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    Chargers running game hobbled by poor blocking, penalties:  Dec 2, 2008
    Like they're John Steinbeck or Ernest Hemingway or some other literary icon. LMAO. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)

    Plimpton Revisited  Dec 2, 2008
    Plimpton not only acted as editor and chief fundraiser for the Review (the Aga Khan was one of his moneybags) but reported and wrote some of its more memorable pieces, including one he did with Ernest Hemingway at his finca outside Havana. He once told me how that interview came about. (Forbes -- Business)

    All is not 'lost'  Nov 30, 2008
    It all began in a quotation Ernest Hemingway attributed to his Paris patron, the poet and salonkeeper Gertrude Stein. On the title page of his novel "The Sun Also Rises," published in 1926, he quoted her saying to her circle of creatively disaffected writers, artists and intellectuals in the aftermath of World War I, "You are all a lost generation.". (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)

    How to Purchase Fashionable Gifts f...  Nov 28, 2008
    These are the notebooks that Ernest Hemingway and Henri Matisse preferred. Most Moleskine notebooks have black covers, except for the Volant Notebooks which come in blue, green or pink (the covers of these are a bit thinner. (Suite101.com)

    • What's a south-central Idahoan gotta do to be famed?  Nov 28, 2008
    Among the missing are Ernest Hemingway, former FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt ("Deep Throat") of Twin Falls, the late Nev. Gov. Grant Sawyer of Twin Falls (he set up the Nevada Gaming Commission and desegregated the state's casinos), rockers Gary Puckett and Doug Martsch of Twin Falls and Nikki Sixx of Jerome, TV journalist Lou Dobbs of Rupert, Olympic gold medal-winning skier Gretchen Fraser of Sun Valley, former Metropolitan Opera soprano Joyce Guyer of Twin Falls, and ex-Internal Revenue... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    LETTER: People aren't prevented from discussing religion  Nov 27, 2008
    HeinekenMan wrote on Nov 26, 2008 8:08 AM:" Medic,I don't know how this became so heated. But I want to reply to you. You linked Hitler to atheism. You do this sort of thing often. You pick out one bad apple from an entire apple forest and think that makes the lot of them poisoned.Let me give you the names of some others who many believe were atheists. Some are self-professed, others made statements alluding to such, still others were strongly rumored to be atheists but kept their views private... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    October Films and Nobel Media Announce First Commission of Nobel Documentary  Nov 27, 2008
    "Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. The Nobel Prize in Literature has celebrated the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds, from William Butler Yeats (1923), Ernest Hemingway (1954), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1982) and Orhan Pamuk (2006).The documentary is commissioned by Tamzen Isacsson, Head of Production and Distribution at Nobel Media and executive... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Learn All About Ernest Hemingway Through the People Who Knew Him -- New Book Discusses Varied People the Author Knew Were Involved With the Legendary Hemingway  Nov 26, 2008
    This proved true with the real-life experience of author David Nuffer as he discovers about the great Ernest Hemingway and the kind of life he lived. Know the person behind the legendary Hemingway as Xlibris releases Nuffer's new book The Best Friend I Ever Had: Revelations about Ernest Hemingway from those who knew him ... A work reflecting life itself, The Best Friend I Ever Had talks about the people Nuffer has known for the past thirty years - notably people who knew the legendary Ernest... (Primezone Releases)

    Another great book by outdoor writer Lefty Krey  Nov 23, 2008
    -- Lefty's trip to Cuba in 1959, where he fished with Fidel Castro and Ernest Hemingway. -- And one of my favorite stories is Lefty's relationship with the legendary Red Sox player Ted Williams. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Tant: 'Great War' vet offers up advice  Nov 22, 2008
    Let us hope this nation and this world might yet learn the lesson from World War I that was elucidated so well by the novelist Ernest Hemingway: "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.". Ed Tant has been an Athens writer since 1974. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Anthony Tarracino, essence of eccentric Key West, 92  Nov 17, 2008
    It was set on the original site of Sloppy Joe's Saloon, which was the favorite watering hole of Ernest Hemingway when he lived in Key West in the 1930s. A huge tree grows in the center of the tavern and disappears through the roof. (Boston Globe)

