5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations: English Language

Barbara Murphy

	5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations: English Language
	Published: 10 December, 2001
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	Author: Barbara Murphy

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5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations: English Language

Heirloom Tomato Farmer Finds Beauty In The Ugly

Tim Stark was a management consultant when he stumbled into heirloom tomato farming, as he describes in Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Farmer. (Tip: The ugliest tend to be tastiest.) Now his tomatoes are served in the finest New York restaurants.

Orwell's Diaries Go Online

Previously unpublished George Orwell diaries are being released online as a daily blog. The first entry, from Aug. 9, 1938, will appear online Saturday, exactly 70 years after Orwell wrote it. The diaries shed light on European history and Orwell's life.

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One Man, One Year, One Mission: Read The OED

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Mike Chinoy On How North Korea Went Nuclear

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Where Do Jokes Come From? Funny You Should Ask

Stop Me If You've Heard This Before, Jim Holt's funny, scholarly history of humor, ranges high and (very) low to answer the question, "What are you laughing at?"

Ballet's 'Flying Cuban' Looks Toward 'Home'

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In his new book, Why We Hate Us, NPR's Dick Meyer argues that a lack of trust in public leadership and an overall weakening of public morality are part of the problem.

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