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Haley Horton

BA English Literature, University of York, York, England MA Comparative Literatures and Cultures, University of Bristol, Bristol, England Additional Qualifications Certificate in Advanced Social…

Frederic Remington

Frederic Remington studied art at Yale University, traveled to the newly expanding western part of the United States in the 1880s and ended up illustrating outdoor scenes for Harper's and Collier's…

Time Zone Origins

A transcontinental train schedule was the mother of invention Map of world time zones – full size Related Links Time Measurement, Time Zones, and the International Date Line Prime…

Memorial Poetry

top all the clocks, cut off the telephone . . . compiled by Erin Teare Excerpts from memorial poems by some of the world's greatest poets, including William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and E. E…

A Nuclear North Korea

—Borgna Brunner Hamid Karzai, leader of an interim Afghan government after the fall of the Taliban, officially became head of state in June 2002. Karzai's strong international support led to the…

Classical Mythology: The Labors of Heracles

The Labors of HeraclesClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The…

Flatland: Of the Universal Colour Bill

by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Ancient Practice of PaintingOf the Suppression of the Chro...Of the Universal Colour Bill But meanwhile the intellectual Arts were fast decaying. The Art of…

Railroad Ridership, 1988–2004

(millions) 19881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004Amtrak system21.521.422.222.021.322.121.220.719.720.221.121.522.523.523.424.025.0 Northeast Corridor11.211.111.210.910.…