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Close-up on Westport
The Hartford CourantHOW IT GOT ITS NAME: After its location in the southwestern corner of Fairfield, one of three towns, along with Weston and Norwalk, from which it was incorporated. HISTORY: Settled in the mid-1600s when three farmers were given permission to settle the...Tags: Rodney Dangerfield, Tallulah Bankhead, Elections, Marlo Thomas, Henry Fonda
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'Hypothermia' and other chillers for your Halloween bag
It's the most frightening time of the year: Halloween is upon us again. Whether you dress up for a night on the town or turn out the lights to avoid trick-or-treaters, the Book Bag has you covered. Scaring up a good read will be the least of your worries....Tags: Philip Roth, Jorge Luis Borges, Halloween, Hypothermia
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âFur of Flyingâ a Looney Tune NOT coming soon to a theater near you
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelWhen I saw “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole” some while back, a cartoon was attached to it. It was a new 3D Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote ‘toon' titled “Fur of Flying.” Here's a clip of it. But it won't be showing... -
Book calendar: Author events for the week of November 28, 2010
Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. MONDAY Christian Lander: The author of "Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, From Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews" will present and sign his new book. Book Soup,...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Salman Rushdie, Adrienne Barbeau, Society, Billy Wilder
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Chicago high-rise condos heighten sense of community
"Solitude," declared author Erica Jong, is "un-American." We seek the company of others.
That's easy in suburbia, where you see your neighbors while fetching the mail or mowing the lawn. But vertical living in the city can be another story.
For urban...Tags: Yoga, Clubs and Associations, Elections, Dining and Drinking, Leslie Mann
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14 books that landed on my desk
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PASSINGS: Elaine Koster, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Jack Parnell, Dave Dixon, Matthew R. Simmons, Travis Harrelson
Elaine Koster
Publisher with a knack for new talent
Elaine Koster, 69, a publisher and literary agent with a knack for new talent who gave a second chance to an obscure horror writer named Stephen King and took on an unknown Khaled Hosseini and his...Tags: Music Theater, Television, Hospitals and Clinics, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Korean War (1950-1953)
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'A Jury of Her Peers' by Elaine Showalter
A Jury of Her Peers
American Women Writers
From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Elaine Showalter
Alfred A. Knopf: 608 pp., $30
The title of this, the "first literary history of American women writers ever written," explains Elaine Showalter, comes...Tags: Massachusetts, Murder, Mark Twain, Wars and Interventions, Iowa
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'Girls Like Us' links lives of 3 singers
Chicago Tribune NewspapersSisterhood—in the family and body politic—can be a beautiful abstraction and a real pain in the neck. It's an evanescent ideal that sometimes takes shape in historic movements. And it's the cosmic force behind Sheila Weller as she tries to...Tags: Carole King, Carly Simon, Joan Didion, Chicago Tribune, James Taylor
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AIRTRAN ADDS MILWAUKEE FLIGHTS: AirTran Airways is adding four more destinations from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, the airline has announced. In May, AirTran will begin daily non-stop flights between Milwaukee and Branson, Mo.; St....Tags: St. Louis, Sailing, AirTran, Air Transportation, Amy Bloom
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Action in 'Twilight' has no fangs
You want your first crush to last" could have been the theme song for Twilight, the movie version of Stephenie Meyer's mammoth best-seller about a high school junior, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves from her mother's place in arid Phoenix to her...Tags: Education, High Schools, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Stephenie Meyer, Schools
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