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Jonas Martin FROST, Congress, TX (1942)

FROST Jonas Martin , a Representative from Texas; born in Glendale, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 1, 1942; graduated from R.L. Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Tex., 1960; B.A. and B.J.,…

Coffin, William Anderson

(Encyclopedia) Coffin, William Anderson, 1855–1925, American landscape and figure painter and art critic, studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and under Léon Bonnat in Paris. His landscapes were…

Martínez Sierra, Gregorio

(Encyclopedia) Martínez Sierra, GregorioMartínez Sierra, Gregoriogrāgōˈrēō märtēˈnĕth syāˈrä [key], 1881–1947, Spanish dramatist, novelist, and poet. His masterpiece is Canción de cuna (1911, tr. The…

medlar

(Encyclopedia) medlarmedlarmĕdˈlər [key], small deciduous tree (Mespilus germanica) of the family Rosaceae (rose family), native to Europe and Asia. It has luxuriant foliage and large white or…

Mooney, Thomas J.

(Encyclopedia) Mooney, Thomas J., 1883–1942, American labor agitator, b. Chicago. He was an active leader in several violent labor struggles in California before 1916 and was convicted as a…

boulder, in geology

(Encyclopedia) boulder, large rock fragment formed by detachment from its parent consolidated rock by weathering and erosion. In engineering and geology, especially in the United States, the term is…

sublimation, in chemistry

(Encyclopedia) sublimationsublimationsŭblĭmāˈshən [key], change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first passing through the liquid state. The term is also used to describe the reverse…

Untermeyer, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Untermeyer, LouisUntermeyer, Louisŭnˈtərmīər [key], 1885–1977, American poet and anthologist, b. New York City. Although a first-rate poet, he is known best for his anthologies,…

A Boy's Will: Into My Own

by Robert Frost Ghost HouseInto My Own The youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having forsworn the world. ONE of my wishes is that those dark trees, So…

A Boy's Will: A Prayer in Spring

by Robert Frost To the Thawing WindFlower-gatheringA Prayer in Spring He discovers that the greatness of love lies not in forward-looking thoughts; OH, give us pleasure in the flowers…