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The Washington Post;  February 26, 1992 ;     700+ words ...SLOW POISON By Sheila Bosworth Knopf. 322 pp. $21...Innocent" was a very tough act to follow; "Slow Poison" proves to be not merely a worthy successor...as seen by the daughter born into it. "Slow Poison" takes somewhat similar material and...

Dada

Artforum;  September 1, 2005 ;     131 words ...PARIS Dada Centre Pompidou October 5, 2005-January 9, 2006 Curated by Laurent Le Bon, Lean Dickerman, and Anne Umland Of all the isms that fed modernism, Dada might be the hardest to pin down. Not only did the movement turn up in several countries...

Two for the show

Artforum;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......their posts this fall, will work alongside fellow curator Anne Umland, Elderfield, and other department heads to reinstall MOMA...contemporary interests and had the historical footing as well, as Anne Umland does. The Museum of Modern Art isn't a contemporary museum...

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World Literature Today;  June 22, 2000 ;     524 words ......down the food market. The most moving story is undoubtedly Slow Poison, a euphemism for AIDS, which plagues ignorant men like Manoji...of the African family through the spread of the white man's slow poison, which, unlike African-grown curses, cannot be removed. The...

'Credit crunch will hit business growth'

Derby Evening Telegraph;  September 18, 2007 ;     269 words ......so-called sub-prime loans crisis in the US is spreading like a slow poison, according to Derbyshire Chamber. Chief executive, Geroge...been exposed to risk. "This uncertainty is spreading like a slow poison, causing turmoil in the stock markets and creating problems...

Poisoning Deaths Throughout History

NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday;  December 2, 2006 ;     677 words ......poisoning people is slow or quick poison. Slow poison, of course, goes unnoticed. It looks...my heart grieves for that man. So the slow poison was the less obvious method. They tried slow poison and it didn't seem to work very well...

The Lady in Red

The Washington Post;  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......to each other in long memos that they had better "liquidate" Bentley by using slow poison -- if they could ever just figure out how to get Bentley and slow poison together! Now it's over. It is so over. It went away. But think of the losers...

Blinq / Santa gets an earful.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  December 16, 2006 ;     575 words ......column by Jim Rutz called the Big Picture. It began: There's a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children and threatening...over the place. You can hardly escape them anymore. This 'slow poison' is shrinking the size of the penis, he writes. Soy, he adds...

DAYS LIKE THESE 10 june 1902

The Independent - London;  June 10, 2002 ;     162 words ......ashamed of them all. My mind is becoming base, my hand heavy, my tongue thick - as though I had drunk some subtle poison, some slow poison that will make me die, die as it were without an echo. You understand? Remember me affectionately to your wife, whose translation...

Adulthood brings with it a certain satisfaction

Post-Tribune (IN);  January 1, 2001 ;     522 words ......that I get a certain amount of satisfaction in watching the realities of adulthood seep into those cocky whippersnappers like slow poison. The nieces and nephew range in age from 16 to 19, and they're just beginning their virgin voyages across that black sea I...

Sikhulu isililo ngokushona kuka'Va-va-Voom' Leremi.(Sports)

Isolezwe (South Africa);  September 5, 2007 ;     521 words ...BYLINE: SIHLE NDLOVU noZWELAKHE NGCOBO NGESIKHATHI kudlula emhlabeni uLesley Slow Poison Manyathela (osesithombeni), owayengumgadli we-Orlando Pirates, engozini yemoto ngo-2003, abathandi bezikanobhutshuzwayo kuleli...

SPORT ON TV: Slow pain as the Rocket disintegrates and the Pedestrian...

The Independent on Sunday;  May 1, 2005 ;     665 words ......stretched out, picked up a pawn (the 'sport's' equivalent to snooker's red ball) and placed it one square forward. It was slow poison, but it worked as Short's opponent went walkabout and lost after a good start. Which brings me to Peter Ebdon and Ronnie O'Sulliv...

Poor kicking - but Bok bench saved the day.(Sports)

Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  September 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the nerves and calmed the situation. In Lens, against a dogged Tonga, Andre Pretorius had similar opportunities to apply the slow poison to Tonga and he couldn't. Pretorius, in his first start since the Super 14, looked like a player trying too hard to make a...

Tony Parsons column; Time for honest solution to drugs plague.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  May 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ......grinding my teeth and jumping at shadows. Wonderful stuff. I came to the conclusion very quickly that drugs are rubbish - a slow poison masquerading as light entertainment. Why did I smoke that joint and sniff that line? Because I was curious. Because I wanted...

Families of Falun Gong Victims After Tragedy (3)

Xinhua News Agency;  February 1, 2001 ;     287 words ......husband, could not hold back his indignation upon his knowledge of what had happened. "Falun Gong is a kind of sugar-coated slow poison," he said. "This tragedy mirrors clearly that Li Hongzhi is trying to sell it to kindhearted people in the name of so-called...