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Twelve Days of Christmas Flash Mobs Outtake: It's Boxing Day
Culture MonsterNo, Mike Tyson, sorry. Celebrated in Britain and all her ex-colonies except for America, Boxing Day is the day to buy consumer electronics and all manner of other goods at a steep discount. It's the same idea as Black Friday...... -
Rolling through Ireland
Special to The Times"So you'll be riding the Ring of Kerry, right?" asked Mary at O'Sullivan's Rent-a-Bike in Killarney. "No, I'm planning to go around the Beara Peninsula. Can you tell me anything about that?" I answered. "I don't know anything about the Beara. Everyone...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Mountains, Travel, Landforms, Dining and Drinking
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Embracing a land's heart of stone
Times Staff WriterLisdoonvarna, Ireland WE walked through fields of flowers — masses of wild geraniums, goldenrod and daisies — to begin our Abbey Hill climb. Once we had cleared the meadow, our guide, Shane Connolly, stopped and assembled our group for a...Tags: Mountains, Disasters, Symbols and Symbolism, Wildflowers, Death
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Gore Vidal as Teacher
Times Book EditorGore Vidal has his work cut out for him. In order for historical fiction like his to work as literary art, it is necessary that it not be required to do all of history's work for it. History must be knowledge already held in common if the central,...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Journalism, Sociology
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Allan Powell: Think you're different? You're not alone
During the primary phase of the 2012 presidential election, there has been a noticeable acceleration in the use of the term “American exceptionalism” by candidates and political writers. The obvious purpose was to inflate the image of the...Tags: Politics, Elections, Mitt Romney, England, Human Interest
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Rupert Everett to star in 'Judas Kiss': Two plays to world preem at Hampstead
VarietyLONDON -- Two world premieres and a revival of David Hare's "The Judas Kiss," starring Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde, complete the autumn slate at Hampstead Theater. National Theater associate Howard Davies helms the world premiere of "55 Days" a...Tags: David Hare, Scott Rudin, Maureen Lipman, Arts and Culture, Rupert Everett
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In Annapolis, the arrogance of power
I am furious beyond words at the arrogance and corruption demonstrated by the leadership of the Maryland General Assembly in failing to pass a tax bill to implement the budget for next year, all for the benefit of the gambling industry for crying out...Tags: Annapolis, Casino and Gambling Industry, Maryland General Assembly
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Is mediocre good enough?
Is mediocre education an improvement? When Oliver Cromwell and his Puritans took over England in the 17th century, they tried to make radical reforms in just about every area of English life - including, in particular, education. In 1654, Cromwell...Tags: Government, Politics, Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Dennis Daugaard
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How to speak Apocalypse: A terminology primer
CNNIt's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel confused. Instead of a lone doomsday-sayer on a city street corner with a sandwich board, the news media and popular culture have taken to talking about the end being nigh. Especially with the 2012...Tags: Ecosystems, Al-Qaeda, Religious Texts, CNN (tv network), Astronomy
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BATTLE TESTED: Re-enacting British Civil War part of CentreTerm experience
You weren't seeing things last week if you spotted people in billowing 16th century garb among the usual track pants and t-shirts preferred by many students traversing Centre College's campus.
There is a simple explanation — Oliver Cromwell's...Tags: Ides of March, Entertainment Events, Greece, Wars and Interventions, Landforms
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Rep Stage's 'Or' looks at barrier-breaking Sixties — 1660s, that is
When the reign of Oliver Cromwell and his fellow killjoys ended, one of the first things the new English king did was order the theaters to reopen.
Charles II didn't stop there. He allowed those theaters to do something previously unthinkable —...Tags: Howard Community College, Aphra Behn, Syracuse, Celebrities, Baz Luhrmann
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Lollapalooza Day 3: Rain, more rain, and a Foo Fighters finale
Lollapalooza 2011 is a wrap with record daily attendance (90,000), adding up to the most populated festival in North America (270,000) over the three-day weekend. Here’s an hour-by-hour account of Sunday’s action, once again from yours truly...Tags: Electronics, Rap (genre), Deadmau5 (music group), Nas, Perry Farrell
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