The English essayist and politician Joseph Addison (1672-1719) founded the "Spectator" periodical with Sir Richard Steele. Joseph Addison was born on May 1, 1672, the son of the rector of Milston, Wiltshire. He was educated at the Charterhouse, an import...
Nathan Drake keened in 1805 that Joseph Addison for all his literary achievement and "moral dominion" frustrated biographers, who stood helpless before his reticence and distrust of self-revelation. Time and scholarship have not made the private individu...
Nathan Drake keened in 1805 that Joseph Addison for all his literary achievement and "moral dominion" frustrated biographers, who stood helpless before his reticence and distrust of self-revelation. Time and scholarship have not made the private individu...
The Spectator is a British magazine founded in 1828 and published weekly. It is currently owned by the Barclay brothers, who also own The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject area is politics, about which it generally takes a robustly conservative...
Conference is 10 minutes late but Alan Watkins is still deep in page 4 of The Sun, where the erotic entanglements of Piers Merchant, MP, and his 17-year-old nightclub hostess are minutely chronicled. " 'I asked whether he liked being handcuffed for sex,' "...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As spectators 04/01/2003: 784 words, approx. 3 pages
Kathleen Parker As spectators, we lack patience By KATHLEEN PARKER Orlando Sentinel Tuesday, April 1, 2003 "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" The media are beginning to sound an awful lot like brats in the back seat...
Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Sept. 30) When the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan for their healthy good looks, battled Germany on Sept. 17...
The Osaka High Court on Friday upheld the lower court convictions of a former police officer, a security company official and two municipal officials for failing to prevent a stampede at a fireworks show in July 2001 in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in which...