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Werdesheim case blown up out of proportion
I've followed the Werdesheim case closely in the 18 months since the incident on Fallstaff Road took place ("Elder brother guilty in assault," May 4). I've lived a few streets from the occurrence for over 40 years. From The Sun's perspective, two...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Abusive Behavior, Students, Radio, Italy
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Hey Ravens fans! Readings for Purple Friday
As the Baltimore Ravens get ready for this weekend's game, folks are geared up for a special playoff edition of Purple Friday, with colorful sweatshirts, caps, shirts, sweaters, etc. For the bookish, here are some favorite purple titles, to get in the...Tags: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Abusive Behavior, Zane Grey, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker
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Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on Tom Wolfe, being a 'romantic fool'
Alex Turner has a writer's eye.
The Arctic Monkeys' singer-songwriter pens lyrics full of biting wit and pointed remarks. On "Reckless Serenade," a track from his band's recently released fourth album, he sings of the "type of kisses where teeth collide"...Tags: Tangerine, Music Industry, Arctic Monkeys (music group), England, Smith Westerns (music group)
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'Project Runway': Something blue
Reality CheckThey tried to tell me not to recap, I said noooooo, nooooo, nooooo! Greetings single moms, stay-at-home dads and guys who are trying to make nice with their wives by watching Lifetime. I'm Kevin Van Valkenburg, sports writer by day,......Tags: Dresses (clothing), Biz Markie, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Robin the Boy Wonder (fictional character), Macy's
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Easton Area keeps controversial book 'Nickel and Dimed'
Easton Area School Board voted Tuesday night to allow teachers to continue using Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" in AP English class. The 2001 book traces Ehrenreich's experiences working at low-wage jobs,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Rutgers University, Students, F-bomb Dropping, Teachers
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Easton keeps 'Nickel and Dimed'
Easton Area School Board voted Tuesday night to allow teachers to continue using Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" in AP English courses. The 2001 book traces Ehrenreich's experiences working at low-wage jobs,...Tags: Rutgers University
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What it takes to get writers writing
Jacket CopyWhen it comes to writing, authors can be pretty superstitious.... -
English 101
Each novelist requires circumstance — a situation to describe, from which a conflict arises — and the ivy-covered college hall or dormitory room provides such context readily. It would take research and, thereafter, expertise to write about...
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Commentary: Gordon Gekko may be a problem for Mitt Romney
"It's thrilling left-wing trash," Village Voice critic David Edelstein ended his review of Oliver Stone's "Wall Street," "and it's more or less disposable."
Thrilling (at times), left-wing (I guess), trash (not entirely), the movie Oliver Stone began...Tags: Tony Soprano (fictional character), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Platoon (movie), Academy Awards, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Band's Levon Helm dies at 71
VarietyLevon Helm, the founding drummer of the Band who became a creative force in roots music and cherished Americana icon as a solo performer, died today at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York after a long battle with cancer. He was 71....Tags: Blues (genre), Bo Diddley, ABC (tv network), Woodstock Festival (1969), Muddy Waters
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Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band
Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...
Tags: Max Weinberg Experience, Muddy Waters, Woodstock Festival (1969), Pete Seeger, Rock and Roll (genre)
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Along with the Warm Temperatures comes Something Not so Welcome
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThe temperature's are high. The sun's out and so is something else that's making many people miserable right now. It is pollen. Wednesday was a gorgeous day and that brought people outside at Wasena Park in Roanoke. Some were pushing strollers. Others...Tags: Asthma, Allergies
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