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The True George Washington: Enemies: The Press
The PressAnother type of enemy, more or less the result of this differing with Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Randolph, was sundry editors and writers who gathered under their patronage and…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 18, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 17, 1806March 19, 1806March 18, 1806 Tuesday March 18th 1806. Drewyer was taken last night with a violent pain in his side. Capt. Clark…The Devil's Dictionary: Creditor
by Ambrose Bierce CRAYFISHCREMONACREDITOR -n. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.The Devil's Dictionary: Danger
by Ambrose Bierce DANCEDARINGDANGER -n. A savage beast which, when it sleeps, Man girds at and despises, But takes himself away by leaps And bounds when it arises -…The Devil's Dictionary: Hatchet
by Ambrose Bierce HASHHATREDHATCHET -n. A young axe, known among Indians as a Thomashawk. "O bury the hatchet, irascible Red, For peace is a blessing," the White Man said The…Top 10 Best American Hospitals, 2008
December 10 - 17 America's Best Hospitals, 2008 The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States' best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research…Portland, Ore.
Mayor: Charlie Hales (to Dec. 2016)2010 census population (rank): 583,776 (29); Male: 289,211 (49.5%); Female: 294,565 (50.5%); White: 444,216 (76.1%); Black: 36,695 (6.3%); American Indian…Walt Whitman: "The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete"
"The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete"The devilish and the dark, the dying and diseas'd, The countless (nineteen-twentieths) low and evil, crude and savage, The crazed, prisoners in jail,…The Devil's Dictionary: Funeral
by Ambrose Bierce FRYING-PANFUTUREFUNERAL -n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our…Lodge, George Cabot
Lodge, George Cabot[1873-1909](2)Born at Boston, October 12, 1873. Educated at Harvard University and the University of Paris. He did his first work in poetry at Harvard in the stimulating…Trending
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