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It is almost impossible to believe, as the nation stands on the precipice of one of the most important elections in our lifetime, if not the nation’s history, that Democrats would want to stick it …

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When academic Jathan Sadowski reached for an analogy last year to describe how AI programs decay, he landed on the term "Habsburg AI".

Our way-too-early Oscars 2025 predictions

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Kristen Stewart has a message for people who hate her Rolling Stone cover

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The reviews collected here include all of the items found in Walt Whitman: The Contemporary Reviews, ed. Kenneth M. Price (Cambridge University Press, 1996). In addition, we have included more than 100 other reviews that were not included in that volume because of space considerations or because they had not been discovered.

As I ponder'd in silence, Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long, A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect, Terrible in beauty, age, and power, The genius of poets of old lands, As to me directing like flame its eyes, With finger pointing to many immortal songs, And menacing voice, What singest thou? it said, Know'st thou not there is but one theme for ever-enduring bards? And that is the theme of War, the fortune of battles, The making of perfect soldiers. Be it so, then I answer'd, I too haughty Shade also sing war, and a longer and greater one than any, Waged in my book with varying fortune, with flight, advance and retreat, victory deferr'd and wavering, [ begin page 10 ]ppp.00707.018.jpg (Yet methinks certain, or as good as certain, at the last,) the field the world, For life and death, for the Body and for the eternal Soul, Lo, I too am come, chanting the chant of battles, I above all promote brave soldiers.

As a row over eligibility continues to overshadow boxing at the Olympics, we take a detailed look at the background to the dispute.

PCC's call for government to acknowledge the cause of recent unrest had been criticised by some MPs.

The actress was reportedly warned she would "die on stage" after complaining about her time on the BBC show.

Harris plans to campaign with her running mate in battlegrounds states this week.

M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap can’t escape its own ridiculousness.

The former Speaker of the House writes about the demands and responsibilities of the office, which she calls "the most challenging position in government."

Former President Donald Trump's pledge to cut taxes that seniors pay on their Social Security income would ultimately hurt the program, experts say.

Joel McHale takes custody of the blame ball for the Community movie's continued non-existence

Michael Jackson's family is involved in a complex legal battle ... and they're not all on the same side in this one -- 'cause MJ's son Blanket is trying to stop his own grandmother from using estate money in her ongoing fight.