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the word on the street

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  1. The Word on the Street

    The Word On The Street is a Canadian book and magazine festival held each September in Toronto, Kitchener, Lethbridge, Saskatoon, and Halifax. Each city's festival features author readings, workshops, information booths, marketplace, and reading- and writing-related activities. The mandate of the organization is "to unite the country in a national, annual celebration of reading and writing and to highlight the importance of literacy in the lives of all Canadians." Founding organizations include: Over the years, The Word On The Street has attracted numerous famous Canadian authors for author readings, such as Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Arthur Black, Joy Fielding, Timothy Findley, Dennis Lee, Robert Munsch, Paul Quarrington, Michael Redhill, and David Suzuki, to name just a few. In September 2012, the six single-day regional events welcomed more than 250,000 visitors and offered more than 400 programmed events featuring 585 authors, workshop presenters, and arts performers. The festival also showcased more than 500 book and magazine exhibitors promoting mostly Canadian works.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of the word on the street in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of the word on the street in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of the word on the street in a Sentence

  1. Marianne Martin:

    In The Tour de France Féminin, they didn't think we would finish, that was the word on the street or that was the overall feeling. And of course, we all knew that we would.

  2. Rebecca Siegel:

    Anecdotally, in conferences that I’ve attended, that is the word on the street: that most of these patients are very healthy. They’re not obese; they’re very active, we know that excess weight increases your risk, and we know that we’ve had a big increase in body weight in this country.

  3. John McKinney:

    Apparently, the conversation had something to do with [Hussle] telling Mr. Holder that word on the street was that Mr. Holder was snitching.

  4. Bobby Chaisson:

    It's crazy the ones we have removed from there because generally an average colony of bees that have moved in and' set up shop' so to speak, will be about 40,000 bees on average, and as you can see, the ones there are gigantic, word on the street is it's a great place to live !


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