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- $15,000 at stake in bar-tending contest Battle in Seattle 3 - Seattle Times
Give Tom Cruise a run for his drink-making money at Battle in Seattle 3, a flair bartending competition. Contenders for the $15,000 prize hail from as far away as Ukraine and Argentina. There will also be door prizes, drink specials and an auction ...
- WILLIAMS: Thomas comments reflect Obama's bias - The Washington Times
As I sit here in Denver, reporting from a Democratic convention that is turning out to be anything but conventional, I am reminded of the struggle that black conservatives have had to endure by going against the grain. In many ways, Sen. Barack Obama ...
- Serious piano is Donohoe's forté - Metro
MetroSerious piano is Donohoe's fortéMetro, UK - 8 hours agoEven the flashier pieces on the programme - Debussy's Images and two of Liszt's impressionistic Années De Pèlerinage suites - demand as much poetry as ...
- Movie review: 'Strong' is bigger than its formula - Salt Lake Tribune
Movie review: 'Strong' is bigger than its formulaSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 7 hours agoHaiku and sonnets are formula poetry - and yet they still require craft and beauty. So it's no insult to call the made-in-Utah drama "Forever Strong" a ...
- Author Soto to speak Oct. 7 at WHC Lemoore (The Hanford Sentinel)
West Hills College is commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month with several activities, including a presentation from a Valley native author who has achieved national recognition.
- Writer Colin Dexter pays tribute to the teacher who opened up the ... - guardian.co.uk
Writer Colin Dexter pays tribute to the teacher who opened up the ...guardian.co.uk, UK - 33 minutes agoMr HB Sharp was a senior English master who ran the school magazine and I caught his eye when I wrote an article about poetry for the magazine. ...
- Failing Darwish's legacy - Electronic Intifada
Last Wednesday's state funeral in Ramallah for the revered Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish revealed how far the Palestinian people are from realizing the justice imagined in Darwish's writing, and was a sad reminder of how the Palestinian Authority ...
- Teen athlete's killing lamented in Ice Cube video - Forbes
The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star who was shot to death outside his home. The song "Why Me?" speaks out against senseless violence and gun crime devastating communities ...
- John Maloney's "After Work" (Seattle Times)
I hope it's not just a guy thing, a delight in the trappings of work. I love this poem by John Maloney, of Massachusetts, which gives us...
- Hindi version of Moilys Kannada novel highlights education ... - Thaindian.com
Hindi version of Moilys Kannada novel highlights education ...Thaindian.com, Thailand - 3 minutes agoMoily has brought out two collections of poetry, four novels and a collection of discursive essays in English. Recently, he completed his most ambitious ...
- Tickets for cowboy poetry gathering at park on sale - Carson Times
Tickets for cowboy poetry gathering at park on saleCarson Times, NV - 9 hours agoAdvanced sales are at Sheplers Western Wear, 255 E. Plumb Lane in Reno; Corral West Ranchwear, 1203 S. Carson St. in Carson City or online at.
- Indian River County community connection: July 20 (Vero Press Journal)
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- When Lit-Crit Mattered - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalWhen Lit-Crit MatteredWall Street Journal - 1 hour agoThe New Critics, by contrast, thought that the study of literature -- especially poetry -- was a valuable activity because, as Allen Tate put it, ...
- After 'historic' trip, Obama turns to issues at home (Honolulu Advertiser)
LONDON — Barack Obama conquered the Middle East and Europe last week, but yesterday he returned to face a more challenging battleground: middle America.
- A break by the Yellow Sea - Telegraph-Journal
A break by the Yellow SeaTelegraph-Journal, Canada - Jul 19, 2008Celebrated in classical poetry and scroll painting, the coast north of Qingdao attracted sages of Taoism, an ancient faith inspired by nature. ...
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