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Keep a bed warm for me

the undisputed heirs-at-law of a century of progress, enjoying the heritage at their ease. As we marched past, the men used to shout greetings to them through the railings – ‘Keep a bed warm for me, chum. I shan’t be long’ – but Hooper, my newest-joined platoon-commander, grudged them their life of privilege; ‘Hitler would [...]

adventure

A second class of correspondences can be called experiential. I’ll mention three; very likely there are others, and very likely too each has been argued to be the “explanation” of the ritual of adventure. But let’s ignore from now on the empirical question of what the originators of the myths may in fact have consciously [...]

A Walk to Remember

In the prologue to his latest novel, Nicholas Sparks makes the rather presumptuous pledge “first you will smile, and then you will cry,” but sure enough, he delivers the goods. With his calculated ability to throw your heart around like a yo-yo (try out his earlier Message in the Bottle or The Notebook if you [...]

apungubwe Cultural Landscape

Mapungubwe � “place of the stone of wisdom” � was South Africa’s first kingdom, and developed into the subcontinent’s largest realm, lasting for 400 years before it was abandoned in the 14th century. Its highly sophisticated people traded gold and ivory with China, India and Egypt. The site lies on the open savannah of the [...]

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Beatles lovers will soon be able to feel what it's like to sing and play with the Fab Four in the interactive game The Beatles: Rock Band. But what famous Beatles tunes will be featured on the disc?

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He has already acknowledged American anger and frustration over recovery benefits failing to trickle down to the middle class while banks and finance firms are again piling up huge profits.

Suddenly, Obama is at a turning point, after Republicans snatched away the Democratic super-majority in the Senate and with his own party now viewing November's mid-term congressional elections with a sense of doom.

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(Jan. 28) -- For the second time in the last month, a U.S. citizen has been detained in North Korea.

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