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- Obama accepts historic nomination, takes aim at McCain in speech (Honolulu Advertiser)
DENVER  Sen. Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination last night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to Sen. John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him to the nomination.
- Training and Wisdom (BG News)
What results from having been primarily trained in clearly defined skills as opposed to being generally educated for self-direction? We know what training in a specific skill is but very few courses have had the stated goal of making students wiser. Researchers reported in the American Psychologist that when we are wise, we use knowledge for the well being of oneself and others.
- NEWS IN BRIEF (Nine O'Clock)
BERLIN - Islamic militants trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan are planning attacks in Germany, although there is no evidence of any imminent threat, the country’s top police officer was quoted as saying on Sunday.
- Fyne time - Sunday Herald
STAND LONG enough at any festival, and you begin to sympathise with how soldiers must have felt during their unremembered and uncelebrated wars of attrition. There's mud - that's a given. There's the slippery kind, the smelly kind, the living and ...
- I Could Write A Better Rubaiyat Than That Khayyam Dipshit - The Onion (satire)
I Could Write A Better Rubaiyat Than That Khayyam DipshitThe Onion (satire), NY - 3 hours agoI was certain I'd learn to love the poem when a more authoritative version finally came out. But in the years that followed, none of the other translations ...
- FEMA: Tips for Teachers of Destroyed Iowa Schools: It's About ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
FEMA: Tips for Teachers of Destroyed Iowa Schools: It's About ...7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - 36 minutes agoStudents wrote poetry with the guidance of an area children's book author and a former Lincoln parent, Jane Kurtz (www.janekurtz.com). ...
- Review: 'Anathem' by Neal Stephenson - Chicago Sun-Times
Review: 'Anathem' by Neal StephensonChicago Sun-Times, United States - 17 hours agoEach culture seems to be content with this setup until there appears a global threat, and the "sæcular" world, which had turned its back on poetry, ...
- Ford Motor Co. marks the 100 anniversary of its iconic Model T - International Herald Tribune
RICHMOND, Indiana : Ford Motor Co. is marking the 100th anniversary of the Model T, the first low-priced car that introduced motoring to the masses, at a time when Americans are cringing at the cost of filling their gas tanks and the U.S. auto ...
- Paper Monitor - bbc
All week the Guardian's giveaway is pamphlets on how to write. Obviously the nation's journalists have been squirreling away How to Write: Fiction and How to Write: Poetry, since this is what newshounds secretly would prefer to be doing. If only they ...
- Profile: Radovan Karadzic - poet, psychiatrist, war ciminal - Times Online
Times OnlineProfile: Radovan Karadzic - poet, psychiatrist, war ciminalTimes Online, UK - 14 hours agoIt was while in the city that he met his wife, Ljiljana, and, in the early 1970’s began writing poetry. It was then that he fell under the spell of Dobrica ...Video: EU hails Karadzic arrest france24englishHis Old Friends, Loyal to the End BuzzleA Leader Turned Ghost New York TimesThe Associated Press - Melbourne Herald Sunall 3,140 news articles
- Stage: ‘WOMEN’ A MIXED BAG - San Luis Obispo Tribune
Stage: ‘WOMEN’ A MIXED BAGSan Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 11 hours agoBecause they are like narration or poetry it’s important to not only hear them but to clearly understand them. Although the voices in the cast are all ...
- Date Book (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Issue date: 9/19/08 Section: Extra! Enjoy fresh food, entertainment and fun at the new location in Main Gate Square from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The market features organic locally grown and produced food, live entertainment and informative health and well-being demonstrations.
- Local writers will try to resurrect Poe at the Deer Park on Saturday - Newark Post
Literature lovers will attempt to raise the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe this weekend, while keeping his infamous curse on the Deer Park Tavern at bay. To commemorate the 159th anniversary of Poe’s death, the Delaware Literacy Connection will hold an ...
- Post-holiday reading list - guardian.co.uk
Post-holiday reading listguardian.co.uk, UK - 59 minutes agoHere's the complete list, with Pullman's notes: How simple some great poetry can seem - as simple as water, and as necessary. Bishop is incomparable: "Awful ...
- Chill out at Cool Beans’ open mic night - MidWeek
Chill out at Cool Beans’ open mic nightMidWeek, IL - Oct 1, 2008Anyone is welcome to perform at the event, with talents ranging from music to poetry to acting or otherwise. As long as acts are family-friendly, ...
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