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- Mark Speight hanged himself with his shoelaces, inquest told - Times Online
A children's television presenter whose fiancée died in the bath after a night of drug taking hanged himself because he could not contemplate life without her, an inquest was told yesterday. Mark Speight, 42, was found dead in a building next to ...
- High school students join in WordMasters (The Journal News)
Daniel Gorman, Mallory Avery, Matthew Burke and Evan O'Brien, students at Pearl River High School, participated in the third meet of the WordMasters Challenge, a national competition for high school students requiring close reading and analysis of prose and poetry.
- Uganda: What Are Kampala's Posh Hotels Selling? (AllAfrica.com)
IF you build it, they will come. The quote is credited to the 26th US president, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. at the time of the building of the Panama Canal in 1904. I thought about this quote as I strolled along Speke Road in Kampala last Thursday afternoon.
- Young@Heart-ers put new spin on pop - Orlando Sentinel
Young@Heart-ers put new spin on popOrlando Sentinel, FL - 2 hours agoBut these people treat it like it's Cole Porter, like it's poetry. I don't know anybody from my generation who could do the same thing with, say, ...
- Literary Lives...Noted writers Mark Doty & Paul Lisicky speak about ... - TriVallyCentral
At a crucial moment in Plato's Symposium - perhaps the most celebrated meditation on love bequeathed to us by the ancient western world - Diotima, the enigmatic priestess, at just the instant when she is to reveal her secret doctrine to Socrates ...
- Poetry presents a humanizing touch - KUAR
Poetry presents a humanizing touchKUAR, AR - 45 minutes agoHis poetry collections, beginning with 1982's "The Immigrant Schoolboy's Bolero," are marked with political commentary. Espada received the American Book ...
- Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar of Events (Mendocino Beacon)
- Business Leader Luncheon Series, North Coast Brewery Tap Room Grill, Fort Bragg, noon. For reservations, 964-7571 or 937-2305. - Coast Cop Watch meeting, 7 p.m., Community Room, Fort Bragg Library Community Room, 499 Laurel St. 357-2928.
- Rocky Road - Gay City News
Rocky RoadGay City News - 3 hours agoIt's hopeful and grim at the same time and takes on a level of poetry that is bittersweet and very real. Terry Kinney's fearless direction pulls out all the ...
- 85 things to do in Tacoma before you die - Weekly Volcano
Weekly Volcano85 things to do in Tacoma before you dieWeekly Volcano, WA - 2 hours agoWrite poetry — not trying too hard. 26. Walk the International District on 38th Street. Make sure to check out the weird stuff in the gift shops. ...
- Famed Authors to Participate in Eighth Annual National Book Festival - Forbes
WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by Mrs. Laura Bush, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, rain or shine, on the National Mall in ...
- Opera extends its technical reach, and that bodes well for its future - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Zeljko Lucic, left, sang the title role and Maria Guleghina was Lady Macbeth in the Metropolitan Opera's recent high-definition transmission of Verdi's "Macbeth" to local movie theaters. Once upon an operatic time (translation: about two years ago ...
- Family activities this week -- Father's Day edition - Baltimore Sun
Baltimore SunFamily activities this week -- Father's Day editionBaltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour agoFree. Call 410-386-4488 or go to library.carr.org. Fridays at the Walters: Hear poetry readings by Gregory Orr and Clarinda Harris from 5 pm-8 pm at the ...
- Writing helps 3 Lin-ay bets - Visayan Daily Star
Writing helps 3 Lin-ay betsVisayan Daily Star, Philippines - Apr 27, 2008BY PATRICK PANGILINAN Their experiences were marked by trials and triumphs, and these three Lin-ay sang Negros candidates found solace in writing down their ...
- RedEye picks what’s hot and what’s cool at Chicago’s 31 beaches - Chicago Tribune
RedEye picks what’s hot and what’s cool at Chicago’s 31 beachesChicago Tribune, United States - 17 hours agoEnjoy readings by award-winning poets, or bring your own prose to the weekly poetry readings held at Greenleaf Avenue at Lake Michigan. ...
- Viewpoint: Gulf City Limits - Time
Dubai is a stunning example of rapid, efficient, planned urban development — but is it a real city? It is spectacular, but is it anything more than mere spectacle? These are the hard but compelling questions we must ask as we watch the meteoric ...
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