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- Musharraf finally resigns - Post-Bulletin
Musharraf finally resignsPost-Bulletin, MN - Aug 18, 2008He likes good food, traditional Pakistani music, Urdu poetry and fine clothes. He is known to enjoy dancing to Western music at parties. ...
- 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 ...
- Tagore’s death anniversary today - The New Nation
The New NationTagore’s death anniversary todayThe New Nation, Bangladesh - Aug 5, 2008His wonderful creations not only confined to poetry, he virtually left no field of literature untraced in his lifetime and every field of literature in ...
- Excerpt: 'Broccoli' (NPR)
Another one, seduced and abandoned," Nina's husband said, pulling a bunch of wilted broccoli from the refrigerator shelf. He held it with two fingers as if it stank, his handsome face scrunched in a grimace of disgust.
- Big names can't save this crime thriller - Boston Globe
Say it ain't so, Bobby and Al. Much has been made about how Robert De Niro and Al Pacino seem to have stopped caring about making great movies, but keep working anyway. As hard as that may be for diehard fans to accept, their lackluster performances ...
- Writer offered a young Barack Obama advice on life (Lexington Herald-Leader)
At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white. Frank Marshall Davis had his opinions. He once argued that the public schools of his youth prepared neither blacks nor whites for "life in a multiracial, democratic nation." He called ...
- Doodles show lighter side of grumpy Larkin (Times Online)
PHILIP LARKIN had a reputation as a misanthrope who often treated the women in his life shabbily.
- Bolt gets unprecedented double (Honolulu Advertiser)
BEIJING — The mouth of the World's Fastest Man, flying along at a sprinter's clip and threatening to careen out of its lane, suddenly screeched to a complete halt. In mid-sentence, Usain Bolt looked at the clock on the wall, which read 10 minutes past midnight today, and stopped talking for an instant.
- Books: AJC Decatur Book Festival (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Sun., Aug. 31... By Sean Dettman The AJC DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL, now in its third year, will deliver about 225 national and local best-selling authors to the city's historic downtown area, continuing Sun., AUG. 31. Events will include book signings, readings, live music and poetry, and – every writer's favorite – beer and wine vendors. It's worth mentioning that former beat poet and New Jersey ...
- Students start writing at early age - The Morning Sun
Students start writing at early ageThe Morning Sun, MI - 2 hours agoIn the upper grades, they may do poetry, realistic fiction, mysteries and other types of writing, Palmer said. She was surprised when a fourth-grader asked ...
- Wednesday, October 1 (Princeton Town Topics)
2 and 8 p.m.: Phantom of the Opera ; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, Pa. Also Thursday at 2 and 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
- Horse racing: Elko residents take to stables - Carson Times
Horse racing: Elko residents take to stablesCarson Times, NV - Aug 30, 2008... race brings in anywhere from 5000 to 10000 people. It has become the largest event in town except for Cowboy Poetry held in the last weekend of January."
- Summer camp talent showcase set - Indianapolis Star
Summer camp talent showcase setIndianapolis Star, United States - 1 hour ago(Corner of 38th and Orchard streets) Performances will include 'Moetry', Poetry in Motion, dance, drama, and instrumental music such as keyboard, ...
- Slams a chance to shine ... or come in last - Monterey County Herald
Slams a chance to shine ... or come in lastMonterey County Herald, CA - 1 hour agoThere is no real reason for me to perform at poetry slams other than to seek attention and maybe inspire someone to write a poem themselves. ...
- Tolworth author robbed of valuable manuscript - Wimbledon Guardian
Tolworth author robbed of valuable manuscriptWimbledon Guardian, UK - 12 minutes ago... been sent back to me by a publisher in Bombay for me to check." Mr Saini, a widower who has four grandchildren, has written eight poetry books in Hindi, ...
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