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The Koran/Sura LXX — The Steps or Ascents

Sura LXX — The Steps or AscentsMecca — 44 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful A SUITOR sued[158] for punishment to light suddenly On the infidels: none can hinder…

Space Love

Shandling's "What Planet Are You From?" navigates human relationships by Alicia Potter Shandling plays an alien from an all-male planet.In "What Planet Are You From?", which opens next Friday,…

April 2009 Current Events: Business/Science News

U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of April 2009. Unemployment Rate Reaches 8.5%; 663,00 Jobs Lost in March (Apr. 3): The government reports…

Brewer's: Similes

in common use: BALD as a coot. BITTER as gall,soot. BLACK as ink, as a coal, as a crow BLIND as a bat, a beetle, a mole. BLUNT as a hedge-hook. BRAVE as Alexander. BRIGHT as silver.…

Grass, Günter

(Encyclopedia) Grass, GünterGrass, Güntergünˈtər gräs [key], 1927–2015, German novelist, lyricist, artist, and playwright, b. Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Writing from his experience in the Hitler…

September 1998 News and Events

1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldU.N. Tribunal Convicts Rwandan in Genocide (Sept. 2): In first such verdict, finds former small-town mayor guilty in mass killings.More Iraqi Interference Charged…

Amy Lowell: Garden Games

Garden GamesThe tall clock is striking twelve; And the little girls stop in the hall to watch it, And the big ships rocking in a half-circle Above the dial. Twelve o'clock! Down the side…

Flatland: Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland

by Edwin A. Abbott How I vainly tried to explain ...How the Stranger vainly endeav...Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland From dreams I proceed to facts. It was the last day of our…