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The Resurgence of Abraham Lincoln

Almost 150 years after his death, Abraham Lincoln reemerges as a leading figure in politics and pop culture. by Jennie Wood Benjamin Walker gets into character for the title role of the…

Japan Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Japan Index: Geography People Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Japan Relations GEOGRAPHYJapan, a country of islands,…

Sara Teasedale: Doctors

DoctorsEvery night I lie awake And every day I lie abed And hear the doctors, Pain and Death, Conferring at my head.They speak in scientific tones, Professional and low— One argues…

Aesop's Fables: The Mistress and Her Servants

by Aesop The North Wind and the SunThe Goods and the IllsThe Mistress and Her Servants A Widow, thrifty and industrious, had two servants, whom she kept pretty hard at work. They were not…

Sara Teasdale: Open Windows

Open WindowsOut of the window a sea of green trees Lift their soft boughs like the arms of a dancer, They beckon and call me, "Come out in the sun!" But I cannot answer.I am alone with…

A. E. Housman: Reveille

ReveilleWake: the silver dusk returning Up the beach of darkness brims, And the ship of sunrise burning Strands upon the eastern rims.Wake: the vaulted shadow shatters, Trampled to the…

Jeffrey Archer Biography

Jeffrey Archerauthor, politicianBorn: 4/15/1940Birthplace: Weston-super-Mare, England In 1969, at the age of 29, Archer became the youngest member of the House of Commons. He resigned in 1974…