That’ll be 5 cents, please… Mar 1, 2009
I would not read any murdoch s rags if they paid me. BDAtlanta. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Interrogator finds success without torture Feb 26, 2009
conservativeUS wrote on Feb 22, 2009 5:58 PM:" I have no problem waterboarding terrorists when innocent civilians were killed on US soil, and hundreds of more attacks planned by these unhuman imbeciles. Amazingly nothing has changed with Obama since his induction! He claims to want to help these poor souls and transfer them to spas in Colorado but in reality he is still fighting these wars, while promising not too. Notice how the media rarely reports deaths these days? The Obama doctrine is now... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Slumdog reality Feb 24, 2009
Few films are as emotionally stirring and socially eye-opening as the Oscar best picture winner "Slumdog Millionaire," the decades-spanning, flashback-peppered tale of a Mumbai slum-dweller's plight to go from rags to riches on a TV trivia show. The fast-paced film forces the Western world to stare deeply into the dirty, daily life of India's urban slums, a hectic land where children play in raw sewage and adults scramble every day for a just few rupees, everyone's eyes meanwhile staring at the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Despite economy, the show must go on in Hollywood Feb 12, 2009
"The world doesn't want to see paupers going to the red carpet in rags and tatters," Lane added. "They want a moment of respite and happiness and joy. They want to go `Wow!' and have their eyes open. They want to dream.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Zito blog comments Apr 1, 2008
I see him ripping into Bochy, Rags, et al., instead of into the players. But Bochy's an easy target. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Strained Satire Mar 29, 2008
Every element of the production screams grotesque laugh riot, from Beaver Bauer's outrageous rural Russian rags and finery and Erik Flatmo's hallucinatory off-kilter sets - with the massive table that rises from a trap door and tilts toward the audience - to the would-be comic interpolated dances, Alexander V. Nichols' expressionist lighting and the snatches of Russian opera, klezmer and laugh tracks in Darron L. West's soundscape ... But the comedy is sparse and the action drags after the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Stephanie Holm Mar 26, 2008
I read the gossip rags and Gyrlande reads the bride magazines. Seriously. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Letters for Saturday, March 22, 2008 Mar 23, 2008
" That's easy: Since the late eighteenth century when the founders declared this to be an independent and sovereign nation. Of course, our sovereignty has been all but erased by the politicians who have forfeited control over immigration to the immigrants themselves, who now have the ultimate authority to decide who comes here, in what numbers, and for how long. As for the words used to describe the newcomers, it doesn't matter. Illegal alien or undocumented immigrant, they're the same thing. We... (North County Times)
In D.C. they love Paul Johnson Mar 23, 2008
The rags to riches story of the sisters could have happened anywhere in the world and especially on their home continent of Africa. By ben. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Lonely Londoner Mar 15, 2008
Moses sneers at his "Black Power glad rags" ("a pair of platforms, yellow socks, purple corduroy trousers") and suspects that he has ulterior motives for coming to visit. In his experience, appeals to community spirit are usually only made by people who want something. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The death of Kings Mar 15, 2008
The country holds around itself the rags of a constitution, and takes refuge in a nominally respected hereditary system of power. But peace breeds its own dangers: there are sidelined generals, a disaffected old guard, an impoverished population and death squads cracking their fingers out of boredom. (Guardian Unlimited)
What's Ahead Mar 7, 2008
The Heritage Textile Arts Guild will host Beautiful Things from Rags at 9 a.m. on Saturday in Space 157A of the Pony Village Mall in North Bend. It will be presented and demonstrated by Eva Douthit and Katherine Cranston. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
'Fiddler' sequel loyal to spirit if not story of original Feb 29, 2008
When the musical "Rags" was first conceived by Joseph Stein, writer of the show's book, it was meant to be a sequel to Fiddler on the Roof ... Even so, "RAGS", does flow from that familiar and loved show "Fiddler on the Roof" ... Charles Strouse, who also wrote the music for "Annie," wrote the music for "RAGS." Stephen Schwarz, who wrote the music and lyrics for "Wicked" currently playing on Broadway, wrote the powerful lyrics. (Pratt Tribune, KS)
I wanna be a superdelegate Feb 29, 2008
