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mary-lynn-i-archibald's picture
Jul.24.2008
I don't know about you, but I'm a great believer in rewarding myself for major accomplishments, such as writing books, finding the same person...
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heywood-gould's picture
Jul.24.2008
MUMBAI, India, July 24...Today Bollywood tomorrow the world. The announcement last month that Indian movie mogul Anil Ambani, Chairman of Reliance...
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corinne-heather-copnick's picture
Jul.24.2008
As a confessed chocolaholic lifer, I was happy to read all the brou-ha-ha recently about letting kids eat their dessert first if they want to.("...
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gloria-white's picture
Jul.24.2008
Happy Birthday, New Deal!  To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, UC Berkeley has set up  a wonderful website to showcase the...
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june-casagrande's picture
Jul.24.2008
I always have a hard time finding beach/poolside reads. Narrow indeed is the range of reading fare that mixes well with both the sound of techno...
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phil-bronstein's picture
Jul.24.2008
My wife and I scored two precious tickets to Friday night's Metreon showing of "The Dark Knight." We sat mid-theater gulping in the vertigo...
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rhoda-p-curtis's picture
Jul.24.2008
In 1930, a depression year-my sisters and brother, all older, worked to support the family. Fay worked as an elementary teacher in the Chicago Public...
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alice-hoffman's picture
Jul.24.2008
Is Fiction Hazardous to Your Health??? Is it better to read your way through life, or to live it? One writer asked this question recently and seemed...
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arlene-goldbard's picture
Jul.24.2008
I sometimes find the idea of progress in human civilization deeply confusing. Aspects seem unquestionable: penicillin, microwaves, countless other...
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char-solomon's picture
Jul.24.2008
Months have passed peacefully since the shunt operation to relieve the fluid build-up on my father's brain. He returned to being more stable and ...
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dean-j-baker's picture
Oct.02.2008
All These Poems All the poems, the notes, old melodies silent for now; every single line and inspiration, muddled or divine, remain simply...
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former member's picture
Oct.02.2008
by former member
Imagine the worst, most foul thing you have ever smelled. An overpowering mix of rotting meat, old socks that haven't been washed for weeks - topped...
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g-g-wong's picture
Oct.02.2008
Not knowing what to type down in this blog,I suddenly thought of what happened two years ago during my badminton games I had with my dear friend....
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lina-ru's picture
Oct.01.2008
by Lina Ru
I cannot enter the contest for not living where it is taking place, but I decided to write about Amado Nervo just for fun. As a small child, I had...
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keiko-amano's picture
Oct.01.2008
I made a visit to my mother yesterday.  The photo is the road to where she rests.  She died on October 1st, 1996.  My image of that day is a tall...
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jorge-richard-guerrero's picture
Oct.01.2008
A new friend asks you “Taga ano ka?” (From where are you?). How would you answer in Iluko? Well, you may simply state your place or the following: ...
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susan-brown's picture
Oct.01.2008
This morning I missed a call from an unknown number at 7:31a.m, getting to the phone right as the call was disconnected.  Blast.  I waited for...
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samuel-bright's picture
Oct.01.2008
 In simple terms, masturbation means having sex with oneself. It is premarital, extra marital and whatever definition you will give a sex act outside...
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elaine-deyo's picture
Oct.01.2008
 Dear writers, The deadline I set to finish my first volume of Eva Roger's Small Hotels Mysteries, September 30, 2008, has come and gone, but I'm...
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jorge-richard-guerrero's picture
Oct.01.2008
How do you say “From where are you?” or “Where is your place/house?” in Iluko? You may say the following:  Taga ano ka? (From where are you?) Taga...
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