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Modern Slavery
Human bondage in Africa, Asia, and the Dominican Republic by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco This article was posted on April 18, 2001. Sudanese slaves await redemption in Madhol, Sudan, in…Astrological Signs
Ancient Greek Star Signs The Zodiac refers to a region of the sky visible around the Earth at eight degrees North or South of the sun's visible orbit (called the ecliptic). This is based on the…Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 11
Part 11Listen! I will be honest with you, I do not offer the old smooth prizes, but offer rough new prizes, These are the days that must happen to you: You shall not heap up what is call'd…Phar Lap
Decades after his death, Phar Lap remains Australia's most famous racehorse: an ungainly chestnut gelding whose great stamina helped him win 37 of his 51 races between 1929 and 1932. Phar Lap was…Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey's remarkable vocal range helped her gospel-influenced dance tunes reach the top of the pop charts in the early 1990s, and she went on to become one of the top-selling pop artists of the…The Magnetosphere of Jupiter
Perhaps the largest structure in the solar system is the magnetosphere of Jupiter. This is the region of space that is filled with Jupiter's magnetic field and is bounded by the interaction of that…Pete Postlethwaite Biography
ActorBorn: 2/7/1946Birthplace: Warrington, England Born in Warrington, England to working-class parents, Pete Postlethwaite spent two years in a seminary as a young…Bob Lackey 2002 Deaths
Bob LackeyAge: 53 Marquette forward, who joined coach Al McGwire's team as a diamond in the rough and left as his smooth-playing captain known as "the Black Swan" and "Captain Bob"; Casper…Marlon Brando 2004 Deaths
Marlon BrandoAge: 80 Academy Award–winning actor considered a singular practitioner of Method acting. His inward-looking style and rough sex appeal established him as one of Hollywood's most…Stephen Vincent Benét: Lonely Burial
Lonely BurialStephen Vincent BenétThere were not many at that lonely place, Where two scourged hills met in a little plain. The wind cried loud in gusts, then low again. Three pines strained…Trending
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