Phil wrote on Feb 27, 2008 8:15 AM:" Read the NY papers? You mean the NY Times that has William Kristol - the standard for (wrong) conservative neo-cons - as a columnist? Or the NY Sun or NY Post - couple of right wing rags that pass themselves off as newspapers. I don't mind conservative columnists at all - I have mentioned several in my posts over the weeks that I read regularly. Anyone, conservative, moderate, or liberal who makes thought out, reasoned arguments I have no problem with as a... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Readers respond Feb 28, 2008
I finally have realized that I bear some responsibility for contributing to Britney Spears' spiral downward, in that each time I purchase a tabloid, I am then encouraging the media to continue to exploit her, because I am creating the demand for more pics in order to sell more movie rags. I have stopped buying any of the tabloids, and I wish others would do the same. (MSNBC -- News)
NCRT cast, production team overcome rough spots, fairy-tale end Feb 27, 2008
Costumer Jeanne Reith evokes the '40s with Rose's vintage frocks and Mordechai's fine suit, as well as the rags of those who didn't get out in time. A great pleasure of this show is Chris Luessmann's spot-on sound design, which mixes Yiddish songs and 1940s popular tunes. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Letters to the Editor - 2/22/2008 Feb 23, 2008
Rags get stories from "sources" all the time and it is there job to check out the sources for truth. So if this story is true, good job NYT. If it is false, shame on you NYT.. (North County Times)
A hit job on McCain? Feb 22, 2008
The NY Slimes is deservedly a failing newspaper, its circulation - like the Urinal s and other treasonous far left hate rags - is hilariously plummeting, which is a damn good thing. Ann Coulters long ago quip about bombing the NY Slimes still stands as one of her funnier more pragmatic gems. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
GDC 2008: Postal III Feb 21, 2008
Think, "porn store maintenance man." That's right; you run around with a vacuum on your back and clean up "snot" rags from the "private viewing rooms." "Get it?!" Clean up the place to the manager's satisfaction and you complete the job, at which point a group of bible-loving soccer moms storm in and try to ransack the place. This is where Postal III starts looking like it's attempting to offer some depth to its gameplay. (IGN PC Games)
Musician celebrates 80-year career Feb 8, 2008
"He could really play his rags (jazz) and was like a pied piper. Many youngsters would follow him and stand outside wherever he was playing to listen to what many people at that time referred to as the 'devil's music.'". Long's sister Willie was a schooled pianist, and his brother Robert joined the army, riding through the streets beating a bass drum. (Sealy News, TX)
Saturday Teatime Feb 2, 2008
It's what's left of yourself lashing past you, piece by piece, soaring up out of reach: minutes pulled to rags, ripping out of hours, days, weeks - the progression is completely predictable. Like falling. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Is Super Bowl a drag on dating? Feb 2, 2008
Truth - My parents went from riches to rags growing up, but times were never hard enough to have a mustard sammich ... Truth - My parents went from riches to rags growing up, but times were never hard enough to have a mustard sammich. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bill Clinton: 'We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy' to Fight Global Warming... Feb 1, 2008
Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper. is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. (The Drudge Report)
Julie Burchill Jan 30, 2008
Though these mags are slagged off royally by supposedly classy broads, when it comes to their attitudes to women they beat rags like Elle and Marie Claire hands down ... Here, glamour girls become columnists and agony aunts as they grow older; their Botox bouts, breast enhancements and eating disorders are freely discussed, not the stuff of paranoid denial as they are in the classier rags. (Guardian Unlimited)
Purrfectly slinky take on politics Jan 23, 2008
A photo of Australian starlet Teresa Palmer and two shirtless men made the gossip sections of News Ltd rags and websites yesterday, with an article tut-tutting the December Boys star's wild partying ways. The photograph from a "reliable fan" was used as "hard evidence" of her penchant for partying when she was in Sydney awaiting filming of her latest movie, Justice League Of America, which has since been postponed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Woods says Tilghman meant no harm Jan 22, 2008
Rags to Riches won 3-year-old filly honors after upsetting the boys in the Belmont. Todd Pletcher earned his fourth consecutive Eclipse as trainer of the year with 139 votes. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Too much flip-flopping? Jan 6, 2008