    IN MY LIBRARY  Nov 16, 2008
    "You can draw on characters from literature to help." The Old Manand the Seaby Ernest Hemingway I was the only person in my English class who really liked it. Even my teacher wasn't a fan. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    A beach cottage with a literary past  Nov 15, 2008
    GREAT AUTHORS GAZED FROM THE PORCHMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings' guests over the years included literary legends Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, Zora Neale Hurston and Dylan Thomas ... GREAT AUTHORS GAZED FROM THE PORCHMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings' guests over the years included literary legends Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, Zora Neale Hurston and Dylan Thomas ... Ernest Hemingway looked out from this panoramic perch. (Florida Times-Union)

    'The Sopranos' family remains connected  Nov 13, 2008
    Gandolfini has a voice role in "Where the Wild Things Are," a Maurice Sendak children's story adapted by director Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggers, and he is attached to a movie about Ernest Hemingway in which he'll play Hemingway. That I'll have to see to believe. (Boston Globe)

    REQUIRED READING  Nov 9, 2008
    Plus, there are even celebs of the day - Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Roosevelt, both on safari. Michelle: A Biography. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    It 'speaks to your very gizzard'  Nov 8, 2008
    The novel has schooled all subsequent war writers in these matters, including Stephen Crane and Ernest Hemingway. War is hell in it, but hell has benefits for those who must go there. (Globe and Mail)

    Non Alcoholic Cocktail Drinks  Nov 6, 2008
    Many famous people have given their names to cocktails, such as Ernest Hemingway and Marjorie King (the Margarita), but who better to name a mocktail after than the iconic child star, Shirley Temple. 3 measures of very cold lemon or lime soda. (Suite101.com)

    23 secret beach retreats  Oct 31, 2008
    $7 online stock trades. Travel + Leisure spotlights affordable, up-and-coming seaside retreats. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    * Viewers in the driving seat  Oct 31, 2008
    Petrov seeks inspiration from literary greats such as Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Ivan Turgenev. Amalgamating the classical ethos with stupendous imagination and visual splendor, his sublime art leaves an indelible impression on viewers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Local literati rate candidates' reading lists  Oct 31, 2008
    Among John McCain's favorite books, culled from news reports, are "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway, "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque and Edward Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.". According to Barack Obama's Facebook profile, his favorite books include "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison, "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance.". (San Francisco Chronicle)

    A Secret Cellar the Feds Couldn't Find  Oct 29, 2008
    Famous faces, like Ernest Hemingway, Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra were regulars, and even Hollywood has captured its glamorous appeal over the years in films like "Wall Street.". But it wasn't all good times and glamour for 21 Club. (ABC News)

    SHELF LIFE - New look at Missoula Public Library  Oct 27, 2008
    The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, read by William Hurt ... If you're looking to revisit a classic on your next road trip or daily commute, don't miss Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt's narration of Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises. (Missoulian, MT)

    EXCERPT:  'The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life'  Oct 23, 2008
    Here amid the lacy pines and shimmering aspens lay Sun Valley, the mountains' most fabled resort, where Ernest Hemingway began writing For Whom the Bell Tolls, where Olympic skiers and skaters had long made their second home. The tide of families they were joining this Tuesday afternoon all had some connection to Allen & Co., a boutique investment bank that specialized in the media and communications industries. (USA Today -- Money)

    A storied history  Oct 19, 2008
    The killing prompted a political transformation within Dos Passos, as he veered rightward, causing a deep split with his friend Ernest Hemingway. Dos Passos became a writer of nationalistic themes and a Republican, who at the end of his life praised President Nixon's extension of the Vietnam conflict into Cambodia. (Boston Globe)

