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- Dick Martin, half of "Laugh-in" comedy team, dies - Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has ...
- Why The Triple Crown Still Matters - Newsweek
Why The Triple Crown Still MattersNewsweek - 5 hours ago... with Tobey Maguire in the role of poetry-spouting jockey Red Pollard-has to do with Dr. Johnson's bon mot that it's not that the dog dances well but ...
- Books in Brief: 05/25/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
'Notable' author compiles writings; Library presents photo project
- August Kleinzahler eschews Nobel-ese for a wry, witty approach - Kansas City Star
August Kleinzahler often writes in free verse that is nevertheless strongly accented. A couple of years ago, writing in Poetry magazine, August Kleinzahler lighted a string of firecrackers under Garrison Keillor and his “Writer’s Almanac ...
- Square dancers hitting the boards on Perkasie covered bridge - Valley Item
Square dancers hitting the boards on Perkasie covered bridgeValley Item, PA - May 6, 2008"We've had band concerts, we've had poetry readings, we've had weddings," said Jim Pritchard, a Perkasie Historical Society member. ...
- Barack Obama is not black - La Crosse Tribune
Please try this experiment: Pour a glass half full with Coca-Cola. Then top off the glass with water. Take a sip. Is it Coke? Of course not. Then why do the newspapers refer to Barak Obama as a “black candidate?†He is no more black than he is ...
- A test of will - San Mateo Daily Journal
San Mateo Daily JournalA test of willSan Mateo Daily Journal, CA - 3 hours agoIn test land, you are coming upon hypothetical situations, poetry and statistics with column after column of the options: A, B, C, D or E. It’s as if you ...
- Bright's Blog (The New Statesman)
This past week, I found myself hunting people traffickers and drug smugglers with the immigration minister, Liam Byrne, off the coast of Southampton. The crew of the Vigilant , one of five "cutters" that patrol this island's waters, put on a good show for the minister and assembled media.
- Mystery Mail - The Daily Star
The Daily StarMystery MailThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 1 hour agoAlthough she had always got top marks in all her English classes, she knew that poetry wasn't her forte. And she also knew that her brain worked well in her ...
- BHS grads ‘broke down barriers’ at school - PNW Local News
PNW Local NewsBHS grads ‘broke down barriers’ at schoolPNW Local News, WA - 8 hours agoWith fellow club members they helped organize assemblies and poetry contests for Martin Luther King Day, crafted paper “peace cranes†for a Blakely ...
- Putting A Face To The Disease - Argus Leader
Cure one disease, and hundreds of thousands of lives are changed for the better. Maybe millions. That's the promise behind Sanford Health's goal. This week, the health system will announce which of the four diseases chosen as finalists - lupus ...
- Poets tackle death and dying for hospice - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Auckland stuff.co.nzPoets tackle death and dying for hospiceScoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - 9 hours agoHe has chosen contemporary poetry because it explores the subjects of death and grief head-on. ‘Poems are the words we turn to when words fail us: when we ...Poems used to ease grief Auckland stuff.co.nzall 3 news articles
- Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'thegladstone' (Torontoist)
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- Black Arts Festival celebrates storytelling, gospel, art and more - Grand Rapids Press
KALAMAZOO -- With the return of the annual Black Arts Festival on Monday, a variety of free events and activities centered on African-American art and culture will be offered at venues throughout the area. The Black Arts Festival -- now in its 23rd ...
- Evening of poetry, music at Twisted Fig in Mansfield reminiscent of ... - Mansfield News Journal
MANSFIELD -- Even with a bad phone connection, poet Mark Hersman's passion for words and music, for helping people make connections with themselves and others, comes through loud and clear. He's the emcee and host of A Night for Writers, with Music ...
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