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- What's in a Name? - Slate
On frozen winter nights in Minneapolis, I used to lie in the dark and listen to the high-school hockey scores. They were read out on the radio—hockey is always news in Minnesota—but I didn't much care who won. I was 10 or 11 years old, a little ...
- Taliban using text messages, ring tones (MSNBC)
The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message, according to a report Thursday.
- A True Survivor (Canon City Daily Record)
After being beaten almost to death numerous times, she managed to persevere. Elizabeth “Warrior Eagle” McAninch’s saga began as a child. While growing up, her father left when she was young. She said at times, she felt isolated from her mother, who did not comfort her when she needed it.
- Poetry focuses on biblical story of Job to challenge reader [6 hrs ... - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Poetry focuses on biblical story of Job to challenge reader [6 hrs ...NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 13 minutes agoAP Video In "Not Exactly Job” (Mongrel Empire Press, $14), Nathan Brown of Norman has created an extraordinary work of poetry that challenges the reader. ...
- Angelina Jolie baby watch enters Day 2; Shannen Doherty might be ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be getting their bundles of joy soon, if they haven't already. The world is on Brangelina Baby Watch this morning after Angelina Jolie checked into a Nice, France, hospital on Tuesday after arriving via helicopter ...
- Words of Wisdom: Myth and its symbols (Collier Citizen)
Myth is a form of poetry. It is a poetic story that expresses a world view and embodies the ideals, beliefs and dreams of a society. In fact, if a dream is the unconscious expression of an individual reality, then myth is collective consciousness or society’s dreams.
- A beautiful noise in the neighborhood - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
A beautiful noise in the neighborhoodThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 4 hours agoThe neighborhood youngsters, my kids included, gather wide-eyed out on the sidewalk, craning their necks to catch sight of the source of the musical poetry ...
- William Stafford's Poetry of False Witness (The New York Sun)
When William Stafford (1914-93) was given the National Book Award for poetry, for his 1962 collection "Traveling Through the Dark," the judges said of his poems that "their music knows the value of silence." This seems a dubious tribute. Would a composer be acclaimed for his mastery of rests? In fact, though Stafford often wrote about silence — and made grand claims for it — he was an unusually ...
- Council rejects student bid to make city bilingual (Timmins Daily Press)
Despite an impressive and impassioned presentation by local francophone high school students calling on the City of Timmins to become officially bilingual, members of city council showed little interest in the proposal. As a matter of fact, Coun. Pat Bamford said any such declaration by city council would [...]
- Pigs, peas, potatoes and people - the JSR ethos - Nafferton Today
Pigs, peas, potatoes and people - the JSR ethosNafferton Today, UK - 1 hour ago... to become one of John's lifelong friends helping to bring out his love of the finer things in life, including philosophy, poetry, literature and art. ...
- The Course of True Love - People
ON THE EVE OF THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS championships in New York City, where he is hoping for his first Grand Slam tournament victory since 1991, Boris Becker sounds like a man with love on his mind. And not the kind of love that's just tennis talk for ...
- It's time to take this veteran's mementos home - Courier-Journal
About eight years ago -- just before he died -- Robert Dalton Buster sent me a box of his Vietnam memories wrapped in brown manila paper; $3.45 postage from Edmonton, Ky. The memories included revolving-door letters that spewed information in graphic ...
- Minister's gift of poem keeps giving 32 years later - Knoxville News Sentinel
Minister's gift of poem keeps giving 32 years laterKnoxville News Sentinel, TN - 8 minutes agoHave love, have joy, have peace. Wiley I. Rutledge 7/16/76." "… Reading your column," the e-mail continued, "I see that all the dates and places match up ...
- Family ties to New Zealand for poet - Otago Daily Times
Family ties to New Zealand for poetOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 16 minutes agoHaving been gone so long she said it was always strange to receive awards as a New Zealander, although she had strong family ties to the country. ...
- 'Earth' takes a giant leap back to the space race - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
For all but a few select humans, the way to outer space -- the real outer space, not the one where the Cylons live -- has been through a TV screen. You can climb to the top of Mount Everest, or trek to the South Pole or go down under the sea and see ...
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