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Unpredictable, serendipitous Tasmania
Only toward dawn did the sea begin to calm. I rose from my berth and glanced out the window. The setting moon cast a broad light on the rolling waters of the Bass Strait, and in the distance, the lights of Tasmania began to dot the darkness.
We had...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Australia (movie), Climbing, Natural Resources
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A Word, Please: The reason why is historical
In a 1974 edition of the journal College English, 70% of university teaching assistants surveyed said they marked "the reason why" as an error on students' papers. That's a lot of red ink. The phrase "the reason why" is extremely common, especially in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Emily Dickinson, Henry Adams, George Bernard Shaw
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A Word, Please: Stuck in adverb amateur hour
Years ago, I wrote a column about “whom” and the dangers of using it wrong. What happened next remains one of the weirdest moments in my writing career. A reader sent an email to scold me, but not for anything to do with the word “...Tags: Samuel Pepys, The Washington Post, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Bill Walsh
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VOD Spotlight: Classic tales inspire “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”
Channel Guide MagazineIn Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (the sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth) the characters are on a quest that takes them to an island located in place where no island is supposed to exist. Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson), his... -
Moist slacks
The Baltimore SunIn an antic moment last week, The New Yorker pitched an appeal to readers: What word would you most like to eliminate from the English language? Awesome and epic won some votes because of overuse, phlegm from disgustingness, but moist, which has...Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island' review: A franchise somehow gets more mediocre without Brendan Fraser
*1/2 (out of four)
FYI: When punching a lizard in the face, it’s called giving him “the thunder cookie.”
At least, that’s what Hank (Dwayne Johnson) calls it when protecting his stepson Sean (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role...Tags: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (movie), Luis Guzman, Journey to the Center of the Earth (movie, 2008), PG Rated Movies, Entertainment
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Mud Baron, an evangelical force in school gardens
L.A. at HomeMaster gardener Mud Baron supplies school gardens with evangelical zeal.... -
In a word: Craquelure
Each week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar — another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: CRAQUELURE You've seen the pattern of fine... -
Trinity Bible earning respect on football field
That 'grrrrr' you might be hearing just across the North Dakota border is coming from Ellendale.
And the Trinity Bible College Lions football team hopes to have a full roar going soon.
The Lions will kick off their season at 1 p.m. Saturday against...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Religious Texts, Education, College Football, National Football League
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Discoveries
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Paper Garden An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 Molly Peacock Bloomsbury: 416 pp., $30 Mary Delany was born in 1700 to an upper-class family in England that would fall out of favor with the court and use its lovely young daughter, as so many...Tags: Tom Cruise, Physical Conditions, Alexander (music group), Politics, New York
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'Gulliver's Travels'
![Knowing that Jack Black has the title role as the traveler thrown off course to end up towering over tiny Lilliputians, you can pretty much expect this isn't your father's "Gulliver."](http://www.zap2it.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-04/60196237-19101658.jpg "Knowing that Jack Black has the title role as the traveler thrown off course to end up towering over tiny Lilliputians, you can pretty much expect this isn't your father's "Gulliver.\"")
Zap2ItKnowing that Jack Black has the title role as the traveler thrown off course to end up towering over tiny Lilliputians, you can pretty much expect this isn't your father's "Gulliver." Indeed, the original Jonathan Swift story is contoured to Black's very...Tags: Movies, Amanda Peet, Entertainment, Blu-ray Discs, Documentary (genre)
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At Carmike Cinema
2ND WEEK Little Fokkers Meet the latest in Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller’s comedy franchise. Grit your teeth through the fairly short though agonizing duration of its stay. Then wave goodbye in relief as its huge cast of characters departs like...Tags: Harvey Keitel, Physical Conditions, Roger Deakins, Barbra Streisand, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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Feb 9, 2012
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Aug 15, 2011
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Aug 26, 2011
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Apr 3, 2011
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Mar 17, 2011
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Jan 4, 2011
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