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Hay book fest marks 25th at "Woodstock of the mind"
ReutersLONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - For 10 days next month, some of the world's top authors and their readers will descend on a small town on England's border with Wales for a "Woodstock of the Mind" to talk about music, politics, the environment, but mostly about...Tags: Woodstock Festival (1969), Nobel Prize Awards, Book, Entertainment Events, United Kingdom
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The New Yorker reboots online books coverage
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JUEGOS-Ahmadinejad quiere ir a Olímpicos de Londres
ReutersDUBAI, 17 mayo (Reuters) - El presidente de Irán, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dijo el jueves que podría ir a los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres para respaldar a los atletas de su país pero destacó que las autoridades británicas tenían "problemas" para...Tags: Iran
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Iranian rapper draws Shi'ite wrath, death bounty
Reuters* Germany-based musician satirises religion and politics * Song addressing Shi'ite figure angers conservative website * Website says $100,000 reward to kill rapper DUBAI, May 14 (Reuters) - An Iranian rapper living in Germany has a $100,000 bounty on...Tags: Islam, Iran, Punishment, Music Industry, YouTube
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Vice president Biden talks of a better tomorrow at Lafayette College
Imagine a time when medicine can detect and attack cancer with no harm to other body parts. You can get in your electric car and drive 1,000 miles without stopping to charge the battery. Al Qaeda is a distant memory, a half-chapter in a history book....
Tags: George Washington, University of Delaware, Teaching and Learning, Cancer, Transportation
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Remembering Christopher Hitchens
Liz Smith"HE was the beau ideal of the public intellectual!" said Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter at the memorial for writer Christopher Hitchens last Friday afternoon. Hitchens was the world's best-known and voluble atheist. And a group where many loved,...Tags: Stephen Fry, Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Academy Awards, Graydon Carter
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This Sunday: John Leonard, AIDS and Carl Hiaasen, too
Jacket CopyJohn Leonard's collected essays, a book on genesis of the AIDS pandemic and another YA book by Carl Hiassen are all part of our Sunday coverage.... -
Book news: Salman Rushdie, John Steinbeck, fact, fiction, more
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The Oscar menu: Puck plans a small-plates party for the Governors Ball
After the Oscars, dessert will be served in 3-D at the Governors Ball this year. Spago pastry chef Sherry Yard has created an Austrian chocolate cake that resembles a staircase leading to a giant edible Oscar statuette that is iced in a way that makes...Tags: Regional Authority, Dining and Drinking, Academy Awards, Justin Bieber, Graydon Carter
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Don't make light of religion
The offensive and insensitive cartoons that appeared in the American News Feb. 17 and 19 have prompted this letter. To make light of the religious beliefs of one religion in such a pejorative manner is totally beyond any measure of decency. Jimmy...Tags: Birth Control, Family Planning, The Washington Post, Christianity, Health Treatments
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Tales from the gift closet
L.A. at HomeThe gift closet: On Christmas Eve, as gift-shopping procrastinators grow ever more desperate, perhaps someone in your home will be madly searching for something — anything! — that might do the trick.... -
Looking back at 2011's literary resolutions
Jacket CopyLiterary resolutions for 2011, and how they turned out....
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