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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epitaph For Mr. Gabriel Richardson
by Robert Burns Apology For Declining An Invit...Epigram On Mr. James GracieEpitaph For Mr. Gabriel Richardson Here Brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct, And empty all his barrels…Lawrence Summers, 2005 News
president of Harvard University, set off a storm of criticism in academia when he suggested at an economic conference in January that innate differences between men and women might explain…Robert C. Byrd
Name at birth: Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr.Robert Carlyle Byrd was a United States senator from the state of West Virginia from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, he was the longest serving…Joseph Ellis, 2001 News
historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, admitted in June that he led his students at Mount Holyoke College to believe that he had served as a paratrooper in Vietnam, when in reality his…March 2000 News and Events
World Britain Frees Gen. Augusto Pinochet (March 2): Drops extradition charges because of general's poor health. Former dictator, 84, heads home to Chile, where he is likely to face trial on human…Fred Korematsu Biography
Fred Korematsuactivist Born: 1919Birthplace: Oakland, Calif. Korematsu was born to a Japanese-American family that owned a flower nursery. After World War II broke out, Japanese living in…Political Infighting
1997 News of the Nation In mid-summer, no longer content with fighting across the aisle, Republicans began taking aim at their own members. In late July, a group of dissidents decided to hold…Michael Richards
Michael Richards spent nine seasons playing wacky neighbor Cosmo Kramer on the sitcom Seinfeld from 1989 to 1998. Richards worked the clubs of L.A. as a stand-up comedian before landing a job on…Trent Lott, 2002 News
Senator from Mississippi, gave up his bid for a second round as Senate Majority leader in December after an outcry about his pro-segregationist remarks at the 100th birthday party for Sen.…Richard Clarke, 2004 News
counterterrorism expert under four presidents—three of them Republican—created a furor in Washington with his unflinching criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the war on terror…Trending
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