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Arts Etc: Books - They are a mob. We are a band of disciplined troops Brute force: AC Grayling on a timely, if rather triumphalist, study of conflict; Why the West Has Won By Victor Davis Hanson FABER pounds 20
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On the 11th day of October 732AD, Islamic warriors reached the
northernmost point of their invasion of Europe - the road between
Poitiers and Tours, less than 200 miles south of Paris. As Gibbon
observed in pondering that fateful day, if they had been allowed to
travel as far again as the distance they had already covered from
Gibraltar, the Muslim armies would have reached Scotland or Poland;
in which case, he mused, the Koran "would now be taught in the
schools of Oxford, whose pupils might...
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EU says gunmen to leave Cyprus free men
Jerusalem Post
; 00-00-0000 Headline: EU says gunmen to leave Cyprus free men Byline: Reuters Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 02 Sunday, May 12, 2002 -- LARNACA - The EU Middle East envoy said yesterday that 13 Palestinian militants flown to Cyprus ...
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When worlds collide, it's Tiffany to the rescue in Pratchett's latest children's fantasy.
The Washington Post
; THE WEE FREE MEN By Terry Pratchett HarperCollins. 263 pp. $16.99 Last year Terry Pratchett won Britain's Carnegie Medal for the best children's book of the year. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents focused on the adventures of its clever hero, a feline con artist who runs a Pied Piper
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Free men; Phil Sorensen, Greenville
Concord Monitor
; Free men Greetings from Belgium: Although we are legal residents of New Hampshire, my partner and I moved to Belgium in 1996 and are working at NATO. On Oct. 1, 2004, Belgium legalized same-sex marriages of non- Belgian origin. On Oct. 9, we were wed at city hall in Enghien, Belgium, by the mayor
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Two facing gallows walk out free men
New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 07-19-2006 Two facing gallows walk out free men Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section SHAH ALAM: A security guard and a car salesman initially faced the gallows for the murder of an Indonesian mechanic earlier this year. Alias Mohd Isa and Sulaiman Mohamad were jointly
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Sony taking a 'Free' ride.(Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. making "The Wee Free Men" movie)(Brief Article)
Daily Variety
; Sam Raimi will direct The Wee Free Men, an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's bestselling young-adult novel. Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the book and set Pamela Pettler to write the script. Raimi and Josh Donen will produce through their Sony-based company, along with Created By's Vince
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DeLay: Replacing Tyranny with Democracy; House Honors the Free Men and Women of Iraq
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today spoke out on the floor of the House of Representatives to honor the Iraqi men and women who risked their lives to vote in Sunday's elections. Below are excerpts from his remarks. "The victory of human freedom over
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No fool like an old..; The Kairdiff Kid.(Comment)
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; Byline: Dan O'Neill Let me confess. Let me recant. Let me admit that I was wrong wrong yeah, thrice wrong. On this page, I've frequently insulted a great man, probably out of envy, petty spite and general nastiness. I am ashamed to say I actually referred to him with unforgivable lack of respect
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Songs of Free Men
Fresh Air (NPR)
; 00-00-0000 TERRY GROSS, HOST: Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great African American singer, actor, and political activist Paul Robeson. He died in 1976, a largely forgotten victim of Cold War politics. He's now being rediscovered. His films are being shown on TV and in theaters
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Book Review: God's Crucible: Spotlight on an age of darkness
Scotland on Sunday
; David Levering Lewis W W Norton & Co, GBP 17.99 THE Dark Ages is one of history's most persistent myths. In the popular imagination, from the Fall of the Roman Empire through to the first glimmerings of the Renaissance, civilisation itself ebbed. As the American children's author Howard Pyle wrote,
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