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Affirmative Action Setbacks
1997 News of the Nation One of the most hotly debated topics of the year was that of affirmative action. A ballot initiative in California, Proposition 209, gave a resounding mandate to efforts to…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, June 19, 1805
Day 727 Day 729 Lewis, June 19, 1805 Wednesday June 19th 1805. This morning I sent over several men for the meat which was killed yesterday, a few hours after they returned with it, the…Christina Rossetti: Last Night
Last NightMay 1865Where were you last night? I watched at the gate; I went down early, I stayed down late. Were you snug at home, I should like to know, Or were you in the coppice wheedling…1999 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Picture:American BeautyBest Actor:Russell Crowe, The InsiderBest Actress:Hilary Swank, Boys Don't CryBest Supporting Actor:Michael Clarke Duncan, The Green MileBest Supporting Actress:…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Prologue
by Robert Burns Verses Intended To Be Written ...The Bonie Moor-HenPrologue Spoken by Mr. Woods on his benefit-night, Monday, 16th April, 1787. When, by a generous Public's…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 23, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 22, 1805June 24, 1805June 23, 1805 June 23rd Sunday 1805 a Cloudy morning wind from the S. E, after getting the Canoe to Camp & the…Alice Corbin: Muy Vieja Mexicana
Muy Vieja MexicanaAlice CorbinI've seen her pass with eyes upon the road — An old bent woman in a bronze-black shawl, With skin as dried and wrinkled as a mummy's, As brown as a cigar-box,…A Sermon on the Public Function of Woman - Public Functions of Women
by Theodore Parker Public Functions of WomenRights of WomenThe Nature of WomenThese callings are not all that the race of woman needs; not all that her human nature requires. She has the…Anne Bradstreet: Prologue
Prologue To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings, Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun, For my mean Pen are too superior things; Or how they all, or each their dates have run, Let Poets…Trending
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