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Weather: Camille

CamilleWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great New England…

Brewer's: Seven Wonders of the World

(i) Of Antiquity. The Pyramids first, which in Egypt were laid; Then Babylon's Gardens for Amytis made; Third, Mausolus's Tomb of affection and guilt; Fourth, the Temple of Dian, in…

Brewer's: Silver-hand

Nuad, the chieftain who led back the tribe of the Danaans from Scotland to Ireland, whence they had migrated. Nuad of the Silver-hand had an artificial hand of silver made by Cred, the…

Robert Graves: Sorley's Weather

Sorley's WeatherWhen outside the icy rain Comes leaping helter-skelter, Shall I tie my restive brain Snugly under shelter?Shall I make a gentle song Here in my firelit study, When…

The Beatles

1Capitol The fact that this album dominated holiday sales and hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts for several weeks in December of 2000, says a lot about The Beatles, but it also may say a lot…

Teri Hatcher Biography

Teri HatcheractressBorn: 12/8/1964Birthplace: Sunnyvale, California Until 2004 when she became one of ABC's Desperate Housewives (for which she won a Golden Globe), Hatcher was best known for…

John Newton WILLIAMSON, Congress, OR (1855-1943)

WILLIAMSON John Newton , a Representative from Oregon; born near Junction City, Lane County, Oreg., November 8, 1855; attended the country schools; attended Willamette University, Salem, Oreg.;…

Abraham Watkins VENABLE, Congress, NC (1799-1876)

VENABLE Abraham Watkins , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Springfield, Prince Edward County, Va., October 17, 1799; was graduated from Hampden-Sidney (Va.) College in 1816; studied…