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Experience the best of Florence: A week of art, fine dining and luxury

Canada Dot Com 05 Nov 2024
By Sara Waxman. “There are two kinds of light. the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” —James Thurber. Surely Thurber had Florence in mind ... .
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Elon Musk sweeps members of Congress into his social media sway

The Spokesman-Review 21 Oct 2024
James Thurber, founder and former director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, said Musk’s engagement with lawmakers on X demonstrates why social media should be regulated under federal law for lobbying.
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125 Quotes Couples in Long-Distance Relationships Will Understand Instantly

Aiken Standard 16 Oct 2024
Related. 55 Long-Distance Date Ideas To Keep the Spark Alive Even When You’re Far Apart. 125 Long Distance Relationship Quotes. 1. "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." — A.A. Milne. 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... — Thomas Fuller. 5 ... 6 ... — James Thurber.
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Dan Rodricks: Bookstores are making a comeback. Here’s one with 50,000 titles. | STAFF COMMENTARY

Baltimore Sun 04 Oct 2024
Bookstores have been making a comeback ... One was ‘The Years with Ross’ by James Thurber ... He burned out ... Some of my questions had Martin reflecting on his own youth, when Bill Harris, that bookseller in Michigan, got him into Thurber and Conan Doyle ... .
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Looking for a ghostly adventure? Here are 24 haunted spots in Ohio you should visit

The Alliance Review 03 Oct 2024
Thurber House in Columbus ... James Thurber, an American storyteller and cartoonist, lived on Jefferson Avenue with his family ... It remains a mystery if the ghosts that roam the house could either be from the Thurber family or patients from the asylum.
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Here are Ohio’s Top 24 haunted attractions

Richland Source 02 Oct 2024
Thurber House in Columbus. Ohio native James Thurber was one of the most notable American humorists, authors, and cartoonists of the 20th century. Thurber and his family lived in Columbus on Jefferson Avenue.
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Every Ben Stiller Movie Performance, Ranked

New York Magazine 05 Sep 2024
To see him as James Thurber’s nowhere man is to weep for him, until, predictably, he beats his bully (his neckbeardy future Severance star, Adam Scott) and gets the girl (Kristen Wiig).
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Free Will Astrology (9/4/24)

Seven Days 04 Sep 2024
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sep. 22). In all of world history, which author has sold the most books? The answer is Agatha Christie, born under the sign of Virgo ... LIBRA (Sep. 23-Oct. 22) ... 21) ... Sagittarian humorist James Thurber said that, and now I'm conveying it to you.
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How Long Until People Are Willing to Hear That Lockdown Wasn’t Worth It?

The Daily Sceptic 04 Sep 2024
James Thurber, the comic novelist, was a schoolboy in the town and recalled the incident in a famous article some years later ... Like James Thurber’s citizens in Columbus, we are finding it difficult ...
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Horoscopes for SEP 5 - 11

Salt Lake City Weekly 04 Sep 2024
ARIES (March 21-April 19). In 2015, a large earthquake struck Nepal, registering 7.8 on the Richter scale. It was so powerful, it shrunk Mt. Everest ... TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ... Sagittarian humorist James Thurber said that, and now I'm conveying it to you.
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Broken Open, a memoir in essays, reflects on childhood and the lessons that come with age

Street Roots News 28 Aug 2024
The winter of 2016 found me walking down a cobblestone street in León, Nicaragua, on my way to visit a prosthetics clinic ... There is rueful humor in the style of James Thurber, and also grace for what is lost from memory with each passing year ... ... 40 ... ....
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Photo book shows beauty of local cemeteries

The Columbus Dispatch 08 Aug 2024
Fans of Columbus writer and cartoonist James Thurber can pay tribute to his infamous family dog, Muggs, subject of his short story “The Dog That Bit People,” now memorialized with a statue and a ...
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Who is your favourite character in children’s literature?

The Spectator 08 Aug 2024
... For a while, Watership Down jostled uneasily with the grown-up stuff I was just beginning to enjoy – Jack Kerouac, James Thurber, Ray Bradbury – but it still held a big claim on me and does today.
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Bob Newhart, comedy legend and star of 'The Bob Newhart Show' and 'Elf,' dead at 94

Business Insider 18 Jul 2024
Bob Newhart ... Influenced by cartoonist and humorist James Thurber, writer Max Shulman, and radio greats Fred Allen and Jack Benny, Newhart credited learning how to tell stories from them and his father, who he said was a pretty good story teller ... ....
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Easton home that sold for over $1M has five bedrooms, over 4,000 square feet

The Enterprise - Brockton 17 Jul 2024
to Virgonia To and James Truong, $530,000, April 19, single family. 126 Thurber Ave., Roy Stephen J ... 17 Central Ave., Andrew Mathison to James Spieldenner, $375,000, April 19, single family.Mansfield ... 48 Carey St., James F.

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