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Men: College Soccer, 1997-98 Season

The combined 1997 first team All-America selections of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the 11 Soccer America MVPs. Holdovers from the combined 1996 All-America…

Jane Hodgson 2006 Deaths

Jane HodgsonAge: 91 abortion-rights activist and subject of a 1970 test case in which she became the only doctor in the United States to be convicted of illegally performing an abortion in a…

Harry Blackmun Biography

Harry BlackmunAge: 90 retired Supreme Court justice whose conservative stance shifted to the left during his 24-year tenure. Appointed to the post in 1970 by Richard Nixon, he later became…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Test

by EmilyDickinsonTriumphantEscapeThe Test The Test I can wade grief, Whole pools of it, — I 'm used to that. But the least push of joy Breaks up my feet, And I tip — drunken. Let no pebble…

The Blind Boys of Alabama

Higher GroundReal World The Rolling Stones have certainly been on the road a long time, but they've got a ways to go to catch up with The Blind Boys of Alabama, who are still going strong…

John Ashcroft Biography

John AshcroftGeorge W. Bush's Attorney General Born: 5/9/1942Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Arguably the most controversial and conservative of all Bush appointees, Ashcroft faced harsh…

Bea Arthur Biography

actressBorn: May 13, 1922Died: April 25, 2009 (California, USA) Best Known as: actress Though she was successful on stage and in films, Bea Arthur was…

Betty Ford Biography

Betty Ford(Elizabeth Ann Bloomer, Elizabeth Ann Warren)former First Lady of the United States, humanitarianBorn: 4/8/1918Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. A former dancer with the Martha Graham…

Irvin St. Clair PEPPER, Congress, IA (1876-1913)

PEPPER Irvin St. Clair , a Representative from Iowa; born in Davis County, Iowa, June 10, 1876; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southern Iowa Normal School at Bloomfield in 1897;…