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- Great speakers: Why their words resonate (Denver Post via Yahoo! News)
Four years ago, Barack Obama jumped into the spotlight with a single speech, "The Audacity of Hope," which triggered national buzz when he delivered it at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
- 'Gargoyle' author takes buzz over novel in stride - Jam! Showbiz
TORONTO - The small Manitoba town where author Andrew Davidson grew up seems about as far removed from artistic endeavours as one can get. Built in the early 1960s to house employees of a nearby nuclear research facility, Pinawa was home to left ...
- Russian, Indian intelligentsia rue poor information sharing - SINDH TODAY
Russian, Indian intelligentsia rue poor information sharingSINDH TODAY, Pakistan - 13 hours agoYoung women mobbed him and girls recited his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poetry. ‘Russians know what’s happening in India, but Indians don’t really know ...
- Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death - Village Voice
Village VoiceAin’t Supposed to Die a Natural DeathVillage Voice, NY - 9 hours agoNominated for seven Tony Awards when it debuted on Broadway in 1971 and considered a precursor of hip-hop and poetry slams, the hit musical made a ...
- Deconstructing the Bird's Nest - MSNBC
MSNBCDeconstructing the Bird's NestMSNBC - 39 minutes agoReferencing "duilian" principles, or antithetical couplets in Chinese poetry, Lai explained how the relationship between the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube ...
- Portsmouth peace group gives voice to Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims - Foster's Daily Democrat
Portsmouth peace group gives voice to Hiroshima and Nagasaki victimsFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 8 hours agoJim Splaine and poetry readings by former city poet laureate Marin Tirabassi and Vietnam veteran and poet Neil English. Event coordinator Macy Morse of ...
- WELCOME (Belfast Telegraph)
Are you flying abroad for a break? If you are, I hope you have better luck than the poor passengers stranded in the chaos of Dublin airport. There is no doubt that a foreign holiday this time of year is a very attractive option.
- The Enright House - Amplifier
large part post-rock and one rather not-so-large part electronica. The press have described their sound as anything from "pop as pop should be" to "skittery percussion, ethereal drones with metallic resonances, and disturbingly atmospheric sounds ...
- Popularity punctuates poetry slam; Fans fill local brewery for energetic events (The Bulletin)
Don‘t go to the Bend Poetry Slam expecting to hear tender love sonnets or haikus about the beauty of flowers.Go expecting to hear a lot language that would get bleeped out on network television; go expecting to hear frank talk about the joys and awkwardness of sex; go expecting to hear about the potent powers of alcohol. But above all, go expecting to have fun and to listen (for the most part, ...
- Sheldon Firth, shared his love of outdoors - San Jose Mercury News
Sheldon Firth, shared his love of outdoorsSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 1 hour ago"Then Sheldon started showing up on my doorstep with flowers and poetry. It was an all-out campaign. I resisted it at first, but he won me over. ...
- Week in Greece sharpens perspective on Olympics - The Herald-Times (subscription)
Week in Greece sharpens perspective on OlympicsThe Herald-Times (subscription), IN - 1 hour agoGreek vases, sculpture, friezes, poetry and literature all reveal the supreme importance of victory in war, victory in athletics and victory in personal ...
- In concert - Baltimore Sun
Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis. 410-268-4545 or ramsheadtavern.com. Vespertine Movement, Big Picture, Between the Bars, La for Another Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson. 410-337-7210, 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. 3701 Mount Vernon ...
- Report: Taliban media network projects power, but also exposes militant weaknesses (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Using everything from Internet postings to poetry, the Taliban have created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it really is, a new report says.
- Poet Gabriel Back - radiovop.com
Poet Gabriel Backradiovop.com, Zimbabwe - 7 hours agoGabriel told RadioVOP that she was back and happy “I missed this place and have new poetry to spit to my fans. It Is a welcome feeling to see that I was ...
- Poetry focuses on biblical story of Job to challenge reader - Daily Oklahoman
Topic Dog sex tapes lead to arrests Brent Rinehart's comic book targets foes Report: Team picks Thunder Gymnast's ex-husband in bankruptcy court 1978 Sirloin Stockade murders remembered OU's Plumley won't play this year after... NCAA 09's simulated ...
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