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The Observer Profile: Bashar Assad, no longer the pariah President
Bashar Assad, President of Syria, is good at the people stuff. He pops his head around the door during an interview with his wife, then, all arms and legs, ushers you away, unexpectedly, for an informal chat. He talks smartly and engagingly. He talks about the prospects for peace with Israel. The da ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 16, 2008 12:07 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Bashar Assad, President of Syria, is good at the people stuff. He pops his head around the door during an interview with his wife, then, all arms and legs, ushers you away, unexpectedly, for an informal chat. He talks smartly and engagingly. He talks about the prospects for peace with Israel. The da ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 16, 2008 12:07 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Retirement home is a youngster at 100
When Emma Saylor founded Fredericka Manor in 1908, it was called “The Fredericka Home for Gentle Folk” and staff members referred to people who lived in the community as “inmates.”
SignOnSanDiego.com – Nov 15, 2008 2:51 PM [GMT] – comment?
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When Emma Saylor founded Fredericka Manor in 1908, it was called “The Fredericka Home for Gentle Folk” and staff members referred to people who lived in the community as “inmates.”
SignOnSanDiego.com – Nov 15, 2008 2:51 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Simon Hoggart's week: Top secrets brought to book
Here's a wonderfully barking example of the way the secrecy rules work in our government. The estimable Andrew MacKinlay, Labour MP for Thurrock and general troublemaker, this year tabled two questions asking who was the clerk to the parliamentary Intelligence and Security committee. Twice Gord ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 15, 2008 01:56 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Here's a wonderfully barking example of the way the secrecy rules work in our government. The estimable Andrew MacKinlay, Labour MP for Thurrock and general troublemaker, this year tabled two questions asking who was the clerk to the parliamentary Intelligence and Security committee. Twice Gord ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 15, 2008 01:56 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Ten of the best episodes of drunkenness
Lucky Jim, by Kingsley AmisIneffectual academic Jim Dixon must give a lecture on "Merrie England" to local dignitaries. He nervously gulps whisky before he takes the stage and disaster is ensured. As he reads his lecture he finds himself helplessly adopting peculiar accents, culminating in ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 15, 2008 01:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Lucky Jim, by Kingsley AmisIneffectual academic Jim Dixon must give a lecture on "Merrie England" to local dignitaries. He nervously gulps whisky before he takes the stage and disaster is ensured. As he reads his lecture he finds himself helplessly adopting peculiar accents, culminating in ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 15, 2008 01:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Entertainment: Books
To understand a mockingbird: specimens that sparked Darwin's theory of evolution
The significance of the two birds lying side by side on a purple cushion with tags dangling from their feet is easy to miss. But the subtle differences - a strip of white on the wing, a smudge of dark on the breast - set Charles Darwin on course to develop the most important scientific theory ever c ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 14, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
The significance of the two birds lying side by side on a purple cushion with tags dangling from their feet is easy to miss. But the subtle differences - a strip of white on the wing, a smudge of dark on the breast - set Charles Darwin on course to develop the most important scientific theory ever c ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 14, 2008 5:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
Buzz Briefs: Helio Castroneves, Lil Wayne
Race car driver Helio Castroneves asks judge to put the breaks on March trial. Lil Wayne a fantasy football fan. Emma Thompson wishes she were at Buckingham birthday bash. NAACP Image Awards to honor Gore, Maathai.
TheShowBuzz.com – Nov 14, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Race car driver Helio Castroneves asks judge to put the breaks on March trial. Lil Wayne a fantasy football fan. Emma Thompson wishes she were at Buckingham birthday bash. NAACP Image Awards to honor Gore, Maathai.
TheShowBuzz.com – Nov 14, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Video Games
Women in Love
THE SEALED LETTER By Emma Donoghue Harcourt. 397 pp. $26 The Sealed Letter is a Victorian romance and court-room drama based on a scandalous divorce case heard in London in 1864. The divorcing parties are Vice-Admiral Henry Codrington and his wife, Helen, who, during a seven-year posting in Malta...
Washington Post – Nov 14, 2008 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
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THE SEALED LETTER By Emma Donoghue Harcourt. 397 pp. $26 The Sealed Letter is a Victorian romance and court-room drama based on a scandalous divorce case heard in London in 1864. The divorcing parties are Vice-Admiral Henry Codrington and his wife, Helen, who, during a seven-year posting in Malta...
Washington Post – Nov 14, 2008 4:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Prince Charles' friend Emma Thompson wishes she were at birthday party
Associated Press - November 13, 2008 11:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emma Thompson has been in Los Angeles promoting her upcoming romantic comedy with Dustin Hoffman called "Last Chance...
KTRV - FOX 12 – Nov 14, 2008 04:53 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Associated Press - November 13, 2008 11:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emma Thompson has been in Los Angeles promoting her upcoming romantic comedy with Dustin Hoffman called "Last Chance...
KTRV - FOX 12 – Nov 14, 2008 04:53 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
Two victims pulled from water in morning car crash
Emma Sandoval and Guadalupe Molasco are happy to be alive. A scary wreck just after 7 a.m. Thursday sent them underwater.
WAFF 48 News – Nov 14, 2008 12:03 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Alabama: Huntsville
Emma Sandoval and Guadalupe Molasco are happy to be alive. A scary wreck just after 7 a.m. Thursday sent them underwater.
WAFF 48 News – Nov 14, 2008 12:03 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Alabama: Huntsville
A Serious Dell-emmaWPP's Enfatico, the standalone ad agency created to handle Dell's massive business, is under the spotlight again after the recent departure of Casey Jones, a former marketing star at the computer giant. Jones, who quietly left his position as...
New York Post – Nov 13, 2008 09:11 AM [GMT] – comment?
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