I am highly amused a these so called Recruiting Experts who placate and sully their own information for the sake of selling more rags ... Surely these so-called experts wouldn t do such a thing to sell their rags. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Tired of the beach? Mexican mountains offer spectacular hikes to see monarch butterflies Jan 5, 2008
To Ibewild wrote on Jan 4, 2008 8:38 AM:Don't have to read the local rags, I read the Mexican newspapers. Add Your Comments. (North County Times)
PMT opens auditions to 'Rags' Jan 1, 2008
PMT opens auditions to 'Rags ... Pratt Music Theatre announces auditions for its production of the musical RAGS. Due to the renovation of Liberty Middle School Auditorium last fall, production of the fall PMT show had to be suspended ... Enthusiasm and excitement has been growing to begin PMT's 2007-08 season with RAGS. The story for the musical is by Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof); music is by Charles Strouse (Annie Bye Birdie); and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Children of Eden and Wicked). (Pratt Tribune, KS)
TRUE STORIES Dec 31, 2007
Too young to experience the raw glee of it all, I had to settle for imagining what was happing when my parents put their glad rags on and departed our bungalow in our two-tone, '55 Chevy Belaire, leaving grandma behind with us kids to make popcorn, watch movies on KOAM TV and count down to midnight. But in my mind, I traveled wearing my new white bucks to the Hilltop out on west 4th street where the first rock and roll band in the area, Connie and The Bellhops. (SunOnline)
2007 Year in review Dec 30, 2007
Rags to Riches became the first filly in more than a century to win the Belmont Stakes in a classic duel with Curlin, giving trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez long-overdue triumphs. Emma-Jayne Wilson became the first woman jockey to win the Queen's Plate when she guided Mike Fox. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
"The Bucket List" Dec 26, 2007
From attention-seeking celebrities to roving nut jobs with automatic weapons to the self-deluded editors of mean-spirited gossip rags, this is the year that media-savvy lunatics took over the asylum. By Heather Havrilesky. (Salon)
Dame Distraction Dec 22, 2007
they need a few miracles and a few of Rev Ike s prayer rags so they can get right. By DreamsMaterialize. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Christmas cleaning Dec 20, 2007
Beraquit said the CEO of the company is truly a rags to riches story himself. Royal Realty owns condominiums, town houses, apartment complexes, mobile home parks and many other properties across the U.S. Once during the purchase of a mobile home park in Florida, after the purchase the CEO looked across the park, pointed to a trailer and said, That s where I grew up. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Controversy brings video game reviews under review Dec 8, 2007
In my 22 years, I have seen (and enjoyed) a veritable cornacopia of average-to terribly awful movies, indulged in wince-inspiring fiction and read my fair share of magazine and newspaper rags. In most of these cases, the expenditure of funds for price of admission rarely topped 20. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Memories, and some mystery, frame Taylor's life Dec 1, 2007
" No, Sean Taylor did not grow up in the ghetto. But he didn't have to wander far to find trouble. It was just a few miles away in West Perrine, an impoverished area in the Village of Palmetto Bay where broken glass and stray shopping carts litter the streets and worn-out rags hang on clotheslines. There are varied opinions about the exact time when Taylor's reputation plummeted from hardworking son to just another troubled athlete from Miami. He was known to occasionally spit on his opponent,... (ESPN -- Football News)
WIU theatre troupe captivates Kid Zone audience Nov 30, 2007
He gives away everything and finally is dressed in rags, running about the kingdom deliriously happy. Then, a magical, beautiful quilt is slipped over his shoulders as he sleeps outside. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Gingrich Predicts 'Surprising Margin' for Obama in Iowa... Nov 28, 2007
People magazine and other such rags as well as a myriad of vapid shows on both cable and network tv gives the impression that celebrity is far more important than substance. That the Clintons are viewed as akin to rock stars shows how much the political debate has slipped. (The Drudge Report)
Mine closure hurts supplier Nov 27, 2007
Nowadays, their focus is on replenishing fire extinguishers depleted in mine training exercises (Murray Energy went through hundreds for a spell), safety glasses, screwdrivers, piping for irrigation systems and road culverts, knee pads, chain-link fencing, rags, emergency food supplies, pieces of chain, WD-40, paint and all kinds of gloves. You get 300 guys at a mine and all of them like something a little different,'' Brink said. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Vick's lawyers were no help Nov 21, 2007
