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		<title>May is National Short Story Month!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maj. Flanagan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many great things to say about short stories. Their length is appealing to those of us who always read something before going to sleep as well as those of you who read on your phones and other electronic gadgets. Often short stories are dense and rich with all the dialog and description that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oxford English Dictionary site relaunches!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maj. Flanagan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you use the Oxford English Dictionary online? If you haven&#8217;t used it, check it out the next time you need a good definition, word history, or a thesaurus search. Those of you who have been using the OED will notice many of the same features and tools as well as some new ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you read a banned book lately?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maj. Flanagan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Preston Library’s Periodicals Room you’ll find a display in honor of Banned Books Week. This week marks the 29th year that Americans have been celebrating the freedom to read.  Each year many books are challenged as being objectionable by individuals and groups who ask for them to be removed by public and school libraries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Women&#8217;s History Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lt. Col. Holly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2010, we are celebrating 30 years of recognition of women&#8217;s historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways.  It was President Jimmy Carter who issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980 as the first National Women&#8217;s History Week.  Later the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Friends of Preston Library 2010 Spring Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Preston Library in concert with the VMI Honors Program hosted a program Wednesday, 3 March 2010 at 5 p.m. in the Turman Room of Preston Library featuring James L. W. West, III. Dr. West is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. He discussed his book on William Styron, Letters to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun reading during Thanksgiving break?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maj. Flanagan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are just two of the many books available in the Recreational Reading section, in the Periodicals Room. Stop by and browse the shelves for something fun to read before leaving Post for the Thanksgiving holiday.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The Panama Canal Opens for Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although a self-propelled crane boat made the first passage of the 50-mile waterway  on January 7th, and the ocean steamer, SS Ancon, made the trip on August 3rd, today marks the 95th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal.]]></description>
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		<title>D-Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's the 65th Anniversary of the Allied Landing in Normandy.  Preston Library has an extensive collection of resources related to D-Day, here are our favorites.]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations Class of 2009!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year graduating Cadet Assistants select a book from the library to be dedicated in their honor.  See what the class of 2009 has selected.]]></description>
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		<title>The same old story?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col. Samdahl</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beowulf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are tons of writers retelling you favorite classics in new and interesting ways.  
Read 'em again for the first time.]]></description>
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