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Published November 20, 2008, 3:57 pm, Forward
“I have recently encountered a new use of the word ‘trope.’ The first instance was a commentator describing a politician deviating from his party’s platform as ‘not following the party trope.’
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Published November 20, 2008, 9:24 am, New York Press
- When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company performs at City Center for five weeks beginning Dec. 4, you will have ample opportunities to witness the wonders of these magnificent performers in motion.
UNLV exhibit offers a taste of Scotland
Published November 20, 2008, 2:19 am, Las Vegas Sun
“The Scottish Show” at UNLV’s Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery is an anomaly, jarring because it’s so different from what we’re used to seeing blasting from gallery walls in Las Vegas.
Finding their way
Published November 19, 2008, 10:22 am, Newport News-Times
Contributors to the 70-poet compilation, “Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass,” will be featured at the Nye Beach Writers' Series, set to begin at 7 p.m. Saturday in the upstairs community hall of the Newport Visual Arts Center, located on the Nye Beach turnaround.
School board alters high school courses
Published November 18, 2008, 3:16 pm, Wisconsin Dells Events
The Wisconsin Dells School Board unanimously approved plans to alter English courses for high school freshmen as well as offer biology to those freshmen students who score well on standardized tests and earn good grades in science at the middle school. The district is also diversifying its courses next year by offering the course, exotic small animal science, by popular student demand, and an ...
CIS to host art exhibit
Published November 17, 2008, 12:20 pm, The Greenwood Commonwealth
Communities In Schools’ Gallery 208 will host an exhibit through Dec. 12 featuring work by the professional artists who teach for CIS. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday.
D80 plan focuses on raising test scores
Published November 17, 2008, 7:59 am, Mt. Vernon Register-News
MT. VERNON — One of the main weaknesses identified at J.L. Buford Intermediate Center is in reading relative to students with disabilities and minority students, according to the District 80 School Improvement Plan for the 2008-2009 school year.
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Published November 17, 2008, 6:19 am, The New Statesman
Imperial Rome has been rebuilt . Never mind the tourists, the ruins, the choking traffic: if you really want to get to grips with 4th century Rome all you have to do is download Google Earth h. Their new programme ' Ancient Rome 3D ’ allows the virtual tourist to swoop amongst the 7000 digitally reconstructed buildings as they stood on the morning of April 1st AD320. The effect is rather like ...
WEATHER FOR STROUDSBURG:
Published November 16, 2008, 9:41 pm, Pocono Record
EAST STROUDSBURG — Imagine playing a game of Simon Says for an entire day while, all around you, lights flicker on and off and the drone of static blasts at odd times.
It's all about how you say it; here's how to say it better
Published November 16, 2008, 5:10 pm, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
It's not just what you say; it's also how you say it. To make your words more memorable, use five techniques of style: An ellipsis is the omission of a word or phrase that is suggested by the context, as in, "Susan wrote the first report, John wrote the second and Kathy wrote the third." or, "Susan wrote the first report, John the second and Kathy the third."
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