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Tim Duncan
Tim DuncanBorn: Apr. 25, 1976Basketball This 7-foot shot-blocker and shot-maker is a 2-time NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003); 2-time NBA MVP (2002-03); 1997 College Player of the Year at Wake…Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 2
Part 2Within me latitude widens, longitude lengthens, Asia, Africa, Europe, are to the east—America is provided for in the west, Banding the bulge of the earth winds the hot equator,…Thomas Foran 2000 Deaths
Thomas ForanAge: 76 combative lawyer who served as chief prosecutor in the Chicago Seven conspiracy trial in which seven defendants, including Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, and Tom Hayden, were…Cal Stoll 2000 Deaths
Cal StollAge: 74 former football coach at Minnesota (1972-78) and Wake Forest (1969-71); was 39-39 at Minnesota where he coached current NFL coach Tony Dungy; received a heart transplant in…A. E. Housman: Look not in my eyes, for fear
Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me. One the long nights through must lie Spent in star-…April 2002 Disasters
April 15, nr. Pusan, South Korea: Air China Boeing 767 en route from Beijing crashed into a forested hillside 5 mi from the airport in Pusan, killing at least 115 people. Miraculously, 39…Donna Karan Biography
Donna Karan(Donna Faske)fashion designer, business executiveBorn: 10/2/1948Birthplace: Forest Hills, N.Y. Known as the queen of Seventh Avenue, Donna Karan is the owner and chief designer of…Aesop's Fables: The Trees and the Axe
by Aesop The Bull and the CalfThe AstronomerThe Trees and the Axe A Woodman went into the forest and begged of the Trees the favour of a handle for his Axe. The principal Trees at once…Peleg TALLMAN, Congress, MA (1764-1840)
TALLMAN Peleg , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Tiverton, R.I., July 24, 1764; attended the public schools; served in the Revolutionary War on the privateer and lost an arm in an…Albert SMITH, Congress, NY (1805-1870)
SMITH Albert , a Representative from New York; born in Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., June 22, 1805; completed preparatory studies; moved to Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; studied law; was…