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The Second Coming

The Second ComingTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-…

Louise Erdrich Biography

Louise ErdrichwriterBorn: July 6, 1954Birthplace: Little Falls, Minnesota With recurring characters and themes, Louise Erdrich's fiction is steeped in the American Indian cultures of North…

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

In three separate ceremonies in the three capitals on Dec. 17, 1992, President Bush, Mexican President Salinas, and Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney signed the historic North American Free…

The Koran/Sura XCV — The Fig

Sura XCV — The FigMecca — 8 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful I SWEAR by the FIG and by the olive, By Mount Sinai, And by this inviolate soil![71] That of…

Henry William Stiegel Biography

Henry William Stiegel ironmaster, glassmakerBorn: 5/13/1729 Birthplace: Cologne, Germany He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1750, and established iron forges in Lancaster and Berks Counties,…

Gene Sarazen Biography

Gene SarazenAge: 97 one of the most influential professional golfers of the 20th century who helped establish the Masters as one of the world's greatest golf tournaments; holed a 235-yard…

The Wind Will Carry Us

Director/Writer:Abbas KiarostamiNew Yorker Films; NR; 118 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Behzad Dourani, residents of Siah Dareh (Iran) To anyone reared on Hollywood films, Iranian director Abbas…