    Writers find inspiration in Kerouac's home  Oct 18, 2008
    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' north Florida home is now part of a state park and tourists still pay homage to Ernest Hemingway at his home in Key West, with its famed six-toed cats. Still, Kerouac's quaint home in the College Park neighborhood first carved from orange groves and farmland in the early 1900s stands in stark contrast to images many outsiders would associate with Orlando's outskirts: theme parks and prefabricated perfection. (MSNBC -- News)

    Passchendaele  Oct 17, 2008
    Specifically, Gross's script suggests the influence of another chronicler of Great War disillusionment, Ernest Hemingway. Michael's shattered return home to uncomprehending friends and neighbours echoes Hemingway's short story Soldier's Home. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall  Oct 13, 2008
    To Have and Have Not was based on a book by Ernest Hemingway. In 1946, they made the film The Big Sleep; Bogart played private detective Philip Marlow in the film. (Suite101.com)

    Charting the long outdoors life of Lefty Kreh (Yesterday)  Oct 13, 2008
    In "My Life," Kreh recounts his days fishing in pre- and post-revolutionary Cuba with Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro. "Hemingway was really a nice guy," said Kreh, "and we really believed Castro would not have gone communist if [the United States] had helped him.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)

    Local author releases second book  Oct 8, 2008
    Jordan said he admires famous author, Ernest Hemingway, for his journalistic yet thought-provoking style of writing. He sees his writing style patterned after him. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    The BIG Read  Oct 5, 2008
    Free copies of the book "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway will be available along with discussion materials. "The Big Read offers our community a wonderful opportunity to, first of all, read classic literature they wouldn't normally read, and it's connecting people from all age groups, giving people a common focus," said Amber Kent, the library's programs coordinator and grants officer. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)

    Nobel literature head: U.S. too insular to compete  Oct 4, 2008
    Other American winners include Saul Bellow, John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemingway. As permanent secretary, Engdahl is a voting member of and spokesman for the secretive panel that selects the winners of what many consider the most prestigious award in literature. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Karsh exhibit stresses greatness over spirit  Sep 24, 2008
    (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts) A Yousuf Karsh photo of Ernest Hemingway. Karsh 100: A Biography in Images. (Boston Globe)

    Roald Dahl Biography  Sep 24, 2008
    His first short stories, collected as Over to You in 1946, based on his wartime experiences in the Royal Air Force, influenced by Ernest Hemingway. His stories have unexpected endings and strange atmospheres. (Suite101.com)

    Hemingway, Cuba, mojitosThe three combine for the annual Ernest Hemingway Festival starting Thursday  Sep 24, 2008
    Ketchum Step off Ketchum's Main Street into the Tropicana on Friday night when the nexStage Theatre is transformed into a Cuban nightclub like that once frequented by Ernest Hemingway, Nat King Cole, Carmen Miranda and Jimmy Durante ... It's all part of the fourth annual Ernest Hemingway Festival that takes place Thursday through Sunday in Ketchum and Sun Valley. (Wood River Journal, ID)

    Tips for Writing Submissions to Edi...  Sep 22, 2008
    Sentences: Ernest Hemingway had one special tip for writers of all ages keep the sentences short. A convoluted first sentence will only irritate a busy editor whereas short crisp sentences will get the story, filler piece or article off to a good start and the editor will quickly see where the piece is going. (Suite101.com)

    Dinner, From Hook to Fork  Sep 20, 2008
    No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in, Ernest Hemingway once observed in a self-critique of his classic novella The Old Man and the Sea. I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea, and a real fish and real sharks. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    Kalima Invites Americans to Nominate US Literature for Translation into Arabic  Sep 19, 2008
    In that light, it is noteworthy to mention that the complete works of great American writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulknerare inaccessible to Arab readers, added Dr. Tamim. These writers paint a vivid picture of the trials and triumphs of life in America, and by putting works like these into the hands of Arab readers, we are restoring ancient bridges between our two cultures. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    On the Shelves -- Banned Books Week is back  Sep 18, 2008
    Boston s reputation as an intolerant spot for cutting-edge material is apparently well-deserved, as several classics have, at one time, been banned in Boston, including Ernest Hemingway s A Farewell to Arms and Theodore Dreiser s An American Tragedy. Margaret Mitchell s Gone With the Wind was opposed in 1978 in Anaheim, Calif. (Scituate Mariner, MA)

