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Isn't it romantic?
There's no specific quality that makes one destination more romantic than others. While some travelers want access to luxuries and fine dining, others search for a beautiful sunset in a rustic environment. The important thing is being with the right...
Tags: Black Eyed Peas (music group), Arthur Miller, Celebrities, Wolfgang Puck, Travel
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The Rose Parade grows up
It's just a parade, after all, a once-a-year parade, so in the grand scheme of things, the Tournament of Roses Parade doesn't matter — until it does. And it does. There's a paradox at the core of Pasadena's pretty street party. What began in...
Tags: Animals, John Wayne, Richard Nixon, Dale Evans, The Women (movie, 2008)
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On View: Rifling through 'Pages' at the Williamson Gallery
Before iPads, smart phones and even computers, there was the page: a tangible place to jot down thoughts, work out ideas, write a novel, love letter, thesis or equation. "Pages," an exhibition at the Williamson Gallery at the Art Center College of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Networking, Arts
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Puppet Sculptor Anne Cubberly Creates A Magical World
The Hartford CourantWalk into the high-ceilinged, wondrously cluttered studio of the inventive Hartford kinetic sculptor Anne Cubberly and you step into the workshop of a creative visual artist's unbounded imagination. Although small, even a bit claustrophobic, this is...Tags: Sigmund Freud, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Real Art Ways, New Britain, Dance
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Can Cher save Logo?
Liz Smith"FEW THINGS are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example," wrote Mark Twain. It is interesting that the one and only Cher is reportedly closing a deal with the Logo Network to produce -- and perhaps to appear -- in a series set in the...Tags: Liz Smith, Savannah Guthrie, Tom Cruise, Matt Lauer, Breast Cancer
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10 things you might not know about signatures
Jack Lew, nominated for treasury secretary, uses a series of loops as his signature. Which is fine for him personally, but may appear odd on U.S. currency. President Barack Obama said Lew "assures me that he is going to work to make at least one letter...
Tags: Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Jack Lew, Nelson Algren, William Shakespeare
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Nombran nueva directora para la Casa Twain
El Hartford CourantCuando Cindy Lovell comienza su nuevo trabajo como Directora Ejecutiva de la Casa Museo de Mark Twain, ella no tendrá una gran curva de aprendizaje. Lovell, quien fue nombrada a la posición esta semana, después de una búsqueda a nivel nacional de seis...Tags: Brad Paisley, United Technologies Corporation, Barack Obama, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Eastwood
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In Grief, Sometimes There Aren't Enough Candles
The Hartford CourantThe funerals last week in Newtown raised this question for many: How do we comfort parents who have lost a child? I draw here upon the 2,500 condolence messages I received and the numerous acts of kindness of which I was the beneficiary in the months...Tags: Tom Hanks, Science and Technology, Electronics
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In search of hidden treasurers
By Rebecca Massie Lane Special to The Herald-Mail American author and humorist Mark Twain describes the human urge to treasure hunt in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer": "There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy's life when he has a raging...Tags: Thalia, Artists, Hobbies, Lifestyle and Leisure, Values
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Musician-turned writer's book based Civil War-era photos
Name: Stephen Recker Age: 54 City in which you reside: Smithsburg Day job: Web developer, High Rock Studios, Hagerstown Book title: "Rare Images of Antietam and the Photographers Who Took Them" Genre: Historical nonfiction, Civil War Synopsis of...
Tags: Photography, Tourism and Leisure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, eBay Inc., Book
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Cascio Christmas choir to hit NBC
Daily American Staff WriterChristmas in Rockefeller Plaza will have local ties to Somerset County this year. Jeanne Cascio, a Somerset native, conducted her choir from Mark Twain Intermediate School in New York City as they performed for NBC's TODAY show on Sunday. The...Tags: Students, New York University, Culture, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Today (tv program)
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Everyone Hates Congress
The Hartford CourantI think if there is one thing we can all agree on is that we hate Congress. We especially hate the just-departed 112th Congress, which had an approval rating of 9 percent at one point, the lowest ever recorded. What is surprising is not that the IRS,...Tags: John Boehner, Milton Berle, Ronald Reagan, Internal Revenue Service, Paris Hilton
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