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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about Beirut
Books
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9-15-2006
The Echo Maker: A Novel By Richard Powers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25)Richard Powers is a novelist of ideas — cerebral, if you will.
Article Excerpts:
...and an American teacher taken hostage in
Beirut
. In Galatea 2.2 (2001), Powers creates an...
Four Things You Should Know About Dave Grohl
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11-1-2007
The Foo Fighters front man has a new album but has kept the same old rock sound — well, sort of. By Kevin RaubUnlike fine wines, most bands do not get better w...
Article Excerpts:
...dog. HEAR IT AND SEE IT: The Flying Club Cup,
Beirut
You were expecting a toothless old...
... a 21-year-old from New Mexico who, at least with
Beirut
, sounds like a much older, sadder traveling man.
...Condon found inspiration in Eastern Europe for
Beirut
’s first album and wandered to France...
Road Wars
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1-15-2008
Not too long ago, in a place not so far, far away, a new road-trip movie joined the five others in this listing.
Article Excerpts:
... New York City , Paris , Ghana ,
Beirut
, and more
He eats seal in a ...
Greg Kinnear's Arizona
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8-15-2001
The star of the upcoming
Dinner with Friends
reflects on his sun-soaked days in Phoenix, Tucson, Scottsdale, and Sedona.
Article Excerpts:
...the Kinnears moved to Washington, D.C., then to
Beirut
and Athens, where a teenage Greg hosted an Armed...
Eternal Hope
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5-1-2003
Comedian Bob Hope turns 100 this month, but his legacy has long since outdistanced time.
Article Excerpts:
...Munda, Alaska, Sicily, Pusan, Da Nang,
Beirut
, Saudi Arabia — and chances are that...
...republic of china 1983: performs in
Beirut
and onboard u.s. navy ships off lebanon 1990: ...
It’s A Bull Market
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6-15-2008
Looking to invest in hot growth companies? One stock exchange is full of them -- and its not in New York.
Article Excerpts:
...symbol for the zimbabwe stock exchange); 2. a,
Beirut
stock exchange; 3. e, trinidad and tobago stock...
Guess Who’s Cooking Dinner?
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7-1-2008
Instead of asking a local Italian for the best place to get Bolognese in Bologna, just make a dinner reservation at her house.
Article Excerpts:
...then when you don’t want French -- in
Beirut
, Bangkok, or Hanoi, for instance -- the top...
Thanks for the Memories
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1-15-2009
I WROTE FOR Time magazine for 22 years, interviewed Fidel Castro four times, traveled with the pope, disco danced with the Italian foreign minister, and was shot at and shelled upon in Lebanon. Now I’m a stepmom. Need I say more?
Article Excerpts:
... Here I had been writing about the marines at the
Beirut
airport while the real story lay in the lives of...