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SPEAKING VOLUMES It was said of Agnes Lewis, the self-taught Scottish scholar of Middle Eastern languages and cultures, and her equally learned twin sister, Margaret Gibson, that they hurried down a street or hallway "like ships in full sail." They looked much alike -- same rounded frame, thick lips, hawkish eyes. Both, it is said, were vain about their "dainty...

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Handling Food Safely on the Road

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N! Oh, how we long for that eight letter word every summer, when millions of us eagerly get away from school and work. We take to the road in cars or recreational vehicles; live on boats; relax in beach or mountain vacation homes; and camp. No matter where we go or what we do, there is a common denominator that...

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Camping Out at the Kimmel

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Michael Elkin

Give these girls some oboe room; they need it to showcase their considerable musical talent. Oboists Michele Ozer, 18, and Hannah Cohen, 14, will get just that this Friday at noon, performing along with three-score other musicians especially selected for the Kimmel Center's ninth annual Teen Summer Arts Chamber Music Camp. Seventy-six trombones have nothing on the 62 instruments about...

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'Sarah's Key' Combination Lock on History

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Michael Elkin

"Sarah's Key" is filmmaker Gilles Paquet-Brenner's pièce de résistance -- ironic given how the Resistance failed as a concept in Nazi-occupied France (setting of the film), where so many French kissed off the futures of their Jewish compatriots by becoming collaborators during World War II. Indeed, it is the French, not the Nazis, who occupy the heart of this breathtakingly...

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Nothing Blue About Blueberries

This little fruit helps perk up any recipe

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Linda Morel, JE Feature

WHAT'S COOKING? While some people wait all year for summer so they can play golf or go to the beach, I look forward to the hot months to go blueberry picking. It's an activity made more special, now that my two little granddaughters share my passion for hand-selecting blueberries to place in baskets. "Skip the blueberries that look pink," I...