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Walt Whitman: Bravo, Paris Exposition!

Bravo, Paris Exposition!Add to your show, before you close it, France, With all the rest, visible, concrete, temples, towers, goods, machines and ores, Our sentiment wafted from many…

Eleanor Roosevelt

Name at birth: Anna Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the United States from 1933-45, during the four presidential terms of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt was…

Walsh, Thomas

Walsh, Thomas[1875-1928](2)Born in Brooklyn, Oct. 14, 1875. Educated at Georgetown University, where he took the degree of Ph.D. in 1892. Spent the years from 1892 to 1895, at Columbia…

Philip Agee Biography

former CIA officerDied: January 7, 2008 (Havana, Cuba) Best Known as: a former CIA officer who turned against the agency A former CIA officer who turned…

Shelby Lynne

I Am Shelby LynneMercury If this is what happens when singers get out of Nashville, then more of them ought to make the leap. It's certainly worked wonders for Shelby Lynne, who went back to…

Mamie Eisenhower

Name at birth: Marie Geneva DoudThe wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower was First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. The daughter of a wealthy meatpacker, Mamie grew up…

Nauru Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Nauru Index: Foreign Relations FOREIGN RELATIONSFollowing independence in 1968, Nauru joined the Commonwealth as a Special Member. Special Members take…

Singapore Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Singapore Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Singapore Relations PEOPLE Singapore is one of…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Enchanter

The EnchanterIn the deep heart of man a poet dwells Who all the day of life his summer story tells; Scatters on every eye dust of his spells, Scent, form and color; to the flowers and shells…