We get oft-told tales about assimilation, immigration and language.

Mr. Levin is neither the first, nor will he be the last, journalist to recount an oft-told tale.

But this oft-told tale leaves out something important, according to a recent look at several of these sometimes colorful characters.

At this point in telling the no doubt oft-told tale, Lillian gestured behind the visitor's head.

Speaking of oft-told tales, do we really need another book about the person billed as the only police officer executed for murder?

The oft-told tale that bombs are hard to make is a lie.

It is an oft-told tale that has become part of Albany lore.

But his story is not like the oft-told tale of an immigrant who comes to America to support a poverty-stricken family back home.

The fabulous bones of this oft-told tale have been picked over so often that there's no flesh left on them.

He peppered his talk with oft-told hip-hop tales and intriguing nuggets of cultural history.