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Walt Whitman: The Unexpress'd
The Unexpress'dHow dare one say it? After the cycles, poems, singers, plays, Vaunted Ionia's, India's—Homer, Shakspere—the long, long times' thick dotted roads, areas, The shining…2010 Newbery Medal and Honor Books
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children…Bobby Thomson Biography
baseball playerBorn: 10/25/1923Birthplace: Glasgow, ScotlandDied: 8/16/2010 (Savannah, Ga.) Robert Brown Thomson came to the United States at age 2 and grew up…Henry SNAPP, Congress, IL (1822-1895)
SNAPP Henry , a Representative from Illinois; born in Livonia, Livingston County, N.Y., June 30, 1822; moved with his parents to Rochester, N.Y., in 1825; attended the common schools of that city…Albert Belle Biography
Albert BelleBorn: August 25, 1966Baseball OF tremendous hitter and stupendous troublemaker; in strike-shortened 1995 season, became first player in major league history to hit 50 homers and…John Keats: To Ailsa Rock
To -To HomerTo Ailsa Rock Hearken, thou craggy ocean-pyramid, Give answer by thy voice—the sea-fowls’ screams! When were thy shoulders mantled in huge streams? When from the sun was thy…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…The Devil's Dictionary: Grape
by Ambrose Bierce GRAMMARGRAPESHOTGRAPE -n. Hail noble fruit! — by Homer sung, Anacreon and Khayyam; Thy praise is ever on the tongue Of better men than I am. The lyre…Yasiel Puig
Yasiel Puig is an outfielder for Major League Baseball whose mysterious defection from Cuba in 2012 nearly overshadows his reputation as a heavy hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He grew up in…PICKLE, James Jarrell (Jake), Congress, TX (1913-2005)
PICKLE James Jarrell (Jake) , a Representative from Texas; born in Big Spring, Howard County, Tex., October 11, 1913; educated in the public schools of Big Spring, Tex.; B.A., University of Texas…Trending
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