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Jonah Goldberg: Taken in by 'Gay Girl'
I'd barely followed "A Gay Girl In Damascus" until last week, when Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart posted something to Twitter: "This is really important — this woman is a hero," with a link to a story about Amina Abdallah Arraf, a Syrian...Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of State, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush
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Is this the beginning of an e-retail revolution?
The Lebanon Daily StarThe online commerce market in Lebanon is still woefully underdeveloped compared to other countries in the region, most notably the Gulf, but all that might be about to change. Saudi Arabia's third most popular e-commerce website, online fashion retailer...Tags: United Arab Emirates, Gucci Group NV, Credit and Debt, E-Commerce Industry, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Virgin Radio launch rocks Beirut
The Lebanon Daily StarCreator of the Virgin Group empire Sir Richard Branson joined more than 1,700 revelers this week in Beirut's White nightclub to launch 89.5 FM Virgin Radio. Flanked by rows of high-heeled models, Branson toasted the opening of the top 40 radio station...Tags: Music, Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson, Radio Industry, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
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'The Prophet': Gibran Khalil Gibran refracted around the world
The Lebanon Daily StarIt is a commonplace of this broad land that it resides overseas as much as it does within the borders the French drew for it. Naturally, the expatriate condition is shared by Lebanon's artists. The prototype for the expatriate Levantine artist was...Tags: Literature, Beirut (Lebanon), Poetry, Qatar, The Lion King (movie)
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A slice of 1950s Beirut in the heart of London
The Lebanon Daily StarAsk a foreigner what image is conjured when Beirut is mentioned and they're likely to paint a verbal picture either of destruction or of glamor, some associating the city with war, others with the 1950s and 1960s glory days, when Beirut described as the...Tags: Salads, Lifestyle and Leisure, Beirut (Lebanon), Lemons, Paris (France)
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Jeff Semler: Wheat, a valuable commodity
jsemler@umd.eduBy the time you read this, wheat harvest in the Cumberland Valley will be nearly finished. Washington County, for its efforts, will harvest about 350,000 bushels, ranking it 12th in the state. If you have ever doubted the significance of wheat and...Tags: Breads
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Astronaut pens view of God's creation from space
St. Louis Post-DispatchThe ancient people of the Levant — present day Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories — believed their gods lived on a massive mountain in the north. The Canaanites called it Mt. Zaphon, and to them it represented the heavens....Tags: Bible, Book, Science, Religious Texts, Science and Technology
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Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Israel
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'Snow Dogs'
Special to The TimesRemember those live-action Disney features in which Dean Jones or, reaching back earlier, Fred MacMurray would play a hapless grown-up at odds with kids, animals and/or enchanted cars? Good, bad or indifferent, those movies were, for children of a certain...Tags: James Coburn, Boxing, Plastic Surgeons, Death, Fred MacMurray
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A foreclosure auction for the super-rich
The bargain hunters jockey gingerly for a spot to park their luxury sedans and SUVs along Brewster Drive, a winding road in the hills of Tarzana.
It's a woodsy neighborhood of large homes behind wrought-iron gates, and more than two dozen shoppers are...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Real Estate Agents, Auction Service, Personal Service, Services and Shopping
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Tags: Ehud Barak, Gaza Crisis (2008), Gaza Strip, Israel
Jun 14, 2011
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May 19, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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Jul 3, 2012
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Jul 6, 2010
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Dec 24, 2010
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Jan 18, 2002
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Jan 2, 2010
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Jul 18, 2010
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