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2015 People in the News See also 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in…Robert Graves: Double Red Daisies
Double Red DaisiesDouble red daisies, they're my flowers, Which nobody else may grow. In a big quarrelsome house like ours They try it sometimes—but no, I root them up because they're my…Juliette Daisy Gordon Low Biography
Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Lowfounder of the Girl Scouts of AmericaBorn: Oct. 31, 1860Birthplace: Savannah, Ga. Low came from a prominent Savannah, Georgia, family. After being educated at…Beresford, Bruce
(Encyclopedia) Beresford, Bruce, 1940–, Australian film director, b. Sydney, grad. Sydney Univ. (1962). Beresford moved to England, worked for the British Film Institute (1966–71), and made several…Padre Island
(Encyclopedia) Padre IslandPadre Islandpädˈrē, pădˈrē [key], low, sandy island, c.115 mi (185 km) long, less than 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, S Tex. It is characterized by large, irregular sand dunes, sparse…John Ridley MITCHELL, Congress, TN (1877-1962)
MITCHELL John Ridley , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Livingston, Overton County, Tenn., September 26, 1877; attended the public schools; was graduated from Peabody College of Teachers…Burbank, Luther
(Encyclopedia) Burbank, LutherBurbank, Lutherbûrˈbănk [key], 1849–1926, American plant breeder, b. Lancaster, Mass. He experimented with thousands of plant varieties and developed many new ones,…Frank, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Frank, Robert, 1924–2019, Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker, b. Zürich. He immigrated to the United States in 1947 and became a citizen in 1963. One of the 20th century's most…sea turtle
(Encyclopedia) sea turtle, name for several species of large marine turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans. These turtles are modified for life in the ocean by having flipperlike forelimbs…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: To A Mountain Daisy,
by Robert Burns Song, Composed In SpringTo RuinTo A Mountain Daisy, On turning down with the Plough, in April, 1786. Wee, modest crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an…Trending
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