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Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore (6,000 ft), in South Dakota, became a celebrated American landmark after sculptor Gutzon Borglum took on the project of carving into the side of it the heads of four great…Charles Wharton Stork: Death — Divination
Death — DivinationCharles Wharton StorkDeath is like moonlight in a lofty wood, That pours pale magic through the shadowy leaves; 'T is like the web that some old perfume weaves In a dim,…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Lines On The Commemoration Of Rodney's Victory
by Robert Burns Thanksgiving For A National VictoryThe Raptures Of FollyLines On The Commemoration Of Rodney's Victory Instead of a Song, boy's, I'll give you a Toast; Here's to…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Lines ("That time is dead for ever, child!")
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To William Shelley Death Lines Published by Mrs. Shelley with the date 'November 5th, 1817,' in "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1. That time is dead for ever, child!…Percy Bysshe Shelley: On Robert Emmet's Grave
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To IrelandThe Retrospect: Cwm Elan, 1812On Robert Emmet's Grave Published from the Esdaile manuscript book by Dowden, "Life of Shelley", 1887; dated 1812. ...…2002 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: Atonement, Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) General Nonfiction: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, Samantha Power (New Republic/Basic Books) Biography or…First African-American to Win Congressional Medal of Honor
The Question: Who was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor? The Answer: William Carney was the first African-American recipient. He was awarded the…Les Contes d'Hoffmann <br/>(Tales of Hoffmann)
Music:Jacques OffenbachLibretto:Michel Carré and Jules BarbierPremiere:Paris, February 10, 1881 Loosely based on the life of the German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, Tales of Hoffmann portrays a…Joseph CROWLEY, Congress, NY (1962)
CROWLEY Joseph , a Representative from New York; born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 16, 1962; graduated from Power Memorial High School, New York, N.Y., 1981; B.A., Queens College, City…Patrick J. CARLEY, Congress, NY (1866-1936)
CARLEY Patrick J. , a Representative from New York; born in County Roscommon, Ireland, February 2, 1866; immigrated to the United States with his parents at an early age; attended the public…Trending
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