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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Robert Frost and the road he took: His meeting with Khrushchev in 1962

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SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011 I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I  took...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

In Praise of Libraries and Librarians : Who was the real Marian the Librarian?

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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011 I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentinian writer From S...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Witty campaign slogans: Are they a lost art?

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A campaign slogan is like a soufflé. A good one rises to perfection. A bad one falls like a stone off a ledge. - American political anal...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Here's to the Irish on Saint Patrick's Day

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011 When Irish eyes are smiling, Sure, ‘tis like the morn in Spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter You can h...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Beware the Ides of March!

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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011 Caesar: The Ides of March are come. Soothsayer: Aye Caesar, but not gone. - William Shakespeare Julius Caesar...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Secretariat follow-up and photo of winning ticket: What was Big Red's number in his final race?

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SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2011 Eddie Maple Nobody could run like him . . . still can’t. - Jockey Eddie Maple on Secretariat as quoted in the...
Friday, March 11, 2011

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, NHL! Bettman and the league bury their heads in the sand

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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011 I grew up in Toronto as an avid hockey fan and an ardent supporter of the Maple Leafs. The Blue and White have alw...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Zelda Fitzgerald: Her marriage to Scott and her mental illness

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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011 Anyone who met the beautiful, young Zelda was immediately struck by her spirited self-confidence, energy, and det...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Reflections and Quotes on International Women's Day

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TUESDAY MARCH 8, 2010 Today is International Women’s Day. We’ve come a long way, baby, but there is still a long way to go. Millions of w...
Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Magnificent Patsy Cline: Her Tragic Death

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011 Country music star Patsy Cline died on this day 48 years ago. On March 5, 1963, she perished in a plane crash nea...
Friday, March 4, 2011

The Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field

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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2011 In Brooklyn, it was as though you were in your own little bubble. You were all part of one big, but very close famil...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Here's to the Welsh on St. David's Day!

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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011 Wales, Wales, sweet are thy hills and vales, Thy speech, thy song To thee belong, O may they live ever in Wales...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Bing Crosby and Inger Stevens: Their brief, ill-fated romance

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011 In September of 1930, Bing Crosby married Dixie Lee, a nightclub singer and actress from Harriman, Tennessee...
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