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Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle was the New York Yankees' most beloved slugger since Babe Ruth. He played his first game for the Yankees in 1951, the same year Joe DiMaggio retired; Mantle went on to replace DiMaggio…

Stephen Crane: Once I saw thee idly rocking

Once I saw thee idly rocking —Idly rocking— And chattering girlishly to other girls, Bell-voiced, happy, Careless with the stout heart of unscarred womanhood, And life to thee was all…

Stephen Crane: Love met me at noonday,

Love met me at noonday, —Reckless imp, To leave his shaded nights And brave the glare,— And I saw him then plainly For a bungler, A stupid, simpering, eyeless bungler, Breaking the hearts of…

Buffalo Bob Smith 1998 Deaths

“Buffalo Bob” SmithAge: 80 beloved, cowboy-suited host of TV's The Howdy Doody Show for all of its 13 seasons.Died: July 30, 1998.Frank SinatraR - ZJoeseph “Papa Joe” Smith Sr.

The Devil's Dictionary: Riches

by Ambrose Bierce RICHRIDICULERICHES -n. A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." - John D. Rockefeller The reward of toil and virtue…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To-Morrow

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: 'Methought I Was a B...StanzaTo-Morrow Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. Where art thou, beloved To-morrow? When young and old, and…

Adam Smith

Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is the author of the 1776 book An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, a classic of modern economics beloved especially by free market…

Joe Williams Biography

Joe Williams(Joseph Goreed)Age: 80 beloved jazz and blues great. Popular in his own right, he was also known for his collaborations with Count Basie in the 1950s and early '60s.Died: Las…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To - ("Music")

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Fugitives Song To - Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory— Odours, when sweet violets sicken,…