengali modern and post modern poetry, has been unarguably continuous with the powerful contributions of Shamsur Rahman. ...
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