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Economy drives ‘staycations’ into the American lexicon
“Words! Words! Words!, I’m so sick of words!,” Eliza Doolittle sings in “My Fair Lady.” As for me, I’m just the opposite. I’m fascinated with words. I enjoy learning new words to better express myself and when I encounter an unfamiliar word I look it up as soon as possible...
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Young Obama fans crucial to victory, need resilience
“Tell Your Mama/Vote For Obama” the bumper stickers and T-shirts read. These artifacts are being promoted by school age kids who are too young to vote as they try to influence their parents to cast their ballots for the Democratic senator from Illinois. College students also are petitioning their parents to support Barack Obama. Some parents have changed their preferences and even left the Republican Party, at the behest of their children, to vote for Obama...
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Wright showed U.S. where it was wrong, stirred others
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During his Memphis days, Richard Wright began the serious reading that he hoped would help him develop the skills of the authors he admired. (Courtesy photo)
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It has been nearly 100 years since Richard Wright was born, 63 years since he published “Black Boy,” his autobiography about the issues that encumber the development of black masculinity, and 48 years since his death. Yet his presence is ever with us in his writings and in the influence he has had on black writers and others consigned to the role of outsiders on American scene. Wright’s worldview was developed during the first 19 years of his life, which he spent in the South, including about two years in Memphis...
