A collection of news stories documenting the humour and pathos in human absurdity.
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Splendid little book!,
By John M Flora "olioscourge.blogspot.com" (Brookland, AR United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Six Drown Saving Chickens: And Other True Stories from the Reuters "Oddly Enough" File (Paperback)
Basler is a member of a vanishing breed - the journalist who has preserved his sense of humor and whimsy. Bob and I started our journalistic careers in the spring of 1967 at The Indianapolis News. He moved on to New York and Reuters and I ran out the clock in Indianapolis. But we both shared a fascination for the bizarre little stories that crop up from time to time - the kind of stuff we'd clip out of the paper and poke into a drawer or a file folder with the intention of putting it all together in a collection someday. That's what Bob has done for us with this book - saved a handful of these gems that make newspapers something other than dreary chronicles of mayhem and tragedy. But then that's the kind of book you might expect from a guy who, as a young reporter, once hid inside a trash can on an Indianapolis street and shouted "Thank you!" whenever someone tossed in some refuse.
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Oddly Enough...,
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This review is from: Six Drown Saving Chickens: And Other True Stories from the Reuters "Oddly Enough" File (Paperback)
Well, the title tells it all. This book is a compliation of wacky human interest stories as reported by the REUTERS news service. I really liked it a lot.
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DUBLIN-Forget guns. Irish robbers have found rats are a more effective weapon to frighten people into abandoning cars and possessions, police said. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New Zealand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bikini War, China Daily, Coast Guard, Indian Express New!
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DUBLIN-Forget guns. Irish robbers have found rats are a more effective weapon to frighten people into abandoning cars and possessions, police said. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
police spokesman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Bikini War, China Daily, Coast Guard, Indian Express New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Pictureback(R)) by RH Disney on page 152
- SNOW WHITE (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading) by Disney Book Club on page 152
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