Curtain Drawn On Poll Campaign A Barisal Division
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 27, 2008
Curtain has been drawn on hustings at all places in Barisal Division as other parts of the country at midnight yesterday in connection with the much awaited Monday’s parliamentary elections.
Showdown of the Awami League led grand alliance and BNP led four-party alliance in Barisal city at different times marked the end of the month-long hectic [...]
State Editorial Rdp
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
The presidents of North Texas’ three major public universities are showing the way to strengthen higher education in the region and state.
Their unity should catch the attention of area lawmakers and prompt the Dallas and Fort Worth delegations to similarly come together and work toward the same goal in the upcoming legislative session.
The editorial board [...]
Tough Times For Musicians Mean Silent Nights
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 22, 2008
For musicians, the holiday season traditionally brings a windfall. Musicians can often pick up a significant portion of their annual income with a month filled with back-to-back performances.
“It was almost like the retailers where you’d make all this money that would come in because, yeah, I might have six or seven gigs on the books [...]
Fall Of The Iron Curtain Opened Borders To Lonely Hearts
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 20, 2008
The fall of the Iron Curtain started a whole new source of mail order brides seeking a Western husband.
The number of Russian brides participating in the mail order business was rather large.
With the introduction of the Internet in the 1990s, the mail-order bride system made introductions faster and more time-efficient.
But more importantly, it increased the [...]
Christmastime Stands Still At Elvis Graceland
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 18, 2008
Although Elvis Presley died 31 years ago, the king of rock ‘n’ roll is still rocking around the Christmas tree with a new holiday record. And Graceland, his royal digs in Memphis, is sporting spectacular holiday sparkle.
Guests making the pilgrimage to tour Graceland, Presley’s 14-acre estate, during the holidays get a little added gift with [...]
Final Curtain For Primary
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 16, 2008
AN axed primary school is to host its last show tonight.
Pupils at Lismore Primary in Bingham will be performing Sleeping Beauty to parents, staff and members of the public from 6.30pm. The school will close its doors for good on Friday.
City councillors voted last month to close the school, along with Bonnington in Leith and [...]
Behind The Velvet Curtain With A Retail Santa
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2008
Whitney Houston is singing, “Hark! Are the Bells; Sweet Silver Bells,” on the boom box.Two Christmas trees bow with oversized red globes, pyramids of beckoning but empty gifts on their skirts. Wreaths, snowflakes and Peace on Earth plaques line the promenade to the Santa altar. And the throne? A Neptune-esque red velvet upholstered mountain with [...]
Curtain Comes Down On Man Who Lied Against Kenyatta
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 12, 2008
Red dust swirls into the morning air as soil is scooped from the final resting place for a man whose death marks the end of an emotive chapter in the history of the Independence struggle.
To the villagers of Muthurumbi, Gatundu, Thika District, the mound of soil that covered the remains of Rawson Mbugua Macharia on [...]
Curtain To Be Dropped In Style
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 10, 2008
Racing aside, one of the highlights of the evening will be the return of that great stunt man Deon de Waal, who will be remembered for his exploits at the old Goodwood Show Grounds. This time he is going to jump through a high sided, pantechnicon trailer.
As far as the racing is concerned, Johan Spies [...]
Curtain Goes Up On Gilford Children’s Auction
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on December 9, 2008
Gilford Firefighter Dominic DeCarli has been working at the auction for at least five years and it falls to him to “build the board” or decide which six items will be placed on each board.
Each board contains six different donated items that appear on the television screen at the same time and are available for [...]