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A Word, Please: The reason why is historical
In a 1974 edition of the journal College English, 70% of university teaching assistants surveyed said they marked "the reason why" as an error on students' papers. That's a lot of red ink. The phrase "the reason why" is extremely common, especially in...Tags: Emily Dickinson, Jonathan Swift, Colleges and Universities, George Bernard Shaw
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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
Elizabeth K. 'Bitze' Glaser, deacon
![Elizabeth K. "Bitze" Glaser, an ordained Presbyterian deacon who was active in the affairs of Govans Presbyterian Church, died Wednesday at Roland Park Place from complications of dementia. She was 95.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69897397-11164018.jpg "Elizabeth K. "Bitze\" Glaser, an ordained Presbyterian deacon who was active in the affairs of Govans Presbyterian Church, died Wednesday at Roland Park Place from complications of dementia. She was 95.")
Elizabeth K. "Bitze" Glaser, an ordained Presbyterian deacon who was active in the affairs of Govans Presbyterian Church, died Wednesday at Roland Park Place from complications of dementia. She was 95.
The daughter of a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co....Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Alzheimer's Disease, Towson, Roland Park
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The poetry of discussion
Our story
Our Sulzer Regional Library Great Books Discussion Group has been meeting for more than 30 years. Annually, we pick a theme to guide our book selections and discussions. This year's theme is morality. Last year we read books dealing with...Tags: Seamus Heaney, Mark Twain, Arts and Culture, Marcel Proust, Literature
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Chasing Down the Muse: This year, give the gift of learning
"They know enough who know how to learn." — Henry Adams * On a cloudy Monday morning our new resident owl hooted in a nearby eucalyptus tree as dawn brought gray light to the sky. The sound haunted me, reverberating in my mind as I rose to...Tags: Holidays
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Barbara Tuchman's opening lines
Jacket CopyBarbara Tuchman's masterful accounts of history in "The Guns of August" and other works have now been reissued in a volume from the Library of America.... -
Oscar Handlin dies at 95; Pulitzer-winning Harvard historian
Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian at Harvard University whose classic portrait of 19th century European emigrants launched the modern study of immigration as the predominant American story, died Sept. 20 in Cambridge, Mass. He was 95.
The...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Arts and Culture, Immigration, Colleges and Universities, African Americans
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Gregory Rodriguez: A political history lesson
God bless the American media. Over the last two weeks, thousands of well-educated journalists and political experts have made their mortgage payments by commenting on the antics of an idiot congressman who tweeted a picture of his genitals, and an idiot...Tags: Elections, Arts and Culture, Kentucky, Barack Obama, Alaska
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 11
My teacher, my role model, my friend To the editor: I remember art classes with Clyde Roberts from old Hagerstown High School. He had a knack for getting an artistic rendering from all students and got us involved in community projects as well....Tags: Elections, Arts and Culture, Homes, Minority Groups, Family
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Last week in GOP triage punditry
Opinion L.A.It's not clear what precipitated this convergence, but the opinion pages of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Washington Post all devoted space last weekend to op-eds ruminating on contemporary conservatism. For those who missed this odd... -
Obamas' 'haunted' hotel -- legend has it
The Swampby Mark Silva Now that the Obamas are settling in to the Hay-Adams Hotel for about 10 days, one wonders how much Michelle Obama has told her daughters about the alleged ghost. The place is haunted, according to Washington legend.......Tags: Health, Arts and Culture, Travel, Behavioral Conditions, Hotels and Accommodations
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The Berkshires - Massachusetts
Wood Pond PressThe Berkshires. The very words conjure up images of New England to anyone west of the Hudson River, of Tanglewood to the music lover, of quaint villages and country inns to generations of travelers, of sylvan retreats that have inspired artists and...Tags: Thomas Paine, Travel, Moby, Dining and Drinking, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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