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Step back in time to discover the Borgias' Italy; A little-known part of the eastern Italian coast charms Carole Howland with the history and beauty of its architecture, museums and rare wildlife.(Travel)
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Byline: Carole Howland
As the boat glides through the green water, birds fly up from the marsh grasses. Two rows of posts with canes wedged in between hold the canal banks intact. Venice, this is not.
The Po Delta Park covers 150,000 acres of fresh and salt water marshes, the same kind of terrain - or lack of it - on which Venice was built, 70 miles to the north.
For centuries the inhabitants of the Po Estuary subsisted by salt-making and eel-fishing, occasionally fending off the Venetians who coveted their salt.
We dock at an old ...
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The Impossible H.L. Mencken: A Selection of His Best Newspaper Stories.
Magazine article from: National Review
; t The Impossible H. L. Mencken: A Selection of His Best Newspaper...LITERARY historians usually think of H. L. Mencken first in connection with The Smart...newspaper work. The Impossible H. L. Mencken is organized thematically, and...
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H.L. Mencken Revisited
Magazine article from: The Freeman
; H. L. Mencken Revisited by William H. A. Williams...journalist. William H. A. Williams's H. L. Mencken Revisited admirably supplies the details...that group of people who are fond of H.L. Mencken's flamboyant writing but know little...
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H. L. Mencken on Religion
Magazine article from: Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
; * H.L. Mencken on Religion. S.T. Joshi, ed. Amherst...Prometheus Books, 2002. 330 pp. $29 hbk. H. L. Mencken's wit remains caustic and current...American Mercury, March 1925]. H.L. Mencken on Religion is a welcome addition to...
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H.L. Mencken: Prose Marvel
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review
; ...newspaper. "Of course," I said. "H. L. Mencken." "Not so," said he, or...was asked, certainly not now. H. L. Mencken has beaten death, or at least...throughout his life, says, "H. L. Mencken and Mark Twain are the most frequently...
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H.L. MENCKEN; Eyeing vigor of 'Baltimore's sage'.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; Byline: William H. Pritchard, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON...chapter of this fine new biography of H.L. Mencken, Terry Teachout quotes a passage...The book is subtitled "A Life of H.L. Mencken," and though it contains first...
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Opinionists ponder H.L. Mencken's lasting relevance.
Magazine article from: The Masthead
; ...Conference of Editorial Writers in H.L. Mencken's home town: "Is Mencken still...retired editorial page editor of H.L. Mencken's old paper. Jenkins actually...s remark. Or to appreciate H.L. Mencken. Unfortunately, Newsday's...
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Profile: Writer H.L. Mencken
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...00-00-0000 Profile: Writer H.L. Mencken Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 11...ALEX CHADWICK, host: Writer H.L. Mencken was mean, sarcastic, grumpy...they are surrounded by idiots, H.L. Mencken is just the ticket. He coined...
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The Diary of H.L. Mencken.
Magazine article from: National Review
; The Diary of H. L. Mencken THERE IS NOTHING surprising in...Charles a. Fecher, author of H. L. Mencken: A Study of His Thought and editor...threaten to rename the club's H. L. Mencken Library. Such is the merest sampling...
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Backstory: H.L. Mencken, 'The Sage of Baltimore,' had a zing bloggers can't touch; The most widely quoted American writer expected it, and even planned it, to be so.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...time in this semicentenary year of H.L. Mencken's passing to review his contributions...Fitzpatrick, the clippings prove that Mencken is "the most frequently quoted...author of "The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken." "Mencken survives because he...
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H. L. Mencken // Editor, Critic, Craftsman, Bigot
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; My Life As Author and Editor By H. L. Mencken. Edited by Jonathan Yardley. Knopf. $27.50. He was the master craftsman. H. L. Mencken was one of the best writers America has ever produced...
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