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(Joseph) Lane Kirkland Biography

(Joseph) Lane KirklandAge: 77 president of the AFL–CIO from 1979 to 1995. As head of the federation, Kirkland fought to sustain the unions' waning power, in part by bringing renegades such as…

Jack Chick

Jack T. Chick was the founder and president of Chick Publications, publishers of comic books that encouraged people to follow Jesus Christ and convert to Christianity as the only way to avoid a fiery…

Notable Female Scientists

Annie Jump Cannon Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Notable Women in U.S. Government

Sandra Day O'Connor Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers…

The Devil's Dictionary: Mummy

by Ambrose Bierce MULTITUDEMUSTANGMUMMY -n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent…

John Bunyan

John Bunyan's 17th-century book The Pilgrim's Progress is classic literature's most famous Christian allegory. Bunyan grew up in a village outside Bedford, England, the son of a tinker (or brazier…

Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus was a 20th century jazz musician whose reputation as a great bassist is matched by his influence as a great composer of what has been called "orchestral jazz." He was musically…

Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Massacre

147 149 The Massacre SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was greatly pained to point out the contrast…

The Koran/Sura XV — Hedjr

Sura XV — Hedjr[268]Mecca — 99 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. RA.[269] These are the signs of the Book, and of a lucid recital [Koran]. Many a time…

Jessica Biel

Jessica Biel was a teen model before becoming a TV star in 1996 as minister's daughter Mary Camden on WB's family drama 7th Heaven. She made a further splash as the strong-willed granddaughter in…