Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 Posted: 1 year ago by meggysue
Soviet dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today. He is finally free. His biographical acceptance speech from when he won the 1970 nobel prize is here: Speech The Soviets didn't allow him to travel to accept it.
It took me an entire summer to read his thinnest book, Cancer Ward, but it was worth every minute.
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Gore acceptance speech Nobel Prize Posted: 2 years ago by Stadsman
I can't believe it wasn't posted before (or I didn't look right). But here is Gore's lecture upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
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Margaret Truman, Mystery Writer, Dies Posted: 2 years ago by tchengrox
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday. She was 83.
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Nobel Prize Winner Mario Capecchi Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Following on from my earlier post, more details on one of the three men awarded the Nobel Prize today, whose life has been nothing if not interesting to date.
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Steve Gerber Has Left The World He Never Made Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Steve Gerber comic book writer. He worked on many of the big name titles such as The Defenders, Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Morbius the Living Vampire, Kiss (the band), and others. His best known work was Howard The Duck.
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Clinton Calls W About Obama's Nobel Prize Posted: 2 months ago by suebe
In her op-ed column today, NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd imagines a conversation between former president Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussing President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win.
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Read a Mo F'n Book, N'er! Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Problem, how do you get children, especially minority children to read? Not sure the best method, but this video running on Black Entertainment Television that teaches kids to read "Not a sports page, not a magazine, but a book n****r, a f**kin’ book n****r" is probably not it.
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Suze Orman offering book download free Posted: 2 years ago by Marli
I don't know if anyone on Plime likes her (I don't, particularly... ), but my mom asked me to download the book so she could read it.
Suze Orman's book, "Women & Money", is being offered for free download from Oprah's site until 8pm tomorrow. Link is to the PDF file for the English version, but you can also find the Spanish version through Oprah.com.
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Dith pran, survivor of The Killing Fields, dies of pancreatic cancer Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Dith Pran, subject of Roland Joffé's 1984 film The Killing Fields and escapee of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia has died today in New Jersey of pancreatic cancer.
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Sir Clement Freud Has Died Posted: 8 months ago by pocksucket
Sir Clement Freud, grandson of Sigmund, father of Emma and brother of Lucien, politician, celebrity chef, actor, writer, broadcaster and entertainer has died at his home, 9 days before his 85th Birthday.
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