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Project Runway: Season Two

Designers in this season faced challenges involving making garments out of plants to creating a dress specifically for guest judge Iman by Mark Hughes Tim Gunn Project…

Guide to New Nations: Former Yugoslavia

by David Johnson Slovenia The former Yugoslavian republic of Slovenia declared its independence on June 25, 1991. The Serbian-led Yugoslavian army, briefly attempted to keep…

Reginald Lewis Biography

Reginald Lewisbusiness leaderBorn: 12/7/1942Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Growing up in a middle class Baltimore neighborhood, Lewis won a football scholarship to Virginia State College (…

Jeff Bezos Biography

Jeff Bezosentrepreneur, founder of Amazon.comBorn: 1964Birthplace: New Mexico Who says you can't sell stuff over the Internet? Jeff Bezos believes you can, and created one of the best-known e…

Issa Rae

Name at birth: Jo-Issa Rae DiopIssa Rae is an actress and filmmaker who created and starred in the Web comedy series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. That success led to her career as a…

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the social networking site Facebook. The success of Facebook made Zuckerberg a paper billionaire at the age of 24; Forbes ranked him…

Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Two Dogs

A Statesman Three Recruits Two Dogs THE Dog, as created, had a rigid tail, but after some centuries of a cheerless existence, unappreciated by Man, who made him work for his living,…

Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: Two Dogs

137 139 Two Dogs THE Dog, as created, had a rigid tail, but after some centuries of a cheerless existence, unappreciated by Man, who made him work for his living, he implored the Creator to endow…

Walt Disney Biography

Walt Disney Born: 1901Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Art of animation—Animation pioneer, invented the multiplane camera in 1937. This advanced camera created three-dimensional effects…