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A grammar cheat sheet
If researchers are to be believed, kids lose up to an entire grade level each year to "summer brain drain," wherein recently acquired knowledge oozes out of their minds and melts onto the pavement while they participate in such pointless activities as...
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The mistake of taking the hard line
The Baltimore SunCommenting from Albion, the estimable Picky recently wrote: "As I look back on a very privileged life I note that although the language I spoke mostly as a child was that of the London streets, my parents (typically of the upper working class in those...Tags: Facebook, England, Chili, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sex sins of mighty are old hat in literature
It didn't start with Twitter — and it won't end with Weiner.
For centuries, the theme of sexual sins committed by the powerful has been scintillating source material for the arts. In poems and plays, in novels and films and TV series, artists...Tags: New York, CBS Corp., Eliot Spitzer, Executive Branch, Ian McKellen
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Not your usual seasonal sounds
Pop & HissFrom Bob Dylan tackling 'Here Comes Santa Claus' to the "Avenue Q' puppets doing 'Ave Maria,' there's something for everyone. It's become an annual ritual -- the flooding of the music market with dozens, if not hundreds, of holiday-themed titles,......
Jun 6, 2012
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Dec 4, 2009
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