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- A Card from Angela Carter by Susannah Clapp
A memoir of a bawdy, magnificent writer For Christmas 1987, Angela Carter sent Susannah Clapp a postcard. There was nothing fancy about it, nothing hand-made or bespoke. It was just one of those cards people used to buy in lefty bookshops, when stocking up on supplies of satirical anti-Thatcher merchandise ? it's "hard to exaggerate the visceral anti-Thatcherism of the 1980s," as Clapp explains ...
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - North Shore teen comforts ill people with ?caring cards?
Fifteen-year-old Morgan Richards is setting out to make the days brighter for those in the hospital. A freshman at North Shore Country Day, Morgan is blending her passions of writing and art with special ?caring cards? that are distributed to patients who are hospitalized over the holidays. The teen may know something about being in a new, uncertain place ? she moved to Wilmette last August from ...
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - Terry Dotson Named Truck Dealer of the Year
Terry Dotson, president, chairman and CEO of Prestonburg, Ky.-basedWorldwide Equipment Enterprises, Saturday was named the American Truck Dealers / Heavy Duty Trucking Truck Dealer of the Year.
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - Villa Grove grocery to open next week
VILLA GROVE ? Homer grocer Rick Bates plans to open a store in Villa Grove next week, replacing the Villa Grove Market, which closed in late October. Bates said the new store, Rick's Country Market, is targeting an opening between Jan. 16 and 18. For nearly 12 years, Bates has operated the Homer Country Market in Homer. read more
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - Signing day, hour-by-hour
National letter of intent signing day is likened to Christmas for football coaches.
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - FitzShameless Awards ? Oscars? golden silence ? Leveson latest ?
In today's Media Briefs: silence is golden in Oscar nominations ... introducing The FitzShameless Awards ... bottoms up at the Leveson inquiry and more ... Read more on the blog...
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - After beleaguered caucus, political leaders considering switching to primary
A primary election is easier to conduct than a caucus ? the civic process that involves talking politics with neighbors. And after Saturday?s troubled GOP caucuses, the state?s political leaders are suggesting they?re ready to switch.
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012 - The hungriest man at the Super Bowl
The plan five weeks ago was to land a job stocking at Walmart or selling at Sports Authority or greeting at LA Fitness. Christmas was fast approaching and he was freshly unemployed. Again. Money had to keep coming in. There is only so long a man can live with his wife and two baby daughters in his mother-in-law?s apartment ? a two-bedroom, third-floor walk-up within walking distance of Cowboys ...
country christmas stocking 07 Feb 2012
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