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Edmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer
Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]
Can A Diet For Gall Stones Really Pass Gallstones? You Bet Your Gallbladder It Can!}
Read An Opinion On: Gas Production Measurement Can a Diet for Gall Stones Really Pass Gallstones? You Bet Your Gallbladder it Can! by Joe Barton The million dollar question for almost a half a million people is, “Can a diet for gall stones really pass gallstones?” Everyday more and more people are discovering that their […]
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Major ‘Spiritual Life of College Students’ study released by UCLA
Thursday, April 14, 2005 Results of the second phase in an ongoing major study of the spiritual lives of college students was released Wednesday, April 13 by a research center at UCLA. The study is a groundbreaking attempt to gain insight into the spiritual lives and concerns of students and improve how faculties and administrators […]
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UK energy companies announce that prices for bills could increase
Saturday, September 19, 2009 Six energy companies in the United Kingdom have announced that it is likely that the prices for energy bills could increase over the course of 2010. The companies, which are nicknamed the “big six” in the United Kingdom, did not pass on information that there would be price cuts in energy […]
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Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students/LA-ND
See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list and for an alphabetically arranged listing of schools. Due to the damage by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding, a number of colleges and universities in the New Orleans metropolitan area will not be able to hold classes for the fall 2005 semester. It […]
Horse Racing Tips Understanding Maiden Races
Read An Opinion On: Western World Saddlery Submitted by: Chris Ortiz Knowing how to pick winners is the key to making money at the races. Contrary to what most people think, you don’t need a crystal ball in order to accurately predict the winner. Many people dream of becoming professional gamblers and making a living […]
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Wikinews interviews Great Britain men’s national wheelchair basketball player Joni Pollock
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Homebush Bay, New South Wales —Wikinews sat down with Great Britain men’s national wheelchair basketball player Joni Pollock before a practice session at the Rollers & Gliders World Challenge in Sydney. 1 2 3 British-born Pollock was born with the condition spina bifida. He explained he could walk with difficulty up […]
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6.9 magnitude earthquake hits western China
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 At least 400 people have been killed and a further 10,000 injured by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake and its aftershocks which struck remote and mountainous Yushu county, in the south of Qinghai province in the west of China. An official for the town of Jiegu (Gyêgu), the county seat, which was […]
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Baugur Group among others buy Illum Warehouse Denmark
Friday, August 5, 2005 I-Holding ehf, a Icelandic investment company owned by Baugur Group, Straumur investment bank, B2B Holdings and Birgis Bieltvedts, has bought 80% in Illum warehouse in Denmark from Merrill Lynch International Global Principal Investment. The same group recently bought Wessel & Vett A/S and Magasin du Nord, so it already owned 20% […]
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Vestas protesters sacked with immediate effect
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Eleven of the 25 workers at the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight, England who have been carrying out a sit-in since Monday July 20 have been sacked with immediate effect. According to one of the protesters known as “Mike”, the occupiers were given their dismissal notices concealed under slices […]