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A Boy's Will: Wind and Window Flower

by Robert Frost Storm FearTo the Thawing WindWind and Window Flower Out of the winter things he fashions a story of modern love. LOVERS, forget your love, And list to the love of these…

Taylor, Robert Love

(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Robert Love, 1850–1912, U.S. politician, governor of Tennessee (1887–91, 1897–99), b. Carter co., Tenn. A lawyer, he was a Democrat in Congress (1879–81) and in 1886 defeated…

abstract of title

(Encyclopedia) abstract of title, in law, brief history of the title to a piece of land. An account is given of recorded documents, court proceedings, wills, mortgages, taxes, previous sales,…

Empson, William

(Encyclopedia) Empson, William, 1906–84, English critic and poet. His Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930), a study of the meanings of poetry, is a classic of modern literary criticism. It was followed by…

Wayne, John

(Encyclopedia) Wayne, John, 1907–79, American movie actor, b. Winterset, Iowa, as Marion Michael Morrison. An enduringly popular movie star from his debut in 1930, Wayne combined the toughness…

Dole, Elizabeth Hanford

(Encyclopedia) Dole, Elizabeth Hanford, 1936–, American public official, b. Salisbury, N.C., B.A., Duke, 1958, J.D., Harvard, 1965; wife of Bob Dole. A Republican, she held several government…

Fraser, Malcolm

(Encyclopedia) Fraser, Malcolm (John Malcolm Fraser), 1930–2015, Australian political leader and prime minister (1975–83). A graduate of Oxford (1952), he entered the Australian parliament as a…

Thomas WILLING, Congress, PA (1731-1821)

WILLING, Thomas, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 19, 1731; completed preparatory studies in Bath, England; studied law in London at the Inner Temple; returned…

Bob Tillman 2000 Deaths

Bob TillmanAge: 63 major league catcher with Boston, N.Y. Yankees, and Atlanta during the 1960s; hit .232 with 79 HR over nine seasons. He died of a heart attack. Died: Gallatin, Tenn., June…

Bob Merrill 1998 Deaths

Bob Merrillsongwriter prolific composer and lyricist of the familiar “How Much is that Doggie in the Window,” and Broadway musicals, includingFunny Girl, Carnival and New Girl in TownBorn:…