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- The phraseology of old bones - Burlington County Times
The German poet, playwright, and critic Friedrich Schiller thought there were two kinds of poets: "sentimental" and "naive" (and neither term, for Schiller, was an insult). Sentimental poets, he said, are self-conscious and retrospective; they "look ...
- A student's tribute to a beloved English teacher - Los Angeles Times Blogs
I never thought this would happen, my head filled with confusion, shock, and grief in the same instant as the words ... missing, presumed dead filled the computer screen. My second thought was a wave of realization as I wondered how it was possible ...
- Channel 9 KCAU-TV - KCAU-TV
***Some of the raffle prizes include: Musketeers tickets, iowa state football tickets, omaha zoo tickets, along with many other great prizes. Cyclists from across the region are invited to the Big Friend-Little Friend, inc. Annual bike ride, to be ...
- Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute - Yahoo News
VIZNAR, Spain - The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War . The dispute has ...
- Ryan’s hope - Washington Blade
Ryan’s hopeWashington Blade, DC - 33 minutes agoRyan’s spare, elegant poetry is often compared to that of Emily Dickinson, a poet also known for her sometimes humorous reflections on everyday life. ...
- Finally, all women's secrets are revealed - Times Online
Finally, all women's secrets are revealedTimes Online, UK - 4 hours agoYet I was a little nonplussed when, for my 12th birthday, he handed over what was quite clearly a book. Once unwrapped, however, its title intrigued: ...
- Springsteen, Joel team up for Obama - MLive.com
WASHINGTON - Rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are teaming up for their first joint concert to benefit Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Obama plans to attend the concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 16 ...
- McCain's Guts, Impatience Make Him Tough on Others, and Himself - Bloomberg
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain is a coward, a liar and a ``wise-ass.'' He's made enough mistakes to fill a book. A slow learner, he's largely beyond the age of self-improvement. He is, in short, one flawed human being. And that's McCain ...
- Sean Connery: The story of a brilliant but deeply flawed man - Daily Mail
Daily MailSean Connery: The story of a brilliant but deeply flawed manDaily Mail, UK - 1 hour agoConnery then pursued the petite blonde by reciting Robert Burns verses and passages of his own poetry. She submitted, and they started an affair that lasted ...
- China's minority language translators exceed 100,000 - Xinhua News Agency
SHANGHAI, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China has made new advances in minority language protection, as more than 100,000 professionals and amateurs are now translating between Mandarin Chinese and minority languages. "Compared with the past, China's minority ...
- Golden girl charms Beijing - bbc
Her mother was seemingly anxious to get her home for some lunch after a morning at the Olympic Green tennis centre . Something though had caught the ear of the little Chinese girl as she was hurried past Court 5 towards the exit. She was maybe only ...
- Man Asian longlist strong on Filipino writers (Guardian Unlimited)
The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize features a strong showing from Filipino writers
- Celebs, politicians, best-selling authors at National Book Festival ... - Canada East
WASHINGTON - Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival. The Library of Congress is organizing the festival for Sept. 27 on the National Mall. The event was started by Laura Bush ...
- Why haven’t the arguments of these atheists really evolved? - Belfast Telegraph
Why haven’t the arguments of these atheists really evolved?Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 3 hours agoOf course the book of Genesis is not an historical account of the creation of the world, and those who think it is mistake poetry for reportage. ...
- Religious retreats offer personal enlightenment (CNN.com)
NEW LEBANON, New York (AP) -- At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
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