Literature 10 most painful marriage proposals.
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Lit’s 10 Most Painful Marriage Proposals
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Portal Fantasies – Nadal Loses, Italy Wins
Judging by the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision and the defeats of Rafael Nadal and the German soccer team, the world passed through a strange portal this past Thursday.
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The Vital Importance of Being Gay
It is possible to read a gay subtext into Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest.” For one thing, “Earnest” was slang for homosexual in late 19th century England, and a collection of homosexual verse entitled “Love in Earnest” was written by an Oxford classmate of Wilde.