    Sculpture for the fallen  Sep 11, 2008
    His statue of author Ernest Hemingway stands in front of the Key West Museum of Art and History in Florida; four bronze life-size figures stand on 50 tons of Vermont granite at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y.; and his "Angel of Maryes Heights" is the focal point at the entrance to the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg. He also created a 9-foot-tall likeness of John Phillip Sousa at the entrance to the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington, D.C. He is currently working... (The Delaware County Times, PA)

    What’s your story?  Sep 10, 2008
    Unlike most of today s best-sellers, which spend hundreds of pages chronicling life s adventures, my memoirs resemble one of Ernest Hemingway s stories. According to Smith magazine, Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    Secret service  Sep 7, 2008
    s, having an affair with Marsh's wife; Ernest Hemingway, thrown into Dahl's lap because they're both writers, making a nuisance of himself during the invasion of Europe. "The Irregulars" will appeal to the reader interested in the subtleties of World War II spycraft as practiced by Britain on her chief ally, the social swirl of wartime Washington, Dahl's writing and his amorous adventures, or new vignettes about some of the famous old warhorses of American politics and letters, circa 1942. (Boston Globe)

    Nevada High School impresses visiting teacher from Nigeria  Sep 5, 2008
    Among the works of literature she has explored with her students are Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant of Venice." Some of her students have also read Ernest Hemingway, whose short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is set in Africa. Isiyalu explained that at the senior level, Nigerian students are required to read both African and non-African writers. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)

    Envious Connection: Book sheds light on Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald  Sep 4, 2008
    The 48-year-old Northern Illinois University literature professor just published a book about a similar trend found in books written by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald involving their roles in World War I or lack thereof. As you look at the biographies of the writers, they were all frustrated in their military ambitions, Gandal said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    For the love of soccer and money  Sep 4, 2008
    Scott Fitzgerald said the rich were different but Ernest Hemingway said they were only different because they had more money. The curious thing about the petro-rich is that their ambition is pathetic and a bit hopeless: They just want to be loved. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    X marks the spot in chiasmus  Sep 3, 2008
    Ernest Hemingway was fond of asking people which of these two statements they preferred: "Man can be destroyed but not defeated," or "Man can be defeated but not destroyed.". Chiasmus can also be employed as a form of wit. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    Books tells story of Bacardi rum and Cuba  Aug 27, 2008
    Ernest Hemingway often mentioned Bacardi in his novels. Eager to export to the American market without import duties, the company set up a distillery in Puerto Rico in 1936. (The Trentonian, NJ)

    New Must-Have Florida Travel Book  Aug 26, 2008
    Busts of those influencial in shaping Key West include American tycoon and railroad developer Henry Flagler, author Ernest Hemingway and President Harry S. Truman. A Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials: Don't Plan a Florida Vacation Without It. (Suite101.com)

    Madison romance writer courts publishing success  Aug 25, 2008
    She has read enough Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway to know she does not want to write depressing stories like theirs. She prefers the happy endings of romance novels. (AL.com)

    Saving a piece of black history: Foundation working to restore historic Arkansas Baptist church  Aug 24, 2008
    To jog the process, the foundation is working with preservationist Ruth Hawkins of Arkansas State University, who successfully led efforts to save an Ernest Hemingway haunt in Piggott, a Depression-era meeting place for black and white farmers in Tyronza and a historic plantation home in Lakeport. Hawkins, director of the Delta Heritage Initiatives, proposes a three-way collaboration with the foundation, and Arkansas State and Southern Financial Partners, a community development group. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    25 Things You Might Not Know About McCain  Aug 23, 2008
    His favorite book is "For Whom the Bell Tolls," by Ernest Hemingway. 6. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)

