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    Jan 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Meet the Recruit: Terps linebacker commitment Abner Logan

    <em>This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&amp;As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.</em>
    The Baltimore Sun
    This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player. Name: Abner Logan Jr. Birthdate: July 24, 1993 Birthplace: Cambridge, Mass. Hometown: Cambridge,...

    Tags: Vernon Davis, Schools, Television, College Sports, Maryland Terrapins

    2. Aug 13, 2005 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Favorite used-book stores

    Here are five of our favorite local used-book stores: Kelmscott Bookshop, 34 W. 25th St., Charles Village MON.-SAT. 10 A.M.-6 P.M. Baltimore's oldest used-book store, the Kelmscott, has been at this spot 28 years. It's now owned by Fran Durako. The...

    Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Books and Magazines, Books, Charles Village, William Morris

    3. Jul 25, 2012 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. So much to see and do in London

    LONDON - The exterior of Westminster Abbey is imposing and grandiose.
    LONDON - The exterior of Westminster Abbey is imposing and grandiose. Our plan was simple: Pay the admission, stick our heads inside to see what it looked like, and then quickly duck out and move on to a museum. The museum never happened. That...

    Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Elizabeth II, 2012 Summer Paralympics, Museums, Westminster Abbey

    4. Mar 30, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  4. A Word, Please: 'That' and 'who' and what to do

    A reader named Jerry wrote to ask about "that" and "who." Like a lot of people, Jerry had been taught that "that" is for things and "who" is for people, yet his reading materials didn't seem to agree. "I am beginning to think I am wrong in the use of...

    Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)

    5. Mar 24, 2012 |Story| Glendale News Press

  5. A Word, Please: Just don't mistake 'that' for a rule of grammar

    A reader named Jerry wrote to ask about “that” and “who.” Like a lot of people, Jerry had been taught that “that” is for things and “who” is for people, yet his reading materials didn't seem to agree....

    Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)

    6. Aug 2, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. NEH gives $40 million in grants; $3.2 million to California

    Culture Monster
    National Endowment for the Humanities issues $40 million in grants, including $3.2 million to California museums, scholars and documentary filmmakers. Documentaries win the biggest grants; others sponsor seminars aimed to improve college and secondary...
    7. Apr 3, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. What's new in London since the last big royal wedding

    So you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    So you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why. Here's one reason: They defy time. Start with just the...

    Tags: Boris Johnson, Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011), Robert Venturi, Elizabeth II, Sex Pistols (music group)

    8. Aug 25, 2010 |Story| Glendale News Press

  8. A Word, Please: Chaising an elusive longue

    Did you know that, according to a lot of language sticklers, the type of chair so many people refer to as a "chaise lounge" is really a "chaise longue," using the French word for "long"? Well, neither do about 60% of the population, if a recent Google search is any indication. A search for "chaise lounge" turned up about 1.4 million hits on a recent day, with the more proper "chaise longue" turning up just 984,000.
    Did you know that, according to a lot of language sticklers, the type of chair so many people refer to as a "chaise lounge" is really a "chaise longue," using the French word for "long"? Well, neither do about 60% of the population, if a recent Google...

    Tags: Google Inc.

    9. Feb 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Family Guy': Valentine's Day

    Show Tracker
    Ah, St. Valentine’s Day. That special time of year that we celebrate a composite of three different Roman martyrs with signs of love, a tradition based off a poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer to celebrate the first anniversary of the......
    10. Nov 16, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'The Canterbury Tales'

    The Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales A New Unabridged Translation by Burton Raffel Geoffrey Chaucer The Modern Library: 624 pp. $35 Chaucer himself was a translator, people forget, his most important work along those lines being "The Romance of the Rose" and...

    Tags: London (England), Colleges and Universities, Flatulence, Slang, England

    11. May 13, 2009 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  11. In Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" who tells the first tale? a) the nun b) the knight c) the merchant

    Staff reporter
    ANSWER: b) the knight

    Tags: Canterbury

    12. May 10, 2001 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. A Knight's Tale

    TIMES FILM CRITIC
    Friday May 11, 2001      As advertised, "A Knight's Tale" does try to rock you. The problem is, it doesn't rock you nearly enough. Having come up with a surprisingly serviceable gimmick, writer-director Brian Helgeland is unaccountably parsimonious...

    Tags: Movies, Martha Stewart, David Bowie, Mark Addy, Laura Fraser

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