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Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller's early career as an actress was both aided and overshadowed by the fame she attained in 2005 as movie star Jude Law's fianceé. She met Law while the two were co-starring in the 2004…

New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

Historical BackgroundThe Supreme Court has a long history of upholding citizens' protections against unreasonable searches and seizures-a right guaranteed by the 4th Amendment. In Weeks v.…

William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act IV

Act IVScene IFriar Laurence's cellEnter Friar Laurence and ParisFriar LaurenceOn Thursday, sir? the time is very short.ParisMy father Capulet will have it so; And I am nothing slow to slack…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 9

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 8Chapter 10Chapter 9 As he was sitting at breakfast next morning, Basil Hallward was shown into the room. "I am so glad I have found you, Dorian," he said…

Walt Whitman: Trickle Drops

Trickle DropsTrickle drops! my blue veins leaving! O drops of me! trickle, slow drops, Candid from me falling, drip, bleeding drops, From wounds made to free you whence you were prison'd,…

2003 National Book Awards

The 54th Annual National Book Awards were presented November 19, 2003, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)…

Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck was hanged in 1499 for plotting to overthrow King Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty in England. Beginning in Ireland in 1491, Warbeck pretended to be Richard, Duke of York, the…