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'The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism' by Geoff Nicholson
The Lost Art of Walking The History, Science, Philosophy, and Literature of Pedestrianism Geoff Nicholson Riverhead: 276 pp., $24.95 You could no more write a comprehensive book about walking than about breathing or sleeping. But in "The Lost Art of...Tags: Literature, Peter Sellers, New York, Patsy Cline, History
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Movie on DVD: Pearce, Zeta-Jones in a nice Hou-dunit
Sentinel Movie CriticCurl Guy Pearce's hair and darned if he isn't a dead ringer for escape artist Harry Houdini. Pair Pearce-as-Houdini with Catherine Zeta-Jones as a medium trying to con him, and you've got the makings of an intriguing romance by Aussie director Gillian...Tags: Roger Moore, Gillian Armstrong, Movies
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1517: Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. 1926: Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix....Tags: Massachusetts, Air and Space Accidents, New York, Orson Welles
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NYC PICKS: A bloody good time
Great things to do on Halloween . . . 1) WHAT Haunted house called Blood Manor is filled with themed rooms, scary passageways and plenty of things that go bump in the night. WHEN|WHERE Tonight and tomorrow night, 7:30 p.m.-3 a.m., 542 W. 27th St.,...Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Religious Festivals, Rockefeller Center, Hammerstein Ballroom, Peter Stuyvesant
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On this date: Oct. 31
1922: Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy. 1926: Magician Harry Houdini died of gangrene and peritonitis. 1952: The U.S. detonated its first hydrogen bomb. 1968: President Johnson halted all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. 1970: Michelle...Tags: Government, Lyndon B. Johnson, River Phoenix, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Benito Mussolini
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NEW TO DVD: 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' (in 3-D) leads this week's offerings
Tribune Newspapers'Journey to the Center of the Earth': Both the DVD and Blu-Ray editions of the Brendan Fraser adventure vehicle wisely include the 3-D version (along with the necessary eyewear) because, well, audiences at home like putting on dorky-looking cardboard...Tags: Genius Products Incorporated, Dave Foley, Radio Industry, Gillian Armstrong, New York
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almanac: Oct. 21, the 305th Day Of 2008
There are 61 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. On this date: In 1926,...Tags: Massachusetts, Air and Space Accidents, New York, Orson Welles, Indira Gandhi
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Almanac
Today is Friday, Oct. 31, the 305th day of 2008. It is Halloween. On this date: 1864: Nevada became the 36th state. 1926: Magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix. 1941: The Navy...Tags: Massachusetts, Nevada, Air and Space Accidents, New York, Thomas Jefferson
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New on DVD: 'Tinker Bell', 'The Donna Reed Show' , 'Annie Liebovitz: Life Through a Lens', 'Death Defying Acts'
The Hartford CourantThe Donna Reed Show Arts Alliance, 1958 Carl Betz was the first doctor I carried a torch for. As Dr. Stone in "The Donna Reed Show," he was everything I wanted in a man when I was 8: a handsome doctor who lived in a nice house and whose patients always...Tags: Rupert Grint, Gillian Armstrong, Theater, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Movies
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Trail Blazers are repairing a broken trail
Blazermania never dies, it turns out, although it did have to go into hiding for all those years while the Portland Trail Blazers tried to find it and kill it.
Talk about retro. Remember the birth of the adoring folk movement in 1977 when the team won...Tags: Basketball, National Basketball Association, Bill Gates, Mikki Moore, Gaming and Lotteries
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'Journey to the Center of the Earth';
Journey to the Center of the Earth
New Line, $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99
Both the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the Brendan Fraser adventure vehicle wisely include the 3-D version (along with the necessary eyewear) because, well, audiences at home like...Tags: Genius Products Incorporated, Dave Foley, Radio Industry, Gillian Armstrong, New York
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An Escape Artist At His Best
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If you put him in a straitjacket, packed him in a safe, dumped him in Tampa Bay and loaded the bases, he'd escape in 27 pitches. If you pushed Big Papi, little Pedroia and medium-sized Youkilis blindfolded to the gallows,...Tags: American League, Roger Clemens, Kevin Youkilis, Cliff Floyd, Boston Red Sox
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