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Suffragette Rebecca Eastman wrote articles, fiction, and drama for a host of publications at the turn of the century. Her work was largely forgotten, save her novel The Big Little Person, which became a silent film in 1919. Eastman’s story “The Girl with Henna Hair” appeared in the Post in 1919, and its witty treatment …
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When was the last time you really got to know your hometown? Instead of traveling to far-flung places, try loca-tourism. Pack your next four-day weekend with special places to eat, learn, and play within 100 miles of home. “No airports, no TSA, no exchange rates, and huge savings,” points out travel writer Betsa Marsh. Here’s …
Click:vanilla prepaid card balance “Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.” – Jorge Luis Borges Brazil´s presidential elections next month will be one of the biggest tests the country´s democracy has ever faced. Aside from choosing the country´s president, the members of the lower …
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump positioned himself as an outsider who’d shake up Washington. He claimed that only he could fix long-standing problems that politicians had ignored. One of those issues was the U.S.’s intractable relationship with North Korea. Trump saw it as a battle between two men instead of two countries’ geopolitical differences. …
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This self-guided itinerary spans Kennebunkport to Bar Harbor, touring you through vibrant autumn landscapes and quaint New England towns and ending each day at a luxury inn. The inns featured in this tour are considered some of Maine’s finest and are renowned for their lavish accommodations, multi-course gourmet breakfasts, and friendly innkeepers who provide insider …
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The Conservative government in Britain led by Theresa May faces deep divisions over Brexit, so deep indeed that its very survival even in the short term cannot be assured. For much of the past two years, its ability to remain upright has owed much to its ability to cast the opposition, a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour …
“You can head out, Dolores,” said Doctor Omar Haddad. “I’ll lock up tonight.” The little bell over the door jingled and the pneumatic hinge hissed as his secretary left the office for the strip mall parking lot. He straightened out the plastic model spine hanging from its thin silver stand. He covered the headrest on …
A wall with the logo and slogans of the Islamic State that unknown people tried to erase. Mosul, Iraq, 9 May 2017. Picture by Jan Kuhlmann/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved. The Middle East and North Africa is a competitive, fragmented and highly penetrated regional system. However, it is a place that lacks a security system …
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Forbes has just released its annual list of the top 100 highest paid athletes in the world, and for the first time, it doesn’t include any women. Tennis legend Serena Williams was the only female on the list last year, ranking No. 51 with $27 million in earnings. But Williams took an absence from the …
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Originally published November 30, 1963 Every night, before he went to sleep, he saw a parade passing right before his eyelids. There was the public librarian, and Mr. Cain of Cain’s Dime Store, and his boss down at the shipyards and the town drunk and the preacher. Everyone in Balton was there, smiling gently and …
