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The Man Who Shaved the Beard Off Poetry: Remembering Kenneth Koch (1925-2002)
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"Tell me not in mournful numbers
`Life is but an empty dream!'..."
So Henry Wadsworth Longfellow began his anthem to the superego, "A Psalm of Life." My fourth grade classmates and I--perhaps you, too--were forced to memorize all nine stanzas. We had no idea what it meant, of course, only that it was "stirring." No one would have thought back then to translate Longfellow's opening lines into 1960s English. Or did nobody dare? Shave the nineteenth-century beard off and Longfellow is pleading: "Don't bum me out with another awful poem."
Our textbooks were full of "mournful numbers"--dirges by ...
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CANAAN TO SPEND REST OF LIFE IN PRISON
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press
; ...prison. For convicted killer Keith B. Canaan, the agreement means he won't die by...Once in the general prison population, Canaan will have educational, work and recreation...has been denied, his attorney said. Canaan agreed Tuesday to serve 160 years in prison...
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Canaan Energy -- Investor Success Story.
News Wire article from: PrimeZone Media Network
; ...CITY, April 29, 2002 The announcement of Canaan Energy Corp's (Nasdaq:KNAN) agreement...culmination of a long term growth strategy for Canaan, an Oklahoma City based energy company. The price of Canaan's common stock has risen dramatically...
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Canaan adopts shareholder rights plan
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record
; OKLAHOMA CITY (JR) -- Canaan Energy's board of directors on Thursday...unsolicited tender offer to acquire Canaan for $12 per share. Under the plan...purchase rights will be distributed to Canaan Energy shareholders. The shareholder...
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Canaan Partners Launches $500 Million Equity Fund.
Business Wire
; ...Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999 Canaan Partners, a national venture capital investment...equity fund in the amount of $500 million. Called Canaan Equity II, the fund is Canaan's fifth to date. With this fund, Canaan now...
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Chesapeake buys Canaan Energy for $118 million
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record
; ...has reached an agreement to acquire Canaan Energy for $118 million, it was announced Monday. The announcement sent Canaan's stock soaring 28 percent on Monday...3.89. Before Monday's surge, Canaan's 52- week high was $14.50...
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Canaan to buy back shares from Indian Oil investors
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record
; Canaan Energy plans to buy back more than 560,000 shares, or 11 percent...stock from three former shareholders of Indian Oil, acquired by Canaan in October 2000. Canaan officials said Chesapeake Energy had expressed interest in the stock...
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Canaan Partners Appoints Former Yahoo! and Symantec Executive, Sharad Sharma, as Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
News Wire article from: PRWeb
; ...California, May 27, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Canaan Partners (www.canaan.com), a multibillion-dollar global venture...infrastructure markets and will help strengthen Canaan's global presence and focus on the Cloud Computing...
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Canaan Energy adopts shareholder rights plan
Newspaper article from: THE JOURNAL RECORD
; Canaan Energy's board of directors on Thursday...made an unsolicited tender offer to acquire Canaan for $12 per share. Under the plan, preferred...stock purchase rights will be distributed to Canaan Energy shareholders. The shareholder rights...
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Canaan Energy Corporation Announces Financial Results for 2000.
News Wire article from: PrimeZone Media Network
; OKLAHOMA CITY, March 27, 2001 Canaan Energy Corporation ("Canaan") (Nasdaq:KNAN) today announced financial results...December 31, 2000 For the year ended December 31, 2000, Canaan reported net earnings of $2.0 million, or $0...
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Canaan Partners Names Wende Hutton General Partner.
PR Newswire
; ...Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Canaan Partners, a $2.4 billion global venture...a General Partner. Ms. Hutton joined Canaan in March, 2004 and has helped lead investments...IPO) of 2006. "In her three years at Canaan, Wende has demonstrated excellent leadership...
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