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Mel Tormé

Mel TorméMelvin Howard Tormé singerBorn: 9/13/1925Birthplace: Chicago versatile pop and jazz singer who was fondly referred to as the “Velvet Fog.” His lengthy career spanned 70 years and…

Walt Whitman: Aboard at a Ship's Helm

Aboard at a Ship's HelmAboard at a ship's helm, A young steersman steering with care.Through fog on a sea-coast dolefully ringing, An ocean-bell—O a warning bell, rock'd by the waves.O you…

Lizette Woodworth Reese: Tears

TearsLizette Woodworth ReeseWhen I consider Life and its few years — A wisp of fog betwixt us and the sun; A call to battle, and the battle done Ere the last echo dies within our ears; A rose…

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly won an Academy Award as best supporting actress for playing the wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001, with Russell Crowe as Nash). It was the pinnacle…

Sara Teasedale: Spring Night

Spring NightThe park is filled with night and fog, The veils are drawn about the world, The drowsy lights along the paths Are dim and pearled.Gold and gleaming the empty streets,…

The Devil's Dictionary: Lead

by Ambrose Bierce LAZINESSLEARNINGLEAD -n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. Lead is…

Robert S. McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara served as the United States Secretary of Defense under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-68), overseeing military strategies and policies during the Cold…

Jennifer Connelly Biography

Jennifer ConnellyactressBorn: Dec. 12, 1970Birthplace: New York After a long stretch of forgettable roles in mostly forgettable films, Connelly gave her breakthrough performance in 2001's A…