Is it my imagination, or did Barack Obama win a Grammy?
Why yes. Yes, he did:
He also won in 2006, also for a book. What did Hillary ever win? Well, she won one in 1997, also for a book. Bill has one. So does Jimmy Carter. They're all at it. All except George W. Bush, needless to say.
So I guess the moral is: Amy, don't make too much of it, hon. It's good, but it's not all that good.
Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Last year, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking our readers for their own six-word memoirs. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”) and hilarious (“I like big butts, can’t lie”).
Try making up your own. It's harder than it looks.
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Here's what the world would look like if the land were water, and the water land.
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Valeriya
Roberto Carlos
Modern Talking
Mireille Mathieu
Michiya Mihashi
Johnny Hallyday
Gheorghe Zamfir
Dalida
Adriano Celentano
Wei Wei
Tino Rossi
Alla Pugacheva
A. R. Rahman
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February 4, 2008
The extreme degree to which Voltaire was hated by the great men of his era is surprising--hated even by the likes of Mozart, who wrote to his father after Voltaire's death, "the arch-scoundrel Voltaire has finally kicked the bucket."
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Some readers, and a fair few rival children's authors, might have been glad to see the back of the boy wizard, but a teary-eyed JK Rowling yesterday confessed to terrible anguish at parting company with Harry Potter. Collecting an award for outstanding achievement, she told the audience of her awful distress at bidding farewell to her world-beating fictional offspring.
Rowling grieves for lost wizard | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Books
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Our effort is to identify a worldview of 18 year-olds in the fall of 2007. We take a risk in some cases of making generalizations, particularly given that our students at Beloit College for instance come from every state and scores of nations.
The "Class of 2011" refers to students entering college this year. They are generally 18 which suggests they were born in 1989.
The list identifies the experiences and event horizons of students as they commence higher education and is not meant to reflect on their preparatory education.
Here's how the future turned out:
In October 2040, the human population of Earth was ravaged by a genetically-modified or super-virulent disease.
In September 2048, irresponsible human behaviour finally caused a catastrophic change in the global climate.
In December 2062, Mutual Assured Destruction fulfilled its promise, and nuclear war took place.
In May 2075, society broke down due to pollution and the wastage of natural resources.
Finally, in August 2110, Earth was taken over by creatures from another world, attracted here by the broadcast of the powerful message "Jai guru deva om" which nobody on Earth had understood.
Man's salvation came not a moment too soon.
The above version of events is based on the computations of the multiple Doomsday clocks at Impending Doom. We have no reason to believe they are not entirely accurate.
