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Meg Goes to Vanity Fair

Meg Goes to Vanity Fair"I do think it was the most fortunate thing in the world that those children should have the measles just now," said Meg, one April day, as she stood packing the 'go…

Are You Stuck with a "Next-Step Mentality?"

Presented by ACT, Inc. If you're locking into your career plans, college counselor Nancy Donehower has three words for you: Don't do it. Huh? A college counselor telling you not to…

Smith, Dame Maggie

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dame Maggie (Dame Margaret Natalie Cross), 1934–, English actress. Smith first appeared on stage in Twelfth Night (1952). With her precise, sometimes rapid-fire, articulation…

Nash, Ogden

(Encyclopedia) Nash, Ogden, 1902–71, American poet, b. Rye, N.Y., studied at Harvard. He was popular for a wide assortment of witty and immensely quotable doggerel verses, ranging from urbane satire…

The Koran/Sura XXVI — The Poets

Sura XXVI — The Poets[245]Mecca — 228 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Ta. Sin. Mim.[246] These are the signs of the lucid Book. Haply thou wearest thyself away…

All Alone

All AloneIt was easy to promise self-abnegation when self was wrapped up in another, and heart and soul were purified by a sweet example. But when the helpful voice was silent, the daily…

Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial Lord

Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial LordO fan of white silk, clear as frost on the grass-blade,You also are laid aside.Based on a 1st century BC Chinese poem

Anastasia, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Anastasia, SaintAnastasia, Saintănəstāˈshə [key], 4th cent., Roman noblewoman, kind to the poor, martyred under Diocletian. Her cult can be traced back to 5th-century Rome. In the…

Grodon, Charles Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Grodon, Charles Sidney, 1935-2021, American film actor, writer, and director, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. Grodon briefly attended the Univ. of…