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    May 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Huntington's exhibit hall for books to get $2.5-million makeover

    A change is in store for the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens’ main display of its rare books, manuscripts, drawings, photography and other literary and historical  holdings -- including a Gutenberg Bible from the 1450s, a 1623 First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays and a gigantic first edition copy of John James Audubon’s “Birds of America.”
    A change is in store for the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens’ main display of its rare books, manuscripts, drawings, photography and other literary and historical  holdings -- including a Gutenberg Bible from the 1450s, a...

    Tags: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Artists, Arts, John James Audubon, Canterbury

    2. Aug 2, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. NEH gives $40 million in grants; $3.2 million to California

    Culture Monster
    National Endowment for the Humanities issues $40 million in grants, including $3.2 million to California museums, scholars and documentary filmmakers. Documentaries win the biggest grants; others sponsor seminars aimed to improve college and secondary...
    3. Apr 3, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. What's new in London since the last big royal wedding

    So you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    So you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why. Here's one reason: They defy time. Start with just the...

    Tags: Westminster Abbey, Arts, Anglicanism, Boris Johnson, Tourism and Leisure

    4. Nov 16, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'The Canterbury Tales'

    The Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales A New Unabridged Translation by Burton Raffel Geoffrey Chaucer The Modern Library: 624 pp. $35 Chaucer himself was a translator, people forget, his most important work along those lines being "The Romance of the Rose" and...

    Tags: Prologue, Anglicanism, Poetry, France, Literature

    5. Feb 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Family Guy': Valentine's Day

    Show Tracker
    Ah, St. Valentine’s Day. That special time of year that we celebrate a composite of three different Roman martyrs with signs of love, a tradition based off a poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer to celebrate the first anniversary of the......
    6. Mar 24, 2012 |Story| Glendale News Press

  6. A Word, Please: Just don't mistake 'that' for a rule of grammar

    A reader named Jerry wrote to ask about “that” and “who.” Like a lot of people, Jerry had been taught that “that” is for things and “who” is for people, yet his reading materials didn't seem to agree....

    Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)

    7. Mar 30, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  7. A Word, Please: 'That' and 'who' and what to do

    A reader named Jerry wrote to ask about "that" and "who." Like a lot of people, Jerry had been taught that "that" is for things and "who" is for people, yet his reading materials didn't seem to agree. "I am beginning to think I am wrong in the use of...

    Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)

    8. Jan 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Meet the Recruit: Terps linebacker commitment Abner Logan

    <em>This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&amp;As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.</em>
    The Baltimore Sun
    This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player. Name: Abner Logan Jr. Birthdate: July 24, 1993 Birthplace: Cambridge, Mass. Hometown: Cambridge,...

    Tags: New England Patriots, Television, Maryland Terrapins, Schools, North Carolina State University

    9. Nov 9, 2011 |Story| WHO

  9. WHAT'S INSIDE: Andy Fales takes a peek inside the Salisbury House

    I did a story last year that featured a quick stop here, at the Salisbury House&hellip;
    Reporter
    I did a story last year that featured a quick stop here, at the Salisbury House… We learned that this place was built by Carl Weeks, but we didn’t get to go inside, and we kept hearing that what Weeks left in there is one of the best parts....

    Tags: William Morris, Ernest Hemingway, Auction Service, Canterbury, Literature

    10. Oct 23, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Toxic co-workers and the boss double-cross

    Warning: This column contains references to flatulence and 14th century poetry. Steel yourself.
    Warning: This column contains references to flatulence and 14th century poetry. Steel yourself. On to the questions: Q: During occasional lunches with my company's president and vice president, both would invariably complain about the poor work...

    Tags: Comedy (genre), Career and Workplace, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Employees, Canterbury

    11. Feb 27, 2011 |Story| AM News

  11. 'An orchestra of voices': Vocal ensemble will present 'Out of This World' concert March 7 at Norton Center for the Arts

    Matthew Oltman envisions an exploration of space in Chanticleer&rsquo;s upcoming performance at the Norton Center of the Arts.
    jenb@amnews.com
    Matthew Oltman envisions an exploration of space in Chanticleer’s upcoming performance at the Norton Center of the Arts. Well, sort of, anyway. The program is titled “Out of This World” and Oltman conceived it “to explore music...

    Tags: Canterbury

    12. Aug 25, 2010 |Story| Glendale News Press

  12. A Word, Please: Chaising an elusive longue

    Did you know that, according to a lot of language sticklers, the type of chair so many people refer to as a &quot;chaise lounge" is really a "chaise longue," using the French word for "long"? Well, neither do about 60% of the population, if a recent Google search is any indication. A search for "chaise lounge" turned up about 1.4 million hits on a recent day, with the more proper "chaise longue" turning up just 984,000.
    Did you know that, according to a lot of language sticklers, the type of chair so many people refer to as a "chaise lounge" is really a "chaise longue," using the French word for "long"? Well, neither do about 60% of the population, if a recent Google...
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