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'The Great Gatsby' review (the book, that is, circa 1925)
Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opens wide this Friday. Eighty-eight years before -- to the day -- the Los Angeles Times ran this review of the original "The Great Gatsby," the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Today, perception of the book's reception in...
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Harlan Ellison recalls the day he assaulted his publisher
This is the story Harlan Ellison tells of that day in 1982: He had just assaulted his publisher. Before anyone could think to call the police, Ellison's editor sneaked him out of the building in the freight elevator. He jumped into a cab and 15 minutes...
Tags: Fiction, Media Industry, Google+, New York City, Prisons
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FACTBOX-How the NDF market works
Reuters(Accompanies INSIGHT: How Singapore's currency club fell apart) May 7 (Reuters) - Non-deliverable forwards are used to hedge or speculate against currencies when exchange controls make it difficult for foreigners to trade in the spot market directly....Tags: Singapore, Credit Ratings, Currency Values, Thomson Corporation, Money and Monetary Policy
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Jason Collins memoir reportedly rejected by at least one publisher
Jason Collins may already be old news just a week after he became the first active male athlete in a pro team sport to publicly reveal he's gay. According to the Associated Press, Collins is seeking a book deal for his planned memoirs, but at least...
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Poor Rachel Shteir
Change of SubjectI pretty much stayed out of the controversy that erupted recently over the New York Times Book Review essay from DePaul University theater prof Rachel Shteir that begain "Poor Chicago." I wasn't outraged by the back of the hand she...... -
Author Judy S. Walter looks to inform youth about Holocaust
Name: Judy S. Walter City in which you reside: Chambersburg, Pa. Day job: Retired teacher Book title: "Nightmare in Europe" Genre: Historical nonfiction Short synopsis of book: "Nightmare in Europe" is a concise, easy-to-understand book about the...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest, Students, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 4
Today (Saturday, May 4) is Free Comic Book Day. The event has always been held on the first Saturday in May, which has happened to coincide most years with the release of a major Hollywood blockbuster movie based on Marvel Comics superheroes. (This year...Tags: Iron Man 3 (movie), Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Waterbury, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Middlebury
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'Absolutely Avocados': Food blogger Gaby Dalkin shares an obsession
Where there is avocado, you will find Los Angeles food blogger Gaby Dalkin. Dalkin is absolutely obsessed with the creamy, luscious avocado, something you already know if you are among her thousands of followers on Twitter, or a regular reader of her...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cinco de Mayo, Social Media
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Wally Ely: How a train saved Dorney Park during the Depression
When my current issue of the newsletter for members of the National Railway Historical Society arrived recently, I was thrilled to see new pictures of the railroad sensation of the 1930s — the Burlington Zephyr. One last train set of a gleaming...Tags: Wescosville, Allentown, RCN Telecom Services, LLC, Theme Park Vacations, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Norbert Blei, 1935-2013
Though much of his writing — gritty, urban and urbane, filled with humanity and lively characters — ranks with the best ever published about Chicago, Norbert Blei spent the last four decades in the relative peace and calm of Door County,...
Tags: Illinois State University, Cicero, The Washington Post, Authors, Human Interest
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HOMESTYLE
Sharing floral design secrets The creative forces behind the San Francisco floral design firm Studio Choo share their secrets in "The Flower Recipe Book." In the book, floral designers Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo provide instructions for creating...Tags: Floral Design, House and Home, Lifestyle and Leisure
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West Hartford Man Arrested In Rhode Island On Embezzlement, Fraud, Forgery Charges
The Hartford CourantDaniel E. Doyle Jr., who hobnobbed with world leaders and built a youth-sporting empire through his closely run Institute for International Sport, was indicted Friday in Rhode Island on multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Laws, Colin Powell, University of Hartford, Financial Aid
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