Berry to replace trees planted in 1920s to honor World War I casualties
For nearly a century, visitors to Berry College have enjoyed the shade of oak trees planted in the early 1920s to honor 11 Berry men who were killed during World War I. Today, campus offici...
Rome News-Tribune,
Fri Dec 04 09:10:28 PST 2009
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Future Bentley glamour from the 1920s
Bentley has unveiled its fastest, most powerful production car ever, which it has tagged
Mail and Guardian,
Thu Dec 03 20:05:37 PST 2009
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Dozens vie for port commission
... meets in a place designed by Chu Richter. She oversaw the conversion of one of the port's oldest buildings, a 1920s cotton warehouse, into the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz Internationa...
Corpus Christi Caller,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:18:51 GMT
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'It worked! Obama lights National Tree
WASHINGTON -- Surrounded by celebrity performers and characters from the North Pole, the Obama family on Thursday led a countdown and lighted the National Christmas Tree.First lady Michelle...
Chicago Sun-Times,
Fri Dec 04 14:40:28 PST 2009
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Something in the Air, the Light, the Water?
An exhibition showcases important works by a rich vein of talented and overlooked artists from Huntington and its environs.
New York Times,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:48:27 GMT
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We have much for which to be thankful
In spite of a recession that is the worst since the Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s, we still have a lot for which to be grateful this Thanksgiving.
Arkansas News Bureau,
Fri Dec 04 21:01:38 PST 2009
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Making its mark
... took over as company director; she left in 1969 and her son, Tom Faber, took her place; he died a few years ago. A 1920s photo of poet T.S. Eliot, who was an important influence on the...
The Star Online,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:50:10 GMT
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Sheila's Out Shopping: Family tradition
Frederick J. Cuthbertson was so inspired by his family
Naples Daily News,
Fri Dec 04 16:04:00 PST 2009
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Passion to publish
... forced to shut down. The last of the independent literary publishing houses in London from the Bloomsbury era of the 1920s, Faber and Faber, remarkably, remains in private hands. 'You ...
The Star Online,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:49:08 GMT
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Voices: Girl Scout history shown through Troops' research
Girl Scout Troops 604 and 1067 wanted to show Girl Scouts, Brownies and Juniors what Girl Scouting was like in past decades, so they recently hosted "Making Girl Scout History" at the Flemi...
The Florida Times-Union,
Fri Dec 04 21:28:07 PST 2009
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The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Story by Mary-Kay Wilmers Book review
... shooting a number of the more prosperous citizens of the Belorussian town of Gomel in cold blood. At the end of the 1920s, he led an operation producing fake documents which persuaded ...
Guardian Unlimited,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:09:55 GMT
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Obama family lights National Christmas Tree
Surrounded by celebrity performers and characters from the North Pole, the Obama family on Thursday led a countdown and lighted the National Christmas Tree. First lady Michelle Obama and da...
Havre Daily News,
Fri Dec 04 11:55:33 PST 2009
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Wake up and smell the biodynamic coffee
... to compost to give the soil a boost. It's obvious that these are European plants, the ones used by Steiner in the 1920s. "What we need is a biodynamic system tailored to the tropics," ...
The Observer,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:04:32 GMT
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Jeffrey Archer lands record £18m deal for a modern Forsyte saga
JEFFREY ARCHER is being paid a record £18m advance to write a Forsyte Saga-style epic spanning a century in the lives of a fictional family from Bristol.
Times Online,
Sat Dec 05 13:46:12 PST 2009
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Peter Ross: Pure Pavilion magic
... of Scottish entertainment. The comedian Tommy Lorne, after whom the sausage is named, was a regular here during the 1920s. Once regarded as the funniest man in Scotland, Lorne's pantos...
Scotsman.com News,
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
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Digital library enlightens students
By: Andrew Taylor Have you ever wondered what Houston looked like in the 1920s? Well if you have, there is a photo gallery that will make you salivate. Have you ever wondered if those build...
The Daily Cougar,
Fri Dec 04 07:00:38 PST 2009
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Real estate: Auction sales ease off
... have still got reasonably high expectations.'' One home which failed to sell at auction yesterday was a three-bedroom 1920s built bungalow in Salisbury Cres, Colonel Light Gardens. The...
AdelaideNow...,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:12:33 GMT
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No shortage of tales in this `Hoffmann' at the Met
Conductor James Levine returned to the Metropolitan Opera after an absence of more than two months to recover from spine surgery to lead the company's new production of Offenbach's "Les Con...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Fri Dec 04 16:09:59 PST 2009
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Tale of Two Travellers: The two sides of the Canaries
... glowered just beyond. The Basque poet Miguel de Unamuno, exiled to Fuerteventura by the government in Madrid in the 1920s, called it "an oasis in the desert of civilisation". It's a de...
The Independent,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:12:04 GMT
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Guru Dutt to be remembered in Florence
Starting from today, the the 9th River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival will be held at Odeon, the beautiful 1920s theatre of the city till 10th December. The festival will be organi...
IndiaGlitz,
Fri Dec 04 06:15:02 PST 2009
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