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This is something we must not forget
Arianna Huffington"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." It's one of Milan Kundera's most famous lines, from his novel "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting." It's one worth keeping in mind as we approach March 20, the 10th...Tags: Dick Cheney, International Military Interventions, Nobel Prize Awards, Fiscal Cliff, Entertainment Events
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'Truth in Advertising' has a cinematic sense of motion
Fin Dolan aspires to something meaningful, but he can't put his finger on what it might be. He is chronically unattached, generally the smartest person in the room, and employed by a New York media company that offers endless opportunities for mockery....
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Newspaper and Magazine, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chicago Tribune
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Michael Henry Heim, UCLA scholar and translator, dies at 69
L.A. NOWMichael Henry Heim, a well regarded scholar of Slavic languages at UCLA known for his translations of works by Gunter Grass, Milan Kundera, Thomas Mann and Anton Chekhov, has died. He was 69. Heim died Saturday at his home in...... -
Michael Henry Heim dies at 69; UCLA scholar, translator
Michael Henry Heim, a literary translator and humble philanthropist whose teaching, activism and widely admired translations of works by such writers as Günter Grass and Milan Kundera helped bring the voices of contemporary world literature into the...
Tags: Literature, Nobel Prize Awards, Columbia University, Authors, Entertainment Events
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: Gunter Grass, Graham Greene, John Steinbeck, United Kingdom, Vladimir Nabokov
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China can't confront truth of century-old revolution
CNN ContributorOn this day 100 years ago, troops in the city of Wuchang, in China's Hubei province, launched a coup against local authorities. The coup ignited a civil war that ended in the collapse of China's 2,200-year-old imperial system. When a republican...Tags: CNN (tv network), Culture, Parties and Movements, Beijing (China), China
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Book review: 'House of Holes' by Nicholson Baker
Los Angeles Times Book CriticHouse of Holes A Book of Raunch Nicholson Baker Simon & Schuster: 262 pp., $25 Nicholson Baker wasn't kidding when he subtitled "House of Holes," his new novel, "A Book of Raunch." Indeed, it's a bona fide filth-fest, so unrelentingly graphic that...Tags: Literature, Book, Pornography, Los Angeles Times
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Tags: Bullfighting, Woody Allen, Celebrities and Health Issues, John Lennon
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10 things you might not know about April Fools' Day
Tribune staff reportersWe're just a few days from April 1, a notorious time for hoaxes. We could have waited, but we figured you might not trust these 10 facts if they were printed on April Fools' Day. All indeed are true. Really. No kidding. We promise. 1. The origin of April...Tags: April Fools' Day, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Armed Forces, Dick Smith, Newspaper and Magazine
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Tags: Santiago (Chile), Franz Kafka, Chile
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Community Commentary: 'The Fair is dead, long live the Fair'
The fairgrounds sale is now in its 18th mind-numbing month. Still, it is difficult to understand the events leading up to today. As one who spent that 18 months at the vortex, I will spare you the hundreds of details, save for a few, even though there are...Tags: Comedy (genre), George Santayana, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Civil Unrest
Mar 7, 2013
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Mar 28, 2010
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Oct 14, 2010
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