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Brewer's: Thebes

(1 syl.), called The Hundred-Gated, was not Thebes of Boeotia, but of Thebaïs of Egypt, which extended over twenty-three miles of land. Homer says out of each gate the Thebans could send…

Germain Glidden Biography

Germain GliddenAge: 85 a national squash racquets champion in the 1930's and 1950's; founder of the National Art Museum of Sport, based in Indianapolis.Died: Norwalk, Conn., February 9,…

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. Biography

W. Arthur Garrity, Jr.Age: 79 the federal judge who in 1974 triggered riots and “white flight” by ordering the desegregation, by student busing, of Boston schools.Died: Boston, Mass.,…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act I, Scene IV

Scene IVBefore CorioliEnter, with drum and colours, Marcius, Titus, Lartius, Captains and Soldiers. To them a MessengerMarciusYonder comes news. A wager they have met.LartiusMy horse to yours…

Deuteronomy: 12

Deuteronomy Chapter 12 1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days…

Kelly McGillis Biography

Kelly McGillisactressBorn: 7/9/1957Birthplace: Newport Beach, California McGillis's first two movie performances, in Reuben, Reuben (1983) and Witness (1985), received critical praise. She next…

2 Chronicles: 23

2 Chronicles Chapter 23 1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the…

Acts: 12

Acts Chapter 12 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw it…

Deuteronomy: 16

Deuteronomy Chapter 16 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night…

Arthur Colton: Let me no more a Mendicant

Let me no more a MendicantArthur ColtonLet me no more a mendicant Without the gate Of the world's kingly palace wait; Morning is spent, The sentinels change and challenge in the tower, Now…