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Leap Year Explained (Why Are There Leap Years)

Photo Source: iStock Leap year is an interesting phenomenon, but it helps to explain what happens to the extra quarter of a day each calendar year. Read on for more information on why leap year…

Notable Irish Writers

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and craft, good housekeeping, living. —Samuel Beckettfrom "Three Dialogues"…

1997–1998 Broadcast Premieres

Ally McBealAlright AlreadyAsk HarrietBetween BrothersBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?Brooklyn SouthBuilt to LastThe CloserCluelessCrackerC16:FBIDamonDawson's CreekDellaventuraDharma &…

The Seven Deadly Sins

In Christianity, the seven deadly sins are considered “deadly” because it is believed they can do terrible damage to the soul. The now-famous list does not appear in the Bible and may have been…

Wind on Water

NBC Saturday 8:00–9:00 p.m.; canceled Cast: Bo Derek, Lee Horsley, William Gregory Lee, Brian Gross, Shawn Christian, Jacinda Barrett, Matthew Stephen Liu and Matt George Cole (…

Safe Harbor

WBMonday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Gregory Harrison, Rue McClanahan, Christopher Khaymen Lee, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Lelliott, Orlando Brown, and Jamie Williams Florida sheriff John Loring…

Bollingen Prize in Poetry

The Bollingen Prize in Poetry, a prestigious literary honor given by the Beinecke Library of Yale University, is currently awarded every two years…

Howard “Sandman” Sims 2003 Deaths

Howard “Sandman” SimsAge: 86 famed Apollo Theater tap dancer who taught his fancy footwork to Gregory Hines, Ben Vereen, Muhammad Ali, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Died: Bronx, New York, May 20,…

Sloan Wilson 2003 Deaths

Sloan WilsonAge: 83 novelist whose 1955 book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit defined the postwar suburban and career angst experienced by countless Americans. Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones…