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warner::Judith Warner::The Mirrored Ceiling

nytimes.com     11 hrs ago   10 related          

It turns out there was something more nauseating than the nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate this past week. “A woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hinder legs,” the wit once observed....                    

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100 books

wordpress.com     16 hrs ago          

The following list is from Martin Seymour-Smith's The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998). For each book, Seymour-Smith provides 3-5 pages of commentary. I...                    

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For those anaerobic meetings

baltimoresun.com     22 hrs ago          

Samuel Johnson understood that “human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed” — and he never even worked for a corporation. It’s not just the daily routine meetings that wear...                    

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Lee's putting hysterical into the historical

manchestereveningnews.co.uk     yesterday          

THERE'S a delightfully absurd touch to this particular interpretation of the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and her favoured courtier Sir Walter Raleigh. The pair have worked together on and off over the years but...                    

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Poets and the People: Reflections on solidarity during wartime

bostonreview.net     yesterday          

Robert von Hallberg takes a look at the work of modern poets on war. Although they hold a surprising array of opinions on patriotism, compared with their predecessors in the Vietnam era, Jorie Graham, Frank Bidart, Robert...                    

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Biographers' Club Prize

libdemblogs.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Sod's Law has it that every time I have a nice dinner lined up, the TV rings and asks me to do a live Press Review — but I can't complain, as they pay, and I know that if I said 'no' they would only ask someone else......                    

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Baton relay

smh.com.au     01-Sep-2008   1 related          

Despite the iconic image of the badarse cop, the crime genre's anti-heroes have a short shelf life. Knapman, who with writer Kris Wyld has produced a slew of taut, smart police dramas, including Wildside, White Collar...                    

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Images of the past

hindu.com     02-Sep-2008          

Anthology of essays on the civilisation and spiritual culture of Tamil society THE LIFE-WORLD OF THE TAMILS: Past and Present — Vol. I: Edited by R. Balasubramanian; Pub. by PHISPC/ Centre for Studies in Civilization,...                    

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Palin belonged to Alaskan Secessionist Party

reddit.com     01-Sep-2008   29 related          

mandato 5 ore fa da Is this supposed to be a bad thing? Hell, my respect for her just rose from nothing to slight. That's enough right there to make me not only vote for her but move to Alaska. The best way to take away...                    

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Just for Laughs

country2.blogspot.com     31-Aug-2008          

If you haven't yet been to the wake for murder victims Peaceable Assembly and the Right to Petition for Redress of Grievances, you'd better hurry. Services will be held soon with the burial immediately following:"They had...                    

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