and one thing i hate is when people say things like the only ones that want vick back are the uneducated black folks that have nothing else to do or the thugs that attend the falcons games wit there do rags on and vick jerserys statements like that lets us know that we still living in a divided state. today they love you, tomorrow they hate you. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Innovator: How about living twice? Or is once enough? Nov 21, 2007
Everyone loves a classic rags to riches story, but that's not why I'm writing about Yeend here. With his frank admission that his business, , came close to going broke every couple of weeks for about seven years, Yeend was honest enough to discuss the trials and challenges he faced trying to sell brand new technology that retailers couldn't care less about and his competitors fought hard to block. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Student claims CNN forced her to ask frilly question... Nov 17, 2007
Marc Ambinder (November 16, 2007) - "Diamonds v. Pearls" Student Blasts CNN (Updated With CNN Response). "Diamonds v. Pearls" Student Blasts CNN (Updated With CNN Response). (The Drudge Report)
Radio with pictures Nov 12, 2007
"A message came through from Packer - 'Get that woman off the air.' I was summoned to Rags Henderson, who was No. 2 from the top [at Fairfax], a rather intimidating little man, who sat there and ticked me off but after that nothing happened.". As one luminary after another says his or her piece, the one thing that shines through is their love of listening to the radio. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Commemorating Wright's last ride Nov 12, 2007
The finale, "Rags -- Gordon's Last Ride," is a rollicking number that reminds one that Wright was in the forefront of the ragtime revival in America. The "Last Ride" business refers to a midnight cortege down the steep, snowy mountain, with Wright's friends and neighbors struggling to control a sled as they brought his body to the Seward Highway, where it could be loaded into a hearse. (Anchorage Daily News)
How football beat apartheid on Robben Island Nov 11, 2007
At first the men played covertly in their cells using balls made of paper, cardboard and rags. Then in 1965, after sustained lobbying, the authorities allowed prisoners to play outside on Saturdays. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Dating and your privacy Nov 10, 2007
(Work and work) Well, those cars never seem to stop coming (Work and work) Keep those rags and machines humming (Work and work) My fingers to the bone (Work) Can t wait till it s time to go home ... Whoa whoa whoa whoa (Car wash) Never seem to stop comin What d I say Keep those rags and machines hummin (Car wash) Let me tell you, it s always cool. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
In trademarking its coffee, Ethiopia seeks fair trade Nov 9, 2007
Yirgacheffe: Children play in Ethiopian coffee-farming village. Specialty Brand: Coffee beans dry in Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
'Im grateful that Ranbir is my first co-star' Oct 25, 2007
"There was some buzz that Sanjay Bhansali was pretty upset with Ranbir and you for getting too lovey-dovey on the sets.I think Mr Bhansali would have been really happy if we had become lovey-dovey. Sorry, but nothing like that happened. Ranbir is a buddy, my best friend. Ive literally grown up with him. Nothing more. I do get mad at him for being a major introvert. Its a job to get him to come over for dinner. Ive to badger him for five days with calls..and then he says,... (Hindustan Times)
Britney Spears' Fans: As Blackout's Release Looms, Who Exactly Are They? Oct 23, 2007
"The song has succeeded on its own merits, [though] I'm sure there are some people who are turned off by the stuff that comes out in the gossip rags," he said. Ruben Garay, a producer at CelebTV.com and former webmaster of the fan site World of Britney (who famously quit his gig after tiring of the singer's antics), said he thinks her core audience of young girls has dropped off over the years as Spears' personal life has gone into freefall, splintering her supporters into a number of different... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Nexting the ex...again Oct 16, 2007
You can use that gear as dusk rags. By Mo (now known as Moeisha). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
No. 1 at box office Oct 16, 2007
The Detroit Free Press s John Monaghan complained how the film drags through its second hour ... THE MOVIE WAS GREAT - I GIVE MR. PERRY HIS KUDOS BECAUSE HE IS GIVING THE FORGOTTEN BLACK ACTRESSES AND NEWCOMERS A CHANCE TO WORK AT THEIR CRAFT. THIS IS WHY WE CAN NEVER GET ANYWHERE - WE ARE SO QUICK TO SAY WHAT HE IS DOING OVER AND OVER AGAIN - WELL LET S LOOK AT IT THIS WAY HE IS GIVING THE FORGOTTEN AUDIENCE A CHANCE TO GO OUT EITHER ON A DATE WITH THEIR HUSBANDS, FRIENDS OR EVEN CHILDREN. THIS... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Is the problem preventable? Oct 15, 2007
