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Robert Conrad

Name at birth: Konrad Robert FalkowskiActor Robert Conrad specialized in playing resourceful tough guys throughout his long TV career. He starred in two especially popular TV series, playing special…

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

Author:Kary MullisPublisher:Pantheon The man who made one of this century's most important scientific breakthroughs was also visited by aliens appearing as a glowing raccoon. This is his…

Gene Simmons Biography

Gene Simmons(Eugene Klein, born Chaim Witz)musicianBorn: 8/25/1949Birthplace: Haifa, Israel A founding member of the rock group Kiss (1973–present), a band noteworthy as much for its members…

Harriet Monroe: The Water Ouzel

The Water OuzelHarriet MonroeLittle brown surf-bather of the mountains! Spirit of foam, lover of cataracts, shaking your wings in falling waters! Have you no fear of the roar and rush when…

Thomas S. Jones, Jr.: Joyous-Gard

Joyous-GardThomas S. Jones, Jr.Wind-washed and free, full-swept by rain and wave, By tang of surf and thunder of the gale, Wild be the ride yet safe the barque will sail And past the…

k.d. lang

Invincible SummerWarner Bros. She's never really seemed like the beach-going type, but since her move to California, k.d. lang is suddenly the windswept woman. Far from the farmlands of her…

Poems: Mr. Apollinax

by T. S. Eliot Cousin NancyHysteriaMr. Apollinax When Mr. Apollinax visited the United States His laughter tinkled among the teacups. I thought of Fragilion, that shy figure among the…

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel is the bright-eyed brunette whose turn as Joseph Gordon-Levitt's object of affection in (500) Days of Summer (2009) led to her own TV show in 2011, New Girl. She grew up in a film…

Poem: Mr. Apollinax

Poem 20 Poem 22 Mr. Apollinax When Mr. Apollinax visited the United States His laughter tinkled among the teacups. I thought of Fragilion, that shy figure among the birch-trees, And of…