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My Life So Far

Director:Hugh HudsonWriter:Simon DonaldMiramax Films; 93 minutes; PG-13Release:7/99Cast:Colin Firth, Irene Jacob, Rosemary Harris, Robbie Norman My Life So Far cross breeds period drama with…

Life for Life

Life for LifeThe summer days that followed were full of rest and pleasure for young and old, as they did the honours of Plumfield to their happy guests. While Franz and Emil were busy with…

My Lai incident

(Encyclopedia) My Lai incidentMy Lai incidentmē lī [key], a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War. On Mar. 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army's Americal division, led by…

King, Coretta Scott

(Encyclopedia) King, Coretta Scott, 1927–2006, American civil-rights leader, b. Heiberger, Ala.; the wife (1953–68) of Martin Luther King, Jr. After her husband's assassination, she carried on his…

Walt Whitman: Weave in, My Hardy Life

Weave in, My Hardy LifeWeave in, weave in, my hardy life, Weave yet a soldier strong and full for great campaigns to come, Weave in red blood, weave sinews in like ropes, the senses, sight…

Earthworms

John Mertus1993I've been following with interest the thread on using worms to eat the garbage. Since there seems to be interest in earthworms, I am re-posting a combination of three posts…

life

(Encyclopedia) life, although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life, its biological manifestations are generally considered to be organization, metabolism, growth, irritability,…

The Water of Life

The Water of Life Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off, a king who had three sons. This king once fell very ill—so ill that nobody thought he could live…

Brassaï

(Encyclopedia) BrassaïBrassaïbräsīˈ [key], 1899–1984, French photographer, b. Brassó, Hungary (now Braşov, Romania), as Gyula Halász. Particularly known for his nightime photographs of Paris, he…