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Genesis: 16

Genesis Chapter 16 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me…

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich

(Encyclopedia) Pushkin, Aleksandr SergeyevichPushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevichp&oobreve;shˈkĭn, Rus. əlyĭksänˈdər syĭrgāˈyəvĭch p&oomacr;shˈkĭn [key], 1799–1837, Russian poet and prose writer,…

The Diet Coke and Mentos Video Guys

Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe are the two friends whose videos of erupting soda bottles were an Internet sensation in 2006. Their video titled Experiment #137 showed the two men, dressed in lab…

O'Brien, Edward Joseph

O'Brien, Edward Joseph[1890-1941](2)Born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1890. Educated at Boston College and Harvard University. Author of "White Fountains", 1917; "The Forgotten Threshold",…

The Koran/Sura XLIV — Smoke

Sura XLIV — Smoke Mecca — 59 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Ha. Mim.[195] By this clear Book! See! on a blessed night[196] have we sent it down, for we would…

Howard Johnson Biography

Howard JohnsonrestaurateurBorn: 1896Birthplace: Boston, Mass. As post-War America began taking to the open road, Howard Johnson was there offering road-side meals and ice-cream that catered…

Sara Teasedale: Villa Serbelloni, Bellaggio

Villa Serbelloni, BellaggioThe fountain shivers lightly in the rain, The laurels drip, the fading roses fall, The marble satyr plays a mournful strain That leaves the rainy fragrance…

Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León was a mariner and explorer of the 16th century who conquered Puerto Rico and claimed Florida in the name of Spain. Although little is known about his early career, Ponce de León…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Fragment: To Music

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: To One SingingAnother Fragment: To MusicA Fragment: To Music Published in "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition. Dated 1817 (Mrs. Shelley). Silver key of…

Rachel Hunter

Even as a teen model Rachel Hunter was the anti-waif -- a tall strawberry blonde from New Zealand with freckles and curves. A model since her teen years, Hunter went international as the cover model…