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- How you can help to save some cherished words from oblivion (Times Online)
Dictionary compilers at Collins have decided that the word list for the forthcoming edition of its largest volume is embrangled with words so obscure that they are linguistic recrement . Such words, they say, must be exuviated abstergently to make room for modern additions that will act as a roborant for the book.
- All the world's a stage for Okkervil River - The Gazette (Montreal)
All the world's a stage for Okkervil RiverThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 37 minutes agoMusic, movies, poetry. Rockers, groupies, suicidal head cases. There was so much redemption and desperation to explore, in fact, that we now have a sequel: ...
- Home at last - Irish Times
Home at lastIrish Times, Ireland - 2 hours ago"I was very quickly caught up in the city's poetry," says Cooke. "It was just such an interesting place that I ended up not leaving for five years. ...
- New 'Arts Sampler' Class at Arts on the Lake - Putnam County News and Recorder (subscription)
New 'Arts Sampler' Class at Arts on the LakePutnam County News and Recorder (subscription), NY - 10 hours agoSpread over six Thursday evenings, starting October 16, 2008, the participants will sample mask-making, poetry, drum... The full version of this story will ...
- The Rogan Boys Find a Friend in Documentary Director Albert Maysles (The New York Observer)
Last December, bearded designer Rogan Gregory and his partner Scott Hahn were invited to a Christmas party at the Midtown home of nonegenarian labor lawyer and free subway advocate Theodore Kheel . Mayor Michael Bloomberg was there, as was Police Commissioner Ray Kelly . ("It was definitely a bit of an older crowd," recalled Mr. Hahn.) The duo, feeling perhaps a bit out of place, ...
- Improving Our Schools, Just Do It! - Bell Gardens Sun
Improving Our Schools, Just Do It!Bell Gardens Sun, CA - 1 hour agoModern dance, poetry, neighborhood history and other creative subjects round out the school’s curriculum. The result: Students do better on tests and ...
- Hilary Mantel: In the Waiting Room - London Review of Books (subscription)
Hilary Mantel: In the Waiting RoomLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoHis versions of Rimbaud’s poetry are published by Penguin along with John Sturrock’s translation of the letters. Dan Jacobson’s novels include All for Love ...
- Night of free cultural events goes nationwide - Irish Times
Night of free cultural events goes nationwideIrish Times, Ireland - 2 hours agoJoe Woods, director of Poetry Ireland, which is hosting Open Mic Poetry, said the night "is a marvellous idea which provides people with the opportunity to ...
- Obama ticks all the boxes: Young, black, family man with tear-jerker ... - Daily Mail
So is he The One? A balmy night. Stepping onstage at sundown, before an audience of 85,000, Barack Obama - the first black man chosen by a major U.S. party as its presidential candidate - offered new politics for a new century. But why did they sound ...
- TIP/FOURTH ANNUAL GIANT PUMPKIN REGATTA SET FOR OCT. 4 AT MEMORIAL ... - Media Newswire (press release)
TIP/FOURTH ANNUAL GIANT PUMPKIN REGATTA SET FOR OCT. 4 AT MEMORIAL ...Media Newswire (press release), NY - 21 hours ago"It's a fun way of getting students involved," says Nienhuis, who also cooks and recites poetry for his students. "When students are actively participating, ...
- Anthropologist Anne Weaver Kicks Off Voices of the Southwest at ... - UNM Today
Anthropologist Anne Weaver Kicks Off Voices of the Southwest at ...UNM Today, NM - 17 hours agoKUNM will simulcast the lectures on 89.9FM and online at KUNM ~ 89.9 FM. For more information about the Voices of the Southwest or to view the complete ...
- The Poetry of Timothy Green (Good Times)
Timothy Green lives in Los Angeles, where he works as editor of the poetry journal Rattle . His first book-length collection, "American Fractal," is forthcoming from Red Hen Press (January, 2009).
- Academic notebook (Post-Bulletin)
Century High Laura Harney and Pat Franko were named homecoming queen and king last Friday. Monday -- St. Mary's University of Winona visits at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday -- The Naval Academy visits at 2 p.m. Wednesday -- North Dakota State University visits at 11 a.
- Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday in Sandwich - Fosters Daily Democrat
The annual meeting of the Sandwich Rural Cemetery Association will be held on Thursday in the Sandwich Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. Members of the association are encouraged to attend. Maurice Bowler, Pres. Youth Sunday will be observed this week at the ...
- Mettle Over Metal - Winston-Salem Journal
Mettle Over MetalWinston-Salem Journal, NC - 7 minutes agoAnd he enjoyed writing poetry -- about feelings and real people, not about Norse gods or girls of questionable character. He also couldn't help but notice ...
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