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• in Business
  An Affair to Remember? A Classic Tale of Routine Expansion as New York's Empire State Building Goes Public
  Wall Street Green Meets Investor Solvency, It's the Picture of Experience
  by lisasepiphany / on Feb 14, 2012
• in Entertainment
  Oscars Nominations Praise Classic Era
  Silent Film, 'The Artist" Regarded as "the one to beat"
  by lisasepiphany / on Jan 25, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  Blast From the Past: Top 5 Ideas For Retro Family Fun
  Turn off, tune out and have fun the old-fashioned way.
  by samkj27 / on Oct 25, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “classics”

 

• Autographed Uncle Toms Cabin Found

  
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  Found in a coal cellar. From a story in the Scotsman ... The copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, signed by the author, was authenticated after it was found in a vast cellar full of donations. The book, with a price tag of about £1,500, is expected to be one of the biggest draw at this ...
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• 10 Things about Dante

  
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  The Guardian lists some tidbits about the author of The Divine Comedy. From the piece... 3. Dante is still incredibly influential For someone who was writing mainly in the early part of the 14th century, Dantes shadow is long. He was a major influence on the modernists and their followers, especially ...
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• Jared Polis (born May 12, 1975) & Marlon Reis

  
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  Jared Schutz Polis (born May 12, 1975) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician. A Democrat, Polis is the member of the United States House of Representatives for Colorados 2nd congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a former member of the Colorado State Board of Education. Polis and his ...
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• Peter Weltner (born May 12, 1942)

  
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  Born on May 12, 1942, Peter Weltner grew up in a religious Lutheran family in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina. Weltner met his current lover, medical social worker Atticus Carr, in 1986. He showed an early interest in painting, and when he was a boy his parents sent him to Salem Academy and to St. ...
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• A National Short Story Month reading list from Oxford World’s Classics

  
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  By Kirsty Doole In this month’s Oxford World’s Classics reading list, we decided to celebrate National Short Story Month by selecting some of favourite story collections. We have everything here from Gaskell to Cervantes, Fitzgerald to Kafka. But have we missed your favourite? Let us know. Exemplary Stories ...
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• Tales of the Jazz Age/ All the Sad Young Men by F Scott Fitzgerald – review

  
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  These two collections of F Scott Fitzgeralds short stories, written only a few years apart, could not be more different Writing to his editor, Maxwell Perkins, about his second collection of short stories, F Scott Fitzgerald assured him that the title Tales of the Jazz Age would appeal to "the countless flappers ...
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• Which literary novels should daredevil film directors adapt next?

  
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  The same daredevil spirit that has informed many an apparently insane film or TV version over the past decade has seen adaptations of literary novels
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• What happens when you forget pizzas in the oven for weeks

  
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  A friend of redditor BigBoppinBill forgot some pizzas in the oven for “a few weeks.” The result? A kind of glorious fungal jellyfish. This calls to mind the timeless wisdom of the Jazz Butcher’s classic, loony, over-the-top song, Caroline Wheeler’s Birthday Present: “Do you know what happens when you leave a ...
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• Suggestions for a graduate in Classics Civilizations?

  
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  A relative is graduating from Trinity College, majoring in Classics. Getting her through school was long and difficult. I want to give her something. Her parents could afford any book she wanted, so rare editions are out. Any ideas on a nice gift?
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• Muscle Car Restoration By Red Line Restoration

  
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  Red Line Restoration is a muscle car restoration shop located in Salt Lake City, Utah and specializing in the restoration of GM and Mopar muscle cars. There is no job to big or to small for Red Line Restoration, if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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• The Great Gatsby – Chapter 5

  
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  Chapter Five So (finally) back to Gatsby (and on this quickly, I apologise for the sporadic posting, but I believe that for the foreseeable future posts will likely be coming every second day, since this isn’t my full time job … Continue reading →
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• In Great Gatsby, the video game, Daisy meets Mario Bros.

  
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  As a version of Fitzgeralds classic, it is a far cry from the Baz Luhrmann movie, in theaters Friday. But the DiCaprio film might give more life to this avant-garde, retro-style Nintendo game.
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• Christopher Bailey (born May 11, 1971) & Simon Woods (born 1980)

  
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  Christopher Bailey MBE (born 1971, West Yorkshire, England) is Chief Creative Officer of Burberry, and is responsible for the company’s overall image including all advertising, corporate art direction, store design and visuals as well as the design of all Burberry collections and product lines. In 2009, he announced ...
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• Which literary novels should a daredevil film director choose to adapt next? | John Dugdale

  
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  The same daredevil spirit that has informed many an apparently insane film or TV version over the past decade has seen adaptations of literary novels When the Cannes film festival starts next week, William Faulkner s As I Lay Dying , adapted and directed by James Franco , will be in the lineup. The Spider-Man ...
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• Impressions of Xenophon’s Hellenika

  
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  I just finished reading Xenophon’s Hellenika , a military history of ancient Greece from about 411 to 362 BCE. As with Herodotus and Thucydides, I chose to read Xenophon in a Landmark edition. This particular edition was incredibly useful because not onto did it have the usual large number of appendices, but it ...
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• Sunday Classics preview: Moving on with those Mozart and Beethoven minor-key symphonic opening movements

  
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  Tonight we hear both Leonard Bernsteins 1961 and 1977 recordings of the second movement of Beethovens Fifth Symphony. by Ken Last week we heard all of the minor-key symphony opening movements that Mozart and Beethoven wrote -- two apiece. I suggested that one obvious question is: Where do you go from there? ...
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• Sexxx In The City Saturdays @ Cappello Saturday May 11, 2013

  
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  Saturday May 11, 2013 SEXXX IN THE CITY SATURDAYS @ CAPELLO 21 7 th ave (Between Carmine & Leroy Street) THIS SATURDAY “SEXXX IN THE CITY SATURDAYS” Wants to Welcome All The Sexy Sexy Ladies SO LADIES ARE FREE ALL NIGHT “SEXXX IN THE CITY SATURDAYS” ...
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• Find Out How a BMW Worker Created the First Ever 3-Series Touring in His Spare Time!

  
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  The tale of the BMW 3-Series Touring is an unusual one in an industry that is usually three steps ahead of consumers and can anticipate their needs years in advance. Instead of BMW coming up with the idea, it was actually a 3-Series sedan owner (and BMW employee) who was the first to create the car. ...
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• Underdog Consoles For Low Prices

  
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    By sheer coincidence, I found a whole lot of "underdog" consoles - game consoles that were obscure, market failures, or just dont have name recognition - for very reasonable prices this evening. These consoles may be good deals for you if youre looking to break into the collecting scene for a new platform, or ...
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• Manhunt Murders Its Way to PSN Next Week

  
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  Stealth-horror game Manhunt will soon be available to download on the PlayStation Network. The game, which first launched in 2003, will make its way to the PlayStation 3 as a PlayStation 2 Classic for $9.99 on May 14. Manhunt generated a ton of controversy during its initial run due to its intense violence. When ...
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