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Declaration of Conscience

by Senator Margaret Chase Smith Mr. President, I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition. It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Story of a Mother

The Happy FamilyThe False CollarThe Story of a Mother A mother sat there with her little child. She was so downcast, so afraid that it should die! It was so pale, the small eyes had closed…

Social Worker

What is this job like? Social workers help people overcome problems and make their lives better. They might work with people who are homeless, sick, or having family problems. Or they might…

What You Can Do to Help Shelter Animals

April 30th is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. This day was established to bring about awareness to the thousands of abandoned pets who need “forever homes.” In honor of this day, we at Infoplease…

Elliott Smith

Figure 8DreamWorks Elliott Smith, whose Miss Misery landed him an Oscar nomination after it appeared in the film Good Will Hunting, returns to the land of lost dreams, symphonic sketches, and…

Iacta vs. Jacta

The Question: I am confused and hope that you can help. When I do an Internet search for "the die is cast" it comes up spelled two different ways: Iacta alea…

King George I

George I was the first Hanoverian king of England and Ireland, a German who was on the throne from 1714 until his death in 1727. He was born to the first Elector of Hanover, Ernest Augustus, and his…

Peter Pan: Peter Breaks Through

The Shadow Peter Breaks Through All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was…

Preserving Civil Liberties

by Eleanor Roosevelt Address To The members of the American Civil Liberties Union Ladies and Gentlemen: I am glad you gave an award to the press tonight, because that gave them the…