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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook - Aug 23, 2008
All too often it's English teachers who close down teen interest in reading.
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nytimes.com » NYT > Technology - Jul 27, 2008
Is the Internet the enemy of reading, or has it created a new kind of reading, one that society should not discount?
Also tagged: dyslexia, brain, illiteracy, computers and the internet, children and youth, books and literature, education and schools, tests and testing, reading and writing skills, international reading assn
nytimes.com » NYT > Books - Jul 26, 2008
Some experts say that the Internet is the enemy of reading, but others argue the Web has created a new kind of reading, one that society should not discount.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Jul 17, 2008
More than a decade and a half ago, despairing that her poems would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing one about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem ever gets.
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nytimes.com » NYT > Opinion - Jul 7, 2008
One of the few things the left shares with the right these days is its distaste for Nelson Rockefeller. But the former New York governor was ahead of his time.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro - Jul 5, 2008
For more than 80 hours a week, Moges Seyoum works in the parking garage at the Kennedy Center and Lisner Auditorium. But that, he says, is only his job.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Obituaries - Jul 4, 2008
Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator whose uncompromising conservatism made him one of America's leading crusaders against communism, liberalism, tax increases, abortion, homosexuality, affirmative action …
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nytimes.com » NYT > Business - Jun 28, 2008
Nearly two million Americans say they are artists as their primary occupation, making a significant contribution to the American economy.
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Jun 12, 2008
Although it may not appear that way here in Washington, there are more working artists than lawyers in the United States, and their numbers are growing.
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nytimes.com » NYT > Arts - Jun 12, 2008
Drawing from the census, the National Endowment for the Arts has compiled what it bills as the first nationwide profile of professional artists in the 21st century.
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