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That cutting phrase
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Monday, March 30, 2009 | 1:58 PM
I've always envied people (mostly people in novels) who can summon up a snappy rejoinder or a memorably cutting phrase in a split second, without any...
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James L. Nelson, not talking about his book
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 12:45 PM
My good friend Jim Nelson, who writes great novels and nonfiction accounts of life at sea (and life in the early American navy, in particular), has hit...
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Decoding the Heavens
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 12:47 PM
Decoding the Heavens by Jo Marchant Nelson Hernandez, in the Washington Post reviews a pre-historical mystery that is a lot more fascinating than the...
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Libraries play a lively part in prom madness
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 1:01 PM
One has to admire the ingenuity and enthusiasm of those who deal with teenaged girls and the problem of what gown to wear to the prom. A heartwarming...
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Gobbledegook now made illegal
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | 8:07 PM
We have all come across official jargon that doesn't make sense, and manuals that only serve to bewilder. You can read some wonderful examples in a couple...
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Heroism has its just reward
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III, the pilot who saved the lives of all 155 souls on board USAir Flight 1549, by making an emergency water landing...
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Last words from a book reviewer
As everyone knows, the print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has seen its last issue, and it will now exist only in electronic form. What effect...
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The message in the watch
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Friday, March 13, 2009 | 2:38 PM
William Hempel of Denmark very kindly sent me an image of the message etched inside Abe Lincoln's watch. (See post belo...
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Secret message found in Honest Abe's watch
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | 6:09 PM
For more than a century there has been a persistent rumor that an Irish immigrant watchmaker by the name of Jonathan Dillon had etched a brief message...
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Boost for news-stand sales
Last November was great in more than one respect, comments Amanda Andrews, media editor of the Telegraph Group.President Barack Obama's supporters were...
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Theatrical remains uncovered
It's a Big Birthday for the Bard. Not only has a portrait made while Shakespeare was actually alive and around to sit for it been identified, but significant...
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President Obama makes British Book Awards shortlist
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Monday, March 9, 2009 | 11:59 PM
Twice! Barack Obama, US President, leads the nominations for the 2009 British Books Awards in two categories, author of the year, and biography of the...
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Shakespeare in original splendour
Well, he looks as if he could have discovered South America, but it is actually the Bard himself. An authenticated portrait of William Shakespeare, thought...
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SPEAK, O MUSE
Written By Lingkar Dunia on Sunday, March 8, 2009 | 12:51 PM
Last week, http://www.nytimes.com/ invited readers to submit original verse about the economic downturn. The sampling published in this last weekend's...
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