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Cathy Freeman
Cathy FreemanBorn: Feb. 16, 1973Track & Field Australian Aborigine who lit the cauldron at the start of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and provided one of the games' most memorable…Stuart Jewell Biography
Stuart Jewell cinematographer Jewell was an obsessive nature photographer who would sit on the ground for hours on end to catch on film a tiny sprout as it popped from the soil. He is best…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Saved!
by EmilyDickinsonXXXVIIIXLSaved! Saved! Of tribulation these are they Denoted by the white; The spangled gowns, a lesser rank Of victors designate. All these did conquer; but the ones…T. S. Eliot: Preludes, III
by T. S. Eliot IIIVIII You tossed a blanket from the bed, You lay upon your back, and waited; You dozed, and watched the night revealing The thousand sordid images Of which your soul was…Aesop's Fables: The Ant
by Aesop The Pack-Ass, the Wild Ass, and the LionThe Frogs and the WellThe Ant Ants were once men and made their living by tilling the soil. But, not content with the results of their own…Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and His Sons
by Aesop The Ass and His ShadowThe Dog and the CookThe Farmer and His Sons A Farmer, being at death's door, and desiring to impart to his Sons a secret of much moment, called them round…John Deere
John DeereBorn: 1804Birthplace: Rutland, Vt. Plow—Deere's plow had a cutting part made of steel and a moldboard made of polished wrought iron which proved more effective than implements then…Selman Waksman
Selman WaksmanBorn: 1888 Streptomycin. A pioneer in microbiology, Waksman specialized in the study of microbes in soil. His most important find, streptomycin, provided the first effective…Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst writes and sings for the folk-rock band Bright Eyes, a college radio favorite since the late 1990s. Oberst began writing and recording his own songs just after he hit his teens. By the…Cato III
Cato III25 October 1787by See also Federalist No. 14To the Citizens of the State of New York, In the close of my last introductory address, I told you that my object in the future would be to…Trending
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