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June 2016: Zika Virus: Hundreds Infected, Vaccine in the Works
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of June 2016.…Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Declaration of Rights and Grievances14 October 1774Abstract When the First Continental Congress met in September and October 1774, the delegates made several major decisions. Among those was…Work Credits Required for Living Persons To Be Fully Insured at Age 62
Individual'sdate of birth Number of creditsIndividual'sdate of birth Number of credits(men & women)Men Women 1/1/1893 or earlier 6 6 1/2/13–1/1/14 241/2/93–1/1/94 7 6 1/2/14–1/1/15 251/2/…Walt Whitman: Spirit Whose Work Is Done [Washington City, 1865]
Spirit Whose Work Is Done [Washington City, 1865]Spirit whose work is done—spirit of dreadful hours! Ere departing fade from my eyes your forests of bayonets; Spirit of gloomiest fears and…New York School of Social Work
(Encyclopedia) New York School of Social Work: see Columbia Univ.convict labor
(Encyclopedia) convict labor, work of prison inmates. Until the 19th cent., labor was introduced in prisons chiefly as punishment. Such work is now considered a necessary part of the rehabilitation…John Bosco, Saint
(Encyclopedia) John Bosco, Saint, 1815–88, Italian priest, b. Piedmont. As a priest at Turin he was very successful in work with boys. He founded (1841) the Salesian order (i.e., order of St. Francis…Witelo of Silesia
(Encyclopedia) Witelo of Silesia or Vitelo, c.1230–75, Silesian physicist, philosopher, and theologian. He studied in Paris and Padua and spent time at the papal palace in Viterbo, Italy. His ten-…Percy Bysshe Shelley: A List of the Principal Editions of Shelley's Poetical Works, Showing the Various Printed Sources of the Contents of this Edition
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Notes on the Text and Its PunctuationIndex of First LinesA List of the Principal Editions of Shelley's Poetical Works, Showing the Various Printed Sources of the…Fornés, María Irene
(Encyclopedia) Fornés, María Irene, 1930–2018, Cuban-American playwright and director; she emigrated from Cuba with her family after her father's death in 1945. An early experimental work, Promenade…