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- Salinger understood what teens understand
- Most of my literature classes in school felt like swimming through a pool where the water didn't touch me. Sure, “Heart of Darkness” and “The Canterbury Tales” are classics, but they had little to no meaning for an awkward high school ...
- Desert Sun
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- 07/02/2010
- '44 Inch Chest' Rips Seams of Conventional Film
- If you've ever read Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" or been to a melodramatic play, you know the tale of the cuckold: the emasculated man whose wife has been with another (often younger and quite dashing) fellow, foregrounded by the aftermath…
- Daily Californian
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- 04/02/2010
- Help Finding A Play
- To give you a flavour of some of their previous work, the group has done productions of Oedipus, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Threepenny Opera, Animal Farm, Royal Hunt Of The Sun, The Canterbury Tales and Lark Rise, so they're used…
- Whatsonstage.com
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- Age of Worship
- The story of British art in the Middle Ages, spanning from the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170 to the death of Richard II in 1400. It was an age defined by worship - whether worship of God, the king, or one's lady love. David Dimbleby looks…
- BBC
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- 07/02/2010
- Old age brings changes to cultural tastes
- I've resisted the call from fellow baby boomers to write a column about "the changes" people go through as they, um, approach geezerhood. Others have done it ad infinitum, I'd tell them. Besides, I'd think to myself, who wants to read…
- creative loafing
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- Why a Valentine's Day at all?
- DID YOU ever thought of Valentine’s Day a decade ago or dare to ask the question: What shall I do with my girl friend or boy friend all day? Today there is information available online regarding special enjoyments offered by hotels on…
- Meri News
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- 06/02/2010
- Italian heir shot dead in boar hunt accident
- ... Gherardesca family is descended from Count Ugolino, who was imprisoned with his sons for treason in 1288 and starved to death, an episode recounted by Dante and Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. Down the centuries the family gained a…
- The Guardian
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- Found in translation: Butterflies fascinating in many…
- I have never thought twice about the word until recently. Every year I organize a children’s art contest at the Cape Coral Library for Earth Day. The theme this time is all about butterflies in Southwest Florida. Suddenly, I saw the word…
- News-Press
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- 03/02/2010
- On Exhibit
- Courtesy photo This photo shows detail of the central medallion of a hand loomed 1825 Edinburgh moon shawl, in imitation and celebration of the Kashmir shawls. The piece is on display in the “Wrapped in Paisley” exhibit at the Mathers…
- Herald Times
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- 07/02/2010
- That's Entertainment
- Preschool story time, 10:30-11 a.m., L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire St. Black History Month discussion "Blacks in the Military," noon-1 p.m., Davies Theatre, UW-Eau Claire. 828-2019. WQOW-TV (Channel 18) meteorology…
- Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
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- 04/02/2010