Biography EssayThe paradox of Thom Gunn's achievement is best characterized by the ambiguities inherent in the word fashion. He is a "fashioning" poet, in the old-fashioned sense—a writer preo...
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For more than 40 years, award-winning poet Thom Gunn (born 1929) has concentrated on traditional form and, in contrast, on modern themes like LSD, panhandlers, and homosexuality. Born in England, he h...
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[This entry was updated by Jack W. C. Hagstrom (Columbia University) from the entry by Blake Morrison in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 128-141.]The paradox of Tho...
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No matter how dark, cold or rainy it was, Kelly George was ready for field training at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota.Lying in her bunk, her hair twisted in a French braid, she slept in h...
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PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The president of the Miss France
beauty pageant said on Friday she wanted the winner of the 2008
competition to hand back her crown after a magazine published
suggestive ...
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The organizers of the Miss USA pageant said Thursday they are evaluating the "behavioral and personal issues" of the reigning winner and will decide her future within a week.Pageant officials and D...
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The Supreme Court on Monday criticized as insufficient efforts by authorities to trace at least 16 people believed to be held by Pakistani intelligence agencies for suspected links with Islamic mil...
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Will Miss USA suffer the same fate as many an apprentice _ "You're fired!" from Donald Trump? The Miss Universe Organization, owned by Trump and NBC, scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss ...
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This year's Miss Universe pageant is missing one of its most noted contestants: Miss Sweden, a statuesque blonde whose country is one of the few to win the crown three times.Isabel Lestapier Winqvi...
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The former Miss Nevada USA, dethroned over raunchy photos posted online, apologized Saturday as her attorney pleaded for the pageant queen to be given a second chance.Katie Rees, who appeared in ph...
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Riyo Mori of Japan won the Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageant
Monday in Mexico City, becoming the second Japanese contestant ever
to win the crown, the Mis...
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An 18-year-old Colorado woman who aspires to become an entertainment journalist was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 during a live Friday night ceremony.Miss Teen Colorado Hilary Carol Cruz received her ...
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Thom Gunn
Thom(son) (William) Gunn
A salute to beauty // the military's first active-duty officer in the Miss USA pageant.
