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Mary Poppins <span class="date" >(1964)</span>
Director: Robert StevensonCast: Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke This tale of the beloved “nearly perfect nanny” blends charming animation, heel-kicking dance numbers and a whimsical score for…Ethel Merman
Name at birth: Ethel Agnes ZimmermanEthel Merman's brassy voice and knock-'em-dead style made her a favorite with Broadway audiences for four decades. She sang "I Got Rhythm" in the 1930 George and…Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball was American TV's most popular comedienne for over a decade, beloved for her blazing red hair and slapstick situation comedy gags. Lucille Ball starred in five different TV shows during…How to Read and Why
Author:Harold BloomScribner Who reads books anymore? The question's been beaten to death by many a scholar. Harold Bloom, an academic as well as a beloved teacher, reinvigorates the question…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Holidays
Holidaysby Ralph Waldo EmersonFrom fall to spring, the russet acorn, Fruit beloved of maid and boy, Lent itself beneath the forest, To be the children's toy. Pluck it now! In vain,—thou canst…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Saturday Afternoon
by EmilyDickinsonI Had a Guinea GoldenXXISaturday Afternoon Saturday Afternoon From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap, — Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't…Sara Teasedale: Off Algiers
Off AlgiersOh give me neither love nor tears, Nor dreams that sear the night with fire, Go lightly on your pilgrimage Unburdened by desire.Forget me for a month, a year, But, oh,…Peanut butter's inventor
The Question: Who invented peanut butter? The Answer: Nobody knows for sure, but it appears to date back as far as the ancient Incas. Peanut…Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Name at birth: Elizabeth BarrettElizabeth Barrett Browning was a beloved English poet of the 19th century, famous for her love poems and for her marriage to poet Robert Browning. She wrote the line…Willie Morris Biography
Willie MorrisAge: 64 American writer and former Harper's magazine editor whose mellifluous prose captured the homey small-town rhythms and jarring racist quirks of his beloved Mississippi…Trending
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