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Walt Whitman: Facing West from California's Shores
Facing West from California's ShoresFacing west from California's shores, Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound, I, a child, very old, over waves, towards the house of maternity…mercury poisoning
(Encyclopedia) mercury poisoning, tissue damage resulting from exposure to more than trace amounts of the element mercury or its compounds. Elemental mercury (the silver liquid familiar from…Gloria
Director: Sidney LumetWriter: Steve AntinColumbia; R; 108 minutesRelease:1/99Cast:Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Cathy Moriarty, George C. Scott and Jeremy Northam In this remake of John…Walt Whitman: Spain, 1873-74
Spain, 1873-74Out of the murk of heaviest clouds, Out of the feudal wrecks and heap'd-up skeletons of kings, Out of that old entire European debris, the shatter'd mummeries, Ruin'd cathedrals…bell hooks
Name at birth: Gloria Jean WatkinsDr. bell hooks (who spelled her name without capitals) was one of the most widely published black feminist scholars in the United States. An outspoken cultural…Bess Truman
Name at birth: Elizabeth Virginia WallaceElizabeth "Bess" Truman was the wife of United States president Harry S. Truman. She was the First Lady from 1945 until 1953, when she retired to live in her…The 24–Hour Woman
Director: Nancy SavocaWriters: Nancy Savoca and Richard GuayArtisan Entertainment; R; 95 minutesRelease:1/99Cast: Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Karen Duffy, Diego Serrano…Samuel Arthur WEISS, Congress, PA (1902-1977)
WEISS Samuel Arthur , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Krotowocz, Poland, April 15, 1902; immigrated to the United States in 1903 with his parents, who settled in Glassport, Pa.;…Paul Gauguin
Name at birth: Eugéne Henri Paul GauguinPaul Gauguin was a French painter of the late 19th century, known for his bold colors, primitive style and paintings of young Polynesian girls. Born in Paris,…Tumbleweeds
Director:Gavin O'ConnorWriters:Gavin O'Connor and Angela SheltonFine Line Features; PG-13; 100 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Janet McTeer, Kimberly Brown, Gavin O'Connor Think of Tumbleweeds as…Trending
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