 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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West museum hosts exhibition on inspiring adventurer ; He was the school dunce who became a hero of Arctic exploration and inspired The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and now an exhibition in Thomas Hearne's home town shows that he has inspired generations of artists too.
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He was the school dunce who became a hero of Arctic exploration
and inspired The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and now an exhibition
in Thomas Hearne's home town shows that he has inspired generations
of artists too.
Hearne, who grew up in Beaminster, Dorset, was the first European
to reach the Arctic Ocean by land, making an extraordinary 1,300
mile trek into the frozen wastes of northern Canada.
Employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, he was hunting for copper,
and the fabled North West Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific.
With the help of native guides, and carrying a 60lb pack, as well ...
 "New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)")
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Figure Of Speech has a 3-0 record over fellow Cambridge stayer Jovial Jock lately but trainer Ross McCarroll has no confidence he can make it four ...
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand)
; Figure Of Speech has a 3-0 record over fellow Cambridge...expect significant improvement. "I believe Figure Of Speech's best footing is the better...only fourth at Ruakaka last start where Figure Of Speech finished second to Cape Kinaveral...
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Figure of Speech.
Magazine article from: What Magazine
; Speech has always been a unique figure within the hip hop world. From the...recent genre-bending solo projects, Speech has stuck to his own path. When Arrested...just doing their own thing. Because Speech never conforms to rap prototypes...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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What did he mean?: A figure of speech, some say of McNabb?s ?black-on-black crime? remark. Others say it fans flames.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
; ...intentionally loaded? Or just a figure of speech? From the streets of Philadelphia...on-black crime." "It's a figure of speech," agreed University...Donovan has the option of using that figure of speech." McNabb's father...
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DUKAKIS MISUSED IRS FIGURES IN SPEECHES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...a statistic he cited in speeches throughout 1986 and as recently...and accurate" to use the figures, which pointed to a 13 percent...treasury. In his current speeches, Dukakis routinely misstates the meaning of another figure. When explaining the 81 percent...knows he is explaining the ...
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Leading Article: Yes, he was a real figure of speech
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...has greeted the news that a speech by Neil Kinnock is to be used...Brussels". And it is a fine speech, the one selected, featuring...music. Nor is it as good a speech as the one hoarsely delivered...Edward Heath and Lord Howe figure in The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches.
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Figure of speech.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(TAKING NAMES)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; Byline: Scott Galupo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Figure of speech Comedian Rowan Atkinson is urging the British government...performers who make religious jokes or satirize religious figures. Explaining his view, Mr. Atkinson said: "I understand...
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Romney: It was a figure of speech.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...civil rights marches he could not have seen. "It's a figure of speech," Romney said Thursday after media inquiries into...presidential contender's statement during his recent religion speech that he watched his father, the late Gov. George Romney...
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Aside from figure of speech, what is this thing called love?
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
; ...breath to the power of 10, 100, 1,000! But then comes the ticklish question: Once you get past the pretty figures of speech, what is this thing called love, anyway? For months, a booklet has been drowning in the litter of my desktop...
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The war on terror is not a figure of speech. It is real
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...country. And the same is true for our ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The war on terror is not a figure of speech. On two fields of battle, it is a shooting war. The only way to win is by going on the offensive - and that's...
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Letters to the Editor: ; Taking up serpents is a figure of speech, not literal
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail
; ...the serpent, Satan? As a Christian, Satan cannot harm you. That is what taking up the serpent means. It is a figure of speech, not literal. Common sense tells me I am going to die. If I stick my hand in a box of poisonous snakes I am going...
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