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World's Tallest Skyscrapers: A Brief History
The Empire State Building, built in 1931, was the world's tallest skyscraper for 41 years until it was surpassed in 1972 by the World Trade Center (1,368 ft, 110 stories). Two years later, the Sears…Sara Teasedale: Off Algiers
Off AlgiersOh give me neither love nor tears, Nor dreams that sear the night with fire, Go lightly on your pilgrimage Unburdened by desire.Forget me for a month, a year, But, oh,…America's Most Endangered Places 2006
The Smithsonian Institution and the World Trade Center stairs are considered endangered properties by Mark Zurlo Arts and Industries Building of Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.…George Sterling: The Dust Dethroned
The Dust DethronedGeorge SterlingSargon is dust, Semiramis a clod! In crypts profaned the moon at midnight peers; The owl upon the Sphinx hoots in her ears, And scant and sear the desert…Joyce Kilmer: Prayer of a Soldier in France
Prayer of a Soldier in FranceJoyce KilmerMy shoulders ache beneath my pack (Lie easier, Cross, upon His back).I march with feet that burn and smart (Tread, Holy Feet, upon my heart).Men shout…Tom Petty Biography
Tom Petty folk/rock musicianBorn: 10/20/1950Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida Having begun playing guitar at 13 with an instrument his mother ordered through the Sears catalog, Petty went on to…Bess Sheehan Biography
Bess Sheehan historian, preservationistBorn: April 16, 1882Birthplace: near Jackson, Mich. Sheehan was born Bess May Vrooman; she studied American history at the University of Michigan, where…The Devil's Dictionary: Frying-pan
by Ambrose Bierce FROGFUNERALFRYING-PAN -n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitchen. The frying-pan was invented by Calvin, and by him used…Thomas WORTHINGTON, Congress, OH (1773-1827)
Senate Years of Service: 1803-1807; 1810-1814 Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican WORTHINGTON Thomas , a Senator from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), on…Harriet Miers, Biography
Harriet Miers, White House Counsel under President George W. BushBorn: August 10, 1945Birthplace: Dallas Texas Miers, President George W. Bush's chief legal counsel since Feb. 2005, was…Trending
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