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Review: 'Pygmalion' a thorough delight
SAN DIEGO — For some theatergoers, George Bernard Shaw's classic 1913 play "Pygmalion" is "My Fair Lady" without the songs and traditional romantic ending. But returning to the source of Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner's beloved musical...
Tags: Music, George Bernard Shaw, Arts and Culture, Robert Sean Leonard, Customs and Tradition
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Missed bets
Change of SubjectAs we approach the most interesting weekend of the pro football season — four high-stakes games — casual sports fans may be wondering why the 12-team NFL playoffs don’t generate the sort of bracket-frenzy in offices and among friends... -
iDeclare: On drunk drivers, 'Redskins'
News reports suggest that U.S. Supreme Court justices were skeptical Wednesday when attorneys for the Justice Department and the state of Missouri asked them to OK warrantless, compulsory blood tests of motorists pulled over on suspicion of driving...
Tags: Washington Redskins, Academy Awards, Medical Procedures and Tests, Sports, National Football League
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O's notes: WBC rosters, Brian Roberts' health, Duquette seeks an arm
The Baltimore SunOrioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez, whose Cinderella 2012 season ended with an invitation to pitch for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic, has decided he won’t participate in the March tournament. Gonzalez, 28, rose from being a minor league...Tags: Miguel Tejada, Buck Showalter, Nick Markakis, Wilson Betemit, Brian Roberts
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Red Cross to hold Lifesavers' Ball
Our Town CorrespondentThe annual Lifesavers’ Ball and blood drive is scheduled to kick off Saturday Jan. 5 at the Richland Fire Hall and will be open to donors and donations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Lifesavers’ Ball has been one of the more prominent local...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Human Interest, American Red Cross
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'Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm' casts a spell
-------------------- Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm A New English Version Philip Pullman Viking: 400 pp, $27.95 -------------------- Freudian, Marxist, feminist — fairy tales have famously been put through any number of academic paces,...Tags: Mystery (genre), Fiction, Angela Carter, Charlotte Bronte
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Taking the kids to Walt Disney World's new Fantasyland
I missed the boat. Actually, it was a flying elephant. Dumbo, the flying elephant attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, is that iconic attraction that so many of us have pictures of our families riding at Disney World and Disneyland. Dumbo,...
Tags: Disneyland Park, Halloween, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Travel, Walt Disney World Resort
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Brothers Grimm stayed true to fairy tales they knew: Sinister
The brothers Grimm, recipients of today's Google Doodle, published a book of fairy tales 200 years ago that would come to define bedtime reading for millions of children over two centuries. Thursday’s doodle tells the story of Little Red Riding...
Tags: Kim Kardashian, Book, Google Inc.
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Google honors books of Brothers Grimm
Today's Google Doodle honors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the German brothers who sought out folk tales and published them in collections that included many of our most popular "fairy tales." You won't find many fairies in the stories -- but plenty of big,...
Tags: Germany, Folklore and Mythology, Google Inc., Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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You'd have to be a Scrooge not to like 'A Christmas Carol' at Toby's
One thing that Ebenezer Scrooge does not get is a good night's sleep. That's because pesky ghosts keep appearing with reminders that he needs to reconsider his grumpy life. Ever since Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, audiences have...
Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), David James, Arts and Culture, Tameka Cottle, Holidays
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Sports Illustrated cover features Colts' Luck
Sports Illustrated has a new cover boy. It wasn't really supposed to go like this, but the doubters have become believers in a team that never gave up on itself. Use any sports cliché you want but this has been a Cinderella season for the Indianapolis...
Tags: Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck, National Football League, Sports Illustrated, Periodicals
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Some shirts are hard to toss, even if they don't fit to a T
Another closet cleanout, another thinning of the T-shirt herd. It never gets easier. Every year when I go through my clothes as I pack some away for the season, I agonize. How strongly do I feel about a 1980s Halsted Street festival T-shirt? Does my...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Music Industry, Amusement and Theme Parks
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