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Guardian back page - 'Champions rocked as Rodri may miss rest of season'
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
On the back page, I found the Prayer of St. Francis:
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
The photograph and text on the back page were more deserving to be on the front than what was published.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
Tucked away on the back page were the words “the player’s ... integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions,” as some of the attributes for the voters to keep in mind during their decision making.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
The writer Christopher Buckley used Pittman’s high-altitude tribulations as the punchline of a joke on the back page of The New Yorker.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
But such things have become mostly back-page stories.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
Eileen credits the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph newspapers for her big break into the industry, securing her first back-page lead with a photo of a city gymnast in late 1970s.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
Los Angeles magazine is another good resource, particularly Chris Nichols’ back-page Ask Chris feature, which almost always serves up something about the city’s past that I never knew before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Another surprise is how Bradbury got into comics, which is told in a back-page essay.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
Morning after morning, from the back-page of your newspaper, quick and uncostly cures for every human ill thrust themselves wildly on you.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
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