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Hamm-er Time

Mia Hamm leads the U.S. quest for a second World Cup title by Gerry Brown World Cup UpdateSoccer, a sport traditionally given little attention in the United States, will have its time in the sun…

Brewer's: Sack

Any dry wine, as sherry sack, Madeira sack, Canary sack, and Palm sack. (A corruption of the French sec, dry.) Sack A bag. According to tradition, it was the last word uttered before…

Celebrity Playlists

Here's a sampling of songs some celebrities have loaded on their iPods. President Bush “Centerfield,” John Fogerty “Brown-Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care,” Joni…

The Koran/Sura LXXIII — The Enfolded

Sura LXXIII — The Enfolded[32]Mecca — 20 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful O THOU ENFOLDED in thy mantle, Stand up all night, except a small portion of it, for…

Camping with the Nez Perces

Chapter 21 Chapter 23 Camping with the Nez Perces Soon after they had fixed their camp, the explorers bade farewell to their good friend Tunnachemootoolt and his young men, who…

Lewis & Clark: Camping with the Nez Perces

by NoahBrooks Overland east of the ColumbiaCrossing the Bitter Root MountainsCamping with the Nez Perces Soon after they had fixed their camