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Book Review – Telling Times – Writing and Living, 1954-2008 – By Nadine Gordimer

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:33:12 +0000

A half-century of essays by the Nobel winner Nadine Gordimer, whose major theme of writing and living has been opposition to apartheid.

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Book Review - Telling Times - Writing and Living, 1954-2008 - By Nadine Gordimer

Jane Addams A Foe of War and Need

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:01:45 +0000

At Hull House, in the squalid slums of Chicago's West Side, Jane Addams, a priestess of understanding among neighbors and of peace among nations, kept open hours for prince and pauper alike. It was her shrine and it will remain her monument.

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Jane Addams A Foe of War and Need

In pursuit of censorship (The Nut Graph)

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:12:13 +0000

MALAYSIANS are no strangers to censorship.

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In pursuit of censorship (The Nut Graph)

Clive Granger, Nobelist, Dies at 74 (New York Times)

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:08:58 +0000

Mr. Granger was an economist and Nobel laureate whose work revolutionized the way stocks and other fluctuating series of data are analyzed and forecast.

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Clive Granger, Nobelist, Dies at 74 (New York Times)