Rags like the Post have their Doomer readers trained to salivate when the bell rings. But is there any news here. (The Palm Beach Post)
Fined $247,000 for Oct 5, 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: MashUp. Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Street: Obamas Insults Oct 3, 2007
" His dreams of success were realizable because in a generous America you don't have to be rich to achieve your potential. Too bad Obamas relatively privileged background has little to do with American Horatio Alger (rags to riches) mythology. And too bad that Obamas paean to the American Dream was plagued by a different sort of empirical challenge: the relatively stationary and harshly unbalanced structure of American inequality. Not only does the social class into... (Zmag.org)
Entertainment Guide staff chat Sep 29, 2007
" derrik_chinn(P) Oh, right. Duh. I CANNOT WAIT. I hope it's fun. I even wore my SKINNIEST of SKINNY jeans today to fit in at Canes. JG(Q) I have a question. I've never been to Adams Avenue Street Festival. Suggestions? I can't believe it's free. claire_madigan(A) i haven't been in a while. The atmosphere is pretty much like any street fair. People have tents set up etc. This year the biggest draw is probably Mike Watt. erin_glass(P) i'm going to watch cartoons tonight. at a museum. i hope they... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Don't blame Joey Sep 25, 2007
LOL LOL LOL LOL. THE DO RAGS AND BRAIDS DONT SEEM SO BAD NOW. I M RICH B. By tyrell. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
SV festival, its young participants helping to breathe life into fiddle music Sep 24, 2007
(Use arrows above to view more photos) Almost 40 children, 15 years and younger, played hoe-downs, waltzes, polkas, rags, reels and other fiddle music Saturday at Veteran s Memorial Park for the third annual contest. There s gonna be a lot of good fiddler s in a few years, said Jones, whose own children were contest participants. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Violinist credits include Prairie Home Companion Sep 14, 2007
"A friend of mine, John Novacek, had written a bunch of rags for violin and piano and we sent Garrison a CD of them," Copes explained. "He like them and invited us to be part of the show which aired last October.". (Sioux City Journal)
Horns start slowly but finish off Frogs in the second half Sep 9, 2007
Surely there's a car wash or good charity out there looking for some rags no one wants anymore. Colt McCoy passed for a touchdown, set up another with a long run, and a dominant performance by its defense carried No. 7 Texas to a 34-13 win Saturday night, turning TCU's hopes for an upset into a second-half disaster. (KHOU.com, TX)
Blanchett Triumph in Drag: Best actress playing Dylan... Sep 8, 2007
The movie explores the three women in Rembrandt's life and the influence of his home life on his painting, while also offering an explanation for the "riches to rags" story of the 17th-century Dutch master of light and shadow. "I can't prove every single fact, but you can't disprove it either," Greenaway told a news conference. (The Drudge Report)
Alone with your thoughts... Sep 6, 2007
You could combine rags and a stick to make a torch. There were lots of these things - it was really clever, and unheard of at the time. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
The rise and rise of a Cambodian capitalist Sep 1, 2007
A former refugee from political violence, Kith Meng's is one of Cambodia's most compelling rags to riches stories. His father, Kith Peng Ike, a Sino-Khmer businessman and landlord, was singled out as a "class enemy" during the Khmer Rouge's genocidal purges and he reportedly died from starvation in one of the radical Maoist group's labor camps. (Asia Times Online)
Fisk: The Forgotten Holocaust Aug 30, 2007
" There is, too, a need to archive memoirs and books that were published in the aftermath of the genocide but discarded or forgotten in the decades that followed. In 1929, for example, a small-circulation book was published in Boston entitled From Dardanelles to Palestine by Captain Sarkis Torossian. The author was a highly decorated officer in the Turkish army who fought with distinction and was wounded at Gallipoli. He went on to fight the Allies in Palestine but was appalled to find thousands... (Zmag.org)
We'd miss Andruw's candor Aug 29, 2007
What about all of the rags to riches closers during the run. And all the minor leaguers over the years and the send off of guys as they entered free agent years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Court jester Aug 26, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Novak Djokovic is a clownish rogue who delights in "taking the mickey" out of the game's biggest names. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
