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Poems: The Chimney Sweeper

by WilliamBlakeThe Little Girl FoundNurse's SongThe Chimney Sweeper A little black thing in the snow, Crying "weep! weep!" in notes of woe! "Where are thy father and mother? Say!"— "…

William W. SNOW, Congress, NY (1812-1886)

SNOW William W. , a Representative from New York; born in Heath, Franklin County, Mass., April 27, 1812; attended the public schools; learned the trade of wool-carder and cloth dresser; moved to…

Bill Talbert Biography

Bill TalbertAge: 80 Hall of Fame tennis champion who won four men's doubles titles with Gardnar Mulloy and four mixed doubles titles with Margaret Osborne duPont at the United States…

Pulitzer Prizes: Correspondence

1929Paul Scott Mowrer (Chicago Daily News)1930Leland Stowe (New York Herald Tribune)1931H. R. Knickerbocker (Philadelphia Public Ledger and New York Evening Post)1932Walter Duranty (New York…

Poems: The Garden of Love

by WilliamBlakeThe LilyThe Little VagabondThe Garden of Love I laid me down upon a bank, Where Love lay sleeping; I heard among the rushes dank Weeping, weeping. Then I went…

Super-sized Americans

Many Americans eat too much and don’t exercise enough. If you have a hard time believing that, look around. About 16% of kids ages 12 to 19 are obese and 30% are overweight. As for adults, 31% are…

The True George Washington: Social Life

Social LifeIn VirginiaThere can be no doubt that Washington, like the Virginian of his time, was pre-eminently social. It is true that late in life he complained, as already quoted, that his…