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Goodbye Barkley
NBA star Charles Barkley calls it quits. by Mike Morrison Charles Barkley after his career-ending accident on Dec. 8, 1999. "I guess the big fella in the sky wanted me to finish right where I…The Raven
The Raven There was once a queen who had a little daughter, still too young to run alone. One day the child was very troublesome, and the mother could not quiet it, do what she would. She…The Hungry Stones: The Victory
by Rabindranath Tagore The Hungry StonesOnce There Was a KingThe Victory She was the Princess Ajita. And the court poet of King Narayan had never seen her. On the day he recited a new…Matisse, Henri
(Encyclopedia) Matisse, HenriMatisse, HenriäNrēˈ mätēsˈ [key], 1869–1954, French painter, sculptor, and lithographer. Along with Picasso, Matisse is considered one of the two foremost artists of the…November 2011 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of November…Weather: Hurricane Forecasting
Hurricane ForecastingWeatherHurricanes: The Greatest Storms on EarthIt's Different in the TropicsHow It HappensThe Name GameHurricane ForecastingThe Triple Threat Because hurricane dynamics are…Weather: Telling What's Next
Telling What's NextWeatherOn Another FrontMass AppealPutting Up a FrontFrontal AttackStorms on the FrontTelling What's Next Much of the art of weather forecasting focuses on understanding the…Brewer's: Crown Glass
is window glass blown into a crown or hollow globe. It is flattened before it is fit for use. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Crown OfficeCrown A B C D E…Brewer's: Sub Hasta
By auction. When an auction took place among the Romans, it was customary to stick a spear in the ground to give notice of it to the public. In London we hang from the first-floor window a…Brewer's: Vesica Piscis
(Latin, fish-bladder). The ovoidal frame or glory which, in the twelfth century, was much used, especially in painted windows, to surround pictures of the Virgin Mary and of our Lord. It…Trending
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