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The Big One

Director/Writer:Michael Moore Director of Photography:Brian Danitz and Chris Smith Editor:Meg RetickerMusic:World Famous BluejaysProducers:Jeremy Gibson, Kathleen Glynn and David…

Theodosia Garrison: Stains

StainsTheodosia GarrisonThe three ghosts on the lonesome road Spake each to one another, "Whence came that stain about your mouth No lifted hand may cover?" "From eating of forbidden fruit…

Garrison, William Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805–79, American abolitionist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He supplemented his limited schooling with newspaper work and in 1829 went to Baltimore to aid Benjamin…

Garrison Dam

(Encyclopedia) Garrison Dam, c.11,300 ft (3,400 m) long and 210 ft (64 m) high, on the Missouri River, near Riverdale, W central N.Dak.; one of the world's largest earth-filled dams used for…

Theodosia Garrison: A Love Song

A Love SongTheodosia GarrisonMy love it should be silent, being deep — And being very peaceful should be still — Still as the utmost depths of ocean keep — Serenely silent as some mighty hill…

Theodosia Garrison: The Tears of Harlequin

The Tears of HarlequinTheodosia GarrisonTo you he gave his laughter and his jest, His words that of all words were merriest, His glad, mad moments when the lights flared high And his wild…

Phillips, Wendell

(Encyclopedia) Phillips, Wendell, 1811–84, American reformer and orator, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1831; LL.B., 1834). He was admitted to the bar in 1834 but, having sufficient income of his…

Tahpanhes

(Encyclopedia) TahpanhesTahpanhestäˈpənhēz [key], TahapanesTahpanhestāhăpˈənēz [key], or TehaphnehesTahpanhestēhăfˈnĭhēz [key], ancient city, NE Egypt, on Lake Manzala. The site is now on the Suez…

Chapin, Schuyler Garrison

(Encyclopedia) Chapin, Schuyler GarrisonChapin, Schuyler Garrisonskīˈlər, chāˈpĭn [key], 1923–2009, American operatic manager and cultural impresario, b. New York City. The scion of an old and…