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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - She was a teenager from Dublin looking to make her name as a journalist when American author Ernest Hemingway entered her life in 1959.
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Articles Database (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
In his essay “Sifting the Ashes,” the writer Jonathan Franzen has the following to say about the smoking habit he struggles to quit: “[W]hen you’re smoking, you’re acutely present to yourself: you step outside the unconscious forward rush of life.” Beautiful words, with which many cigar smokers would agree. Perhaps that’s why so many of history’s [...]
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The Northern Light (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
I will try to be succinct. Microlit is a new trend for ever shorter pieces of text. Inspired by both the the famous six-word story written by Ernest Hemingway - For sale, baby shoes, never worn - and the microblogging of Twitter. The latest Time Magazine reports on the the way that US publishers are picking [...]
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Nineteen people were injured, two of them seriously, in Saturday’s (August 23) running of the bulls in central Mexico, a less well-known cousin of Spain’s famous Pamplona festival. Alejandro Aguilar (ah-gee-LAHR) was one of the event’s coordinators and he said the annual event proceeded well. “It’s a traditional event that has taken place since the [...]
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Russia Blog (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
A scene from the movie with Vera and her father A Driver for Very (Водитель для Веры) is a fine romantic drama from director Pavel Chukhraj. Set during the summertime on a secret Soviet naval base in the Crimea...
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The Eagle Faith and Values (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
The 103-year-old Centennial Baptist Church in Helena, Ark., a National Historic Landmark, continues to deteriorate as organizations work to collect fu ...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
SOME AUTHORS COULD GIVE Olympic athletes a good run for their money. The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has notched up an impressive 32 marathons since he took up the sport
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My Design Secrets (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Home Furnishings dealers are going to do whatever they can to get your attention and lately it seems they are relying heavily on the names of famous people and places, both past and present. Years ago, furniture was furniture. It was named by the style or its period in history and your purchasing decision was [...]
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
25 things you might not know about John McCain1. He has a stuffed dancing hamster on display in his Senate office.2. His wife says her obsession with electronic gadgets and technology is one of his pet peeves.3. He says his pet peeve is politicians who talk too much. (He admits that he's guilty, too, sometimes.)4. He's not much of a shopper, but he likes to buy rugs when traveling abroad.5. His favorite...
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BlogF1 (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Every four years or so, usually when the British summer kicks it up a notch and the rain arrives, I end up having the same debate in my head, normally with the same outcome. However, four years ago BlogF1 did not exist, so I guess this time I can open up the conversation to others [...]
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Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words. He wrote: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." Here's a six-word review of The Dark Knight: "He is the hero Gotham...
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A Work in Progress (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Sorry, this is going to be a bit of a rehash today. I wanted to make sure I linked to all the great suggestions I received for books about and set during WWI and WWII, so I thought I would...
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BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
PEGGY HARRIS (AP) - Centennial Baptist Church sits silently on a downtown street, its doors locked and window panes so clouded light has trouble getting in. The roof is sagging and some shingles are missing. The foundation has started to crack. A National Historic Landmark, the church was built by a black architect and was pastored by [...]
