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Phillip BURTON, Congress, CA (1926-1983)

BURTON Phillip , a Representative from California; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 1, 1926; attended Washington High School, Milwaukee, Wis.; graduated from George Washington High…

Robert Likens CONDON, Congress, CA (1912-1976)

CONDON Robert Likens , a Representative from California; born in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., November 10, 1912; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of California…

David Henry Hwang Biography

David Henry Hwang playwrightBorn: 8/11/1957 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California The eldest of three children, Hwang was born to parents of Chinese heritage. He graduated from Stanford…

Willard Wattles: Jerico

JericoWillard WattlesJerico, Jerico, Round and round the walls I go Where they watch with scornful eyes, Where the captained bastions rise; Heel and toe, heel and toe, Blithely round the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Epithalamium

by Percy Bysshe Shelley A Bridal SongAnother Version of the SameEpithalamium ANOTHER VERSION OF THE PRECEDING. Published by Medwin, "Life of Shelley", 1847. Night, with all thine eyes…

Punctuation: The Comma: A Major Player

The Comma: A Major PlayerPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the PeriodThe…

Offbeat National Parks

Looking north over Biscayne Bay at an island (at left) and at mangroves that line the shoreline (at back).Yosemite and Yellowstone are the jewels of our national park system. But you can find plenty…

National Recreation Areas

Name and location Total acreageAmistad (Tex.) 58,500.00Bighorn Canyon (Wyo.-Mont.) 120,296.22Big South Fork (Ky.-Tenn.)125,310.34Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)1,482.25Chattahoochee River (Ga…