    Haiku Nation  Aug 23, 2008
    Co-editor Larry Smith, who founded Smith magazine and signs his e-mails "Big hair, big heart, big hurry," says the collection was inspired by a six-word story Ernest Hemingway allegedly produced on a dare: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn.". A second six-word collection, on love and heartbreak, will be out in January, followed by an edition of teen submissions. (Time.com)

    Writers On The Rocks  Aug 20, 2008
    From David Carr to Augusten Burroughs, writers today seem as committed to not drinking as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald once celebrated their alcoholism, both in real life and on the page. So has the literary lush all but dried out. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Kafka himself gets a Metamorphosis  Aug 19, 2008
    Ernest Hemingway, a beloved, swashbuckling figure in his day, would later fall out of favor for a time as a chauvinist. Now it's Kafka's turn. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    CNN readers tell their stories  Aug 16, 2008
    These examples of "flash fiction" are based on a story by Ernest Hemingway ... Ernest Hemingway: The granddaddy of "flash fiction" ... Not wanting to miss out on this online phenomenon and eager to showcase some new talent, CNN's Spirit of asked readers to come up with their based on a "flash fiction" classic from Ernest Hemingway. (CNN -- International)

    Got 48 hours? How to spend it in the Windy City  Aug 16, 2008
    2 p.m. Visit and tour the Victorian home where author Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 ... 3:30 p.m. Stroll to the Ernest Hemingway Museum and enjoy temporary and permanent exhibitions comprised of memorabilia related to the author's life and career before heading back to the Loop. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Cooking up some stories - the famous US WWII spies revealed  Aug 15, 2008
    Other public figures confirmed as former OSS spies are former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg; Kermit Roosevelt, the son of former President Theodore Roosevelt; John Hemingway, son of the author Ernest Hemingway; the movie director John Ford; and Miles Copeland, the father of Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the rock band The Police. Elizabeth McIntosh, a 93-year-old former OSS agent now living in Woodbridge, Virginia, praised the release of the documents. (BBC News)

    Moleskine Introductions: 2009 Planners, City Notebooks & Blogs, Journals and Special Editions  Aug 15, 2008
    About Moleskine(R) Moleskine(R) is the legendary notebook used for the past two centuries by great artists and thinkers, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin. Their trusty, pocket-sized travel companions held sketches, notes, stories, and ideas before they became famous images or beloved books. (PR Newswire)

    Have keyboard, will publish  Aug 15, 2008
    Yes, a lot of sites offer lists of famous authors who have published themselves starting with Margaret Atwood and working their way through William Blake, Lord Byron, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound to Virginia Woolf. But that means nothing if you don't already have a reputation (Ferlinghetti, for instance, was a co-founder of City Lights Booksellers and Publishers in San Francisco, which became a Mecca for Beat poets and provided him with enough of a living from selling... (Globe and Mail)

    Long-held secret CIA files identify nearly 24,000 spies from WWII era  Aug 14, 2008
    Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt, and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police. Untitled Document. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Julia Child among spies for U.S.  Aug 14, 2008
    Other notables identified include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt, sons of President Theodore Roosevelt; and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police. The release of the OSS personnel files uncloaks one of the last secrets from the short-lived wartime intelligence agency, which for the most part later was folded into the CIA after President Harry Truman disbanded it in 1945. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Former Spies Include Famous Celebrities  Aug 14, 2008
    Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway,son of author Ernest Hemingway; Kermit Roosevelt, son of PresidentTheodore Roosevelt; and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland,drummer for the band The Police. Some of those on the list have been identified previously ashaving worked for the OSS, but their personnel records never havebeen available before. (FOX23 News, NY)

    Taking your Children to Paris  Aug 13, 2008
    Ernest Hemingway spent some time in the Jardin du Luxembourg; now you can spend time with him or at least with his wax likeness. Eiffel Tower. (Suite101.com)

    Secrets of storytelling  Aug 6, 2008
    American writer Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in six words ... The great American writer Ernest Hemingway despised this kind of flabby, indulgent storytelling ... Ernest Hemingway famously wrote a story in just six words: "For sale: Baby shoes, Never worn." Do you think you could match his efforts. (CNN -- International)

    HENSHAW / This Buds not for you  Aug 5, 2008
    But that was then and this is now and I have given up beer as well as the 6-to-1 martini since realizing that, in the words of Ernest Hemingway, they mount swiftly to my head. Hell, after 60-odd years, even golfers hang them up. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)

    Bear's death and theUS way of banking  Jul 31, 2008
    To paraphrase the famous exchange between F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, the rich really are different; their cell phone calls are a lot more interesting than. Continued 1. (Asia Times Online)

    How Reading Transforms Lives  Jul 31, 2008
    Review: The Book That Changed My Life. Books have the capacity to change lives. (Suite101.com)

    Virgin of El Cobre draws Cubans of all descriptions  Jul 28, 2008
    Also in storage is the medallion Ernest Hemingway received when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. It was stolen in 1986 but the police recovered it days later. (International Herald Tribune)

    Bush should not pardon disgraced track star Marion Jones  Jul 26, 2008
    wrote on Jul 25, 2008 11:18 AM:" The 'discussion' I see has once again degenerated into petty nasty squabble but hey -- that IS after all the true essence of an American presidential campaign! 'Socialist' is once more flung as a pejorative hardly assumed much worse (even worse?) than 'serial killer' or mother raper or FATHER raper -- re: Arlo Guthrie's 'back bench.' Nixon as more 'honorable' than Clinton -- NOW that's a scrabble for the dirtiest pile! Nixon merely subverted the US constitution... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    This Cuban library lends DVDs about state torture  Jul 25, 2008
    THE ERNEST HEMINGWAY LIBRARY: Thats what Carlos Serpa, a government critic, calls his home library in Isla de la Juventud, Cuba ... "My library is called the Ernest Hemingway Library," he says puffing out his chest. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Hiking Kilimanjaro for Alzheimer's  Jul 23, 2008
    The mountain that Ernest Hemingway immortalized in The Snows of Kilimanjaro has been the mainstay of a for thirty years ... Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories, (Toronto: Scribner, 2003) page 27. (Suite101.com)

    Infotainment  Jul 22, 2008
    A white-bearded Florida man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, a highlight of a festival that ended Sunday honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author. Tom Grizzard, 69, of Leesburg bested 141 other contenders in the competition at Sloppy Joes Bar, Hemingways favorite watering hole. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest  Jul 22, 2008
    - A white-bearded Florida man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, a highlight of a festival that ended Sunday honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author ... Ernest Hemingway's grandson Edward Hemingway, a writer and illustrator who showcased his new children's book at the festival, said he thought Hemingway Days would appeal to his late grandfather ... During his 10-year residence on the island, Ernest Hemingway penned literary classics including "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "The Snows... (AZCentral -- News)

    Did Hemingway Look Like This Guy?  Jul 21, 2008
    Tom Grizzard has won the Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, the highlight of a festival honoring the late Nobel Prize-winning author. The 69-year-old Floridian is an eight-time contender at Sloppy Joe's Bar, Hemingway's favorite watering hole when he lived in Key West throughout the 1930s. (KFOXTV.com, TX)

    Arkansas sparkles  Jul 20, 2008
    The Pfeiffer family of Piggott turned a barn into a writing studio for the man their daughter, Pauline, married, a fellow by the name of Ernest Hemingway. He wrote portions of A Farewell to Arms there. (Florida Times-Union)

    JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN: Insta-contact becoming neo-language  Jul 20, 2008
    Language changing faster than you realize. Things much different than even five years ago. (The Trentonian, NJ)

    Hollywood's saviours  Jul 20, 2008
    Ernest Hemingway once said that the best way to deal with Hollywood is this: 'You drive up to the California border in the dead of night and toss your script over the fence. They throw back a big bag full of cash. (India Times, India)

    Keach playing gruff guy again in ‘Meteor' ... Taft to send Nelson's family to Olympics ... Marvine Tashjian holds an example of a plaque that will be part of the Oilworkers Monument organizers hope to dedicate at the 2010 Oildorado celebration. ... Water rates not going up--for now ... City balances draft budget ... City may get a new motel ... Free day of fun for entire family ... On location ... Finishing touches being added to TC Library ... Amy Smith of the Kern Community Foundation presents a $2,000 check to the Fort Preservation Society. Executive director Edith Laurin and board president Randy Miller accept the grant. The Fort recently obtained three light standards from Taft College and the money will be used to purchase lights for the front and rear parking lots. ... Water district settles contract with union ... USFS discovers pot in Santiaga Canyon area ... Madsen more than equal to a step up in competiton ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Saturday, July 19, 2008 Keach playing gruff guy again in ‘Meteor'  Jul 19, 2008
    Besides his Mike Hammer private eye role, his television credits include Prison Break, several sitcoms including Titus, and his Golden Globe winning performance in the Ernest Hemingway miniseries. He began his big screen career in 1968 in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. (Taft Daily Midway Driller, CA)

    No comments posted.  Jul 14, 2008
    When Ernest Hemingway came face to face with his own mortality and realized his strength, courage, determination, and fighting spirit were of no avail, he killed himself. One hates to sound like a preacher, but that is what I am and have been for over 54 years, and so I think like one and talk like one, and what is more I remember things like one. (Thomaston Times, GA)

    From fibs to great fiction  Jul 13, 2008
    The narrator, a closet Jew, plagiarises a story in an effort to win a literary competition where the prize is a private audience with Ernest Hemingway ... It felt significant that several of his literary idols - including Norman Mailer, Ernest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarque and James Jones - had served in the military. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Pamplona's Half-Ton Bulls Run  Jul 7, 2008
    The event is part of Pamplona's annual San Fermin festival, popularized by the writings of the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway. Things got chaotic when the six half-ton bulls got separated. (KFOXTV.com, TX)

    Thousands celebrate beginning of Pamplona's running of the bulls festival  Jul 6, 2008
    The mood and tradition was made famous in 1926 by Ernest Hemingway in his novel "The Sun Also Rises.". Most revelers sported traditional white pants and shirts with a red neckerchief tied at the front. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)

    America's Original Superstar  Jul 4, 2008
    News in the form of edgy drollery may seem a brave new thing, but it can all be traced back to one source, the man Ernest Hemingway said all of modern American literature could be traced back to: Mark Twain. Oh, that old cracker-barrel guy, you may say. (Time.com)

    Crime Movie: The Killers (1964)  Jul 2, 2008
    Based on a Story by Ernest Hemingway. The Killers was based on the Ernest Hemingway short story of the same name which first appeared in his 1927 book, Men Without Women ... Officially titled Ernest Hemingway's The Killers (though it bore little resemblance to the original Hemingway story), the 1964 remake was written by Gene L. Coon. (Suite101.com)

    Video makes final cut  Jun 25, 2008
    The girls had their share of bloopers Gorham called the school Ernestway instead of Ernest Hemingway. And the three found out second-graders aren't the easiest people to direct even Gorham's little sister wouldn't follow directions, they said. (Wood River Journal, ID)

    wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald  Jun 24, 2008
    As you can see the girl, of course, represents that inhibited attraction that all men show to a wild + beautiful woman". The greyer a mans life is the more it comes out. But if I d have explained the story in anyway but a dream it would have been a regular Max Beerbohm extravaganza + hence furthur over people s heads that it is now. But I do think to come out + say it was all a dream in so many words would cheapen + rather spoil the story. SincerelyF Scott Fitzgerald 1921 To Carl Hovey Fri,... (Harper's Magazine)

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