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laurel, in botany

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sassafras, Sassafras albidum, a member of the laurel family laurel, common name for the Lauraceae, a family of forest trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical SE Asia but also…

Williams, Tennessee

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams), 1911–83, American dramatist, b. Columbus, Miss., grad. State Univ. of Iowa, 1938. One of America's foremost 20th-century playwrights and…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Hymn of Pan

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Hymn of ApolloThe QuestionHymn of Pan Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a fair draft amongst the Shelley manuscripts at the Bodleian.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Same

by Percy Bysshe Shelley From Vergil's Tenth EclogueFrom Vergil's Fourth GeorgicThe Same (As revised by Mr. C.D. Locock.) Melodious Arethusa, o'er my verse Shed thou once more the…

September 2005 Disasters

Sept. 1–3, China: Typhoon Talim caused major flooding and landslides, extensive crop damage, and killed at least 129 people. Sept. 5, Medan, Indonesia: Mandala Airlines, Boeing 737, crashed…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Uriel

UrielIt fell in the ancient periods Which the brooding soul surveys, Or ever the wild Time coined itself Into calendar months and days. This was the lapse of Uriel, Which in Paradise…

1999 Minor League<br/>All-Star Team

As presented by Baseball America and covering all Minor League levels.Pos.Name, Team (Major Affiliate)CBen Petrick, Colorado Springs (Rockies)1BSteve Cox, Durham (Devil Rays)2BAdam Kennedy,…

2000 Minor League<br/>All-Star Team

As presented by Baseball America and covering all Minor League levels.Pos.Name, Team (Major Affiliate)CJ.R. House, Hickory (Pirates)1BJason Hart, Midland/Sacramento (A's)2BKeith Ginter,…