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- The presidency: 'Monkey god' in the middle? (WorldNet Daily)
You can be sure presidential candidate Barack Obama is not the only one in America with a Hanuman monkey-god keychain bouncing around in his back pocket. So why condemn him for idol worship or worse? How narrow-minded, insular and jingoistic have some of us become? Don't answer that!
- Waiter tipped to land £60,000 literary prize - Metro.co.uk
Restaurant workers more commonly write bills than award-winning novels - but in Ross Raisin's case he didn't have to wait long for literary success. The 27-year-old has been longlisted for a major book prize at his first attempt. The waiter-turned ...
- Life and death in the Bible - Asia Times
Theology was dethroned as queen of the sciences two centuries ago. This splendid book supports the case for restoration. How are we to make sense of a world in which the raw issues of life and death - secular society's failure to endure life, and ...
- Def Leppard, Wembley Arena, London - Independent
Def Leppard, Wembley Arena, LondonIndependent, UK - 12 hours agoThere's no poetry, meaning or rebellion here. Just a sledgeham-mering to success from working-class roots. Carrying middle-aged heft in a tossed-on T-shirt, ...
- Will Clark a new age - Tri Parish Times
Will Clark a new ageTri Parish Times, LA - 44 minutes agoThe high-energy track is a controversial mix of rap and poetry. It takes a stand against the government's attempt to overlook the urban community. ...
- FC Barcelona are ready to embrace a new era but there’s one player ... - Goal.com
FC Barcelona are ready to embrace a new era but there’s one player ...Goal.com, Switzerland - 3 hours ago... Milito but if it is prose that sustains a person’s longevity, then it is poetry that flickers on that reluctantly burning flame of the last candle. ...
- Vilhelm Hammershøi at the Royal Academy: the poetry of silence (15 ... - Guardian Unlimited
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Portrait of a Young Girl, 1885 (oil on canvas). Hammershøi's portrait of his sister Anna was painted when the artist was 21. The Danish Royal Academy passed over the work when judging the 1885 Neuhausen Prize, and the omission ...
- Tracking a Mass. murder mystery (Boston Globe)
In 2005, a 20-year quest to track down one of Massachusetts's longest-wanted criminals, Norman Porter Jr., came to an end. As ends often do, it opened a new chapter - the "now what?" phase - that gets a careful investigation in Rowley director-producer Susan Gray's new film, "Killer Poet."
- Chairs draw top dollar (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
A crescent-shaped chair at the Contemporary Arts Center's Silk & Spice gala doesn't sell, but nine others do, artists tackle Laughing Brook, and Jack Meanwell is honored.
- Celebrations - May 26 (Akron Beacon Journal)
Community news • Akron-Canton area winners of the Kids Speak Out essay contest sponsored by WVIZ/PBS ideastream and Time Warner Cable Northeast Ohio were: Whitney Porter of Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and Jenna Baisden of Perry High School. Honorable mention awards went to Alexandra Horning of St. Vincent-St. Mary, Alex Marzullo of Hudson High and LaTesia Conley of Massillon ...
- A way with words - Bucks County Courier Times
Every year for the last 21 years, one talented high school poet has been named Bucks County's high school poet of the year. And four of the last eight winners have been from Central Bucks. Including the eight winners, 47 students have been recognized ...
- Loved ones bury UNC Charlotte student - Gaston Gazette
Loved ones bury UNC Charlotte studentGaston Gazette, NC - 11 minutes agoLoved ones read passages of Ira's poetry and took turns speaking about how much she meant to them. It was reminiscent of a candlelight vigil held on the ...
- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance (Las Vegas Sun)
Mon, Jun 2, 2008 (12:27 p.m.) Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment.
- No tragic end to drama section but I fear my number's up today - Irish Independent
No tragic end to drama section but I fear my number's up todayIrish Independent, Ireland - 21 minutes agoPart B, the prescribed poetry, was the highlight of the exam. Choosing Derek Mahon, my pen almost took on a life of its own as my hand guided it along the ...
- Community coffeehouse: Friends brew grand plan for diverse meeting ... - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Community coffeehouse: Friends brew grand plan for diverse meeting ...Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 1 hour agoStartup costs added up to about $400000, Harper said, which included money from the Minority Capital Fund, personal savings and loans from family and ...More about Lee Harper and Alexis Spencer-Byers Jackson Clarion Ledgerall 2 news articles
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