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- WATS UP BABIE SPECTACULAR U ARE MY DREAM MAN I LUV U SO MUCH LUV ... - Austin Chronicle
It's almost Valentine's Day, and you know what that means: If you don't have someone with whom to slow-dance to Journey's "Open Arms," time to start sharpening that straight razor. TCB has compiled a special playlist just for you for tomorrow. But ...
- Trinity professor writes gripping bio of Ringelblum (Connecticut Jewish Ledger)
“Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive,†by Samuel D. Kassow, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2007. $34.95, 523 pages
- Slam Poetry Team Represents the First Coast (First Coast News)
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The members of the Jacksonville youth poetry slam team, Shattered Thought, is preparing to represent the First Coast on a national level.
- Time, chance weave life threads (Boston Globe)
This is a story about three disparate parts of my life that should have absolutely no connection with one other. One: I am Armenian. Two: I am from Dorchester. Three: I am a new teacher developer. And this is how they connected.
- Maya Angelou celebrating 80th birthday in Atlanta (Macon Telegraph)
Maya Angelou may be 80, but she doesn't party like it.
- Obituaries for April 30 (The Capital)
Wednesday's obituaries recognize: Andrew Blake, Ellen Bloyer, Mary Boarman, James Morgan, Wilbur Murray, Ernest Thomas, Keira Mosaid, Margaret Tyson, Eileen Wasson and Isabel Winton.
- Teen feels teacher's devotion went well beyond her classroom (SaukValley.com)
AMBOY -- Sometimes it's the hours spent outside the classroom that separate a good teacher from a great one. In her essay, Jessica Schnaiter, 18, remembered her English teacher as someone who inspired her and instilled a new appreciation for literature and poetry.
- Zimbabwe: G8 - the Real Crisis is Not in Zimbabwe (AllAfrica.com)
IN 1899, Rudyard Kipling, probably the best known of Britain's imperial poets, penned an ode titled "The White Man's Burden" in which he implored the United States of America to join Britain in fully embarking on imperialist wars of conquest and extolled the "virtues" of colonialism.
- On Poetry: Trees at their 'Loveliest' (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The cherry trees are having their short burst of glory, which always makes me think of this poem.
- Roger Palmer lets the Dogs out (Creative Loafing Tampa)
Childlike artworks underscore the horrors of war... By Megan Voeller When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. --J.S. Mill When philosopher John Stuart Mill evoked those brutal images in 1862, he was actually writing in favor of war, but only in cases that "protect ...
- Time, chance weave life threads - Boston Globe
Boston GlobeTime, chance weave life threadsBoston Globe, United States - 1 hour agoStudents are making posters, poetry, or essays to reflect on what they have learned. This in and of itself is startling. I never learned about the Armenian ...
- Poetry of the pavement - The Columbian
The ColumbianPoetry of the pavementThe Columbian, WA - 23 minutes agoOn Friday, she was among a group of students writing poetry in chalk on the school’s sidewalks. The annual poetry event, organized by English teacher ...
- Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison - USA Today
CAIRO (AP) — Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in ...
- Key dates in Radovan Karadzic's life (AP via Yahoo! News)
Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested Monday on U.N. genocide charges:
- Memorial Day observances this weekend - Waterbury Republican-American
BANTAM: Parade at 2 p.m., beginning at Doyle Road and Route 209 and proceeding to the All Wars Memorial for a ceremony held by American Legion Post 44. Parade marshal is Post 44 member Fred Maurer, a World War II veteran. The main speaker at the ...
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