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The Modesty Contest - Slate
as i wrote in october, over the last few years, the relationship between fan-written web sites and the copyright owners of the content they draw on, if legally murky, has at least been peaceful. once it dawned on media companies that fan sites are ...
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Longtime Public Radio Host Chiotakis Making Move To National Show
wbhm-fm may lose steve chiotakis, but radio newsman will always carry a part of the city with him
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Warren Bennis Speaks About The Need For Leadership And Honesty During This Historic And Disastrous Time In His New ...
bailouts, foreclosures, failing stock market and the upcoming elections--so much for americans to be concerned about and no one to look to for clear and honest leadership. with each devastating occurrence and every chief at the helm seeming to pass the buck, americans are becoming more and more disillusioned with the leadership on both wall street and in d.c., making them feel less secure ...
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Discover A Wealth Of Gardening Knowledge - Houston Chronicle
light streams through the large windows in the garden archive room in the looscan neighborhood library's clock tower. it brightens the cozy reading nook where we can travel through the history of houston's landscape or to the great gardens around the ...
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Gardeners Have A New Archive In Town - Houston Chronicle
exterior of the looscan library, 2510 willowick. the garden archive room is located in the clock tower. light streams through the large windows in the garden archive room in the looscan neighborhood library's clock tower. it brightens the cozy ...
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After Nearly 60 Years, Life’s Routine, Love Still Isn’t
they met when she was 8. he was 10. they wouldn’t see each other again until she was 16. and that time, there was love in their eyes.
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Nashua St. Philip To Host Indoor Yard Sale
st. philip greek orthodox church ladies society agape will hold a gigantic indoor yard sale on saturday from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at st. philip greek orthodox church hall, 500 w. hollis st. ...
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Dmitry Spivak Returns For Double 'jeopardy!' - Chicago Sun-times
nine years ago, when he was 11, dmitry spivak had his 30 minutes of television fame. this week he’s getting 30 more. spivak appeared as a contestant on “jeopardy!” during a kids week competition in 1999. now 20 and a junior at northwestern ...
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Spartans' Loss To Notre Dame Is Hard To Forget - Detroit News
east lansing -- as an eager michigan state scout-team player, eric gordon endured what every other spartans fan did two years ago amid rain and driving winds at spartan stadium. the date: sept. 23, 2006. the opponent: notre dame. the result: one of ...
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Warren Bennis Speaks About The Need For Leadership And Honesty During This Historic And Disastrous Time In His New ...
san francisco----bailouts, foreclosures, failing stock market and the upcoming elections--so much for americans to be concerned about and no one to look to for clear and honest leadership.
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News Briefs For The Week Of Oct. 2, 2008
a "green" remodeling contractor will discuss how make older homes more energy-efficient and comfortable at two sites in the east suburbs this fall.  read more »
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The World's In Color--so Is Innovation - Businessweek
i’m attending a workshop at the supernova 2005 conference in san francisco, and apparently i’m not the only one getting a little annoyed at janice fraser’s presentation. it’s not that i disagree with the ceo of adaptive path , who’s talking ...
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Obama-biden, Mccain-palin, And The Experience Question - Christian Science Monitor
provo, utah - the nominating conventions, each dramatic in different ways, are nearly done and americans are on the last lap toward the new presidency. sen. barack obama promises billions for good works but is sketchy about how to pay for them. sen ...
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Breaking News: High School Library Waiver Request Approved By North Massachusetts Regional Library System
the north massachusetts regional library system (nmrls) board of directors this week approved a waiver that allows the school to retain its membership in the system for current school year, after the board previously voted to remove melrose high school as a member in april due its lack of a full-time librarian.
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Book Examines Woman’s Life And Southeast Iowa History
fairfield — bruce curtis’ book is both a biography and a history lesson. “like ordinary people: an illustrated iowa social biography of josephine mae teeter curtis and her times, 1903-2007” examines the life of curtis’ mother and her world in jefferson and wapello counties.
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Seattle Film Events - Seattle Post Intelligencer
central cinema: 1411 21st ave. tickets: $5 unless indicated. 206-686-6684; central-cinema. com. any film running past 11 p.m. is 21+. "the sensation of sight." an english teacher sets off to sell encyclopedias after going through a life-altering ...
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10 Questions For Sarah Palin - Slate
"since when does the post assign 27-year-olds to write page 1 presidential campaign pieces?" boston university journalism professor christopher b. daly snitted yesterday in a blog item titled " the worst political reporting of 2007 ." daly's target ...
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Thumbs Up Thumbs Down
thumbs up life on notre dame what an extraordinarily groundbreaking week! not only did we meet a real, live notre dame student, we even saw a soccer game happening there, too. thanks, notre dame, for holding out 'til our senior year to show any signs of life.
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Slatington Library To Host World Of Wildlife Story Hour

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The Infinite Arcade - Wired
stephen cakebread dreamed of making games. really big games. he toiled away on medi-cal software until he landed a gig at bizarre creations, the uk developer behind the project gotham racing franchise, a driving simulator for the xbox. pgr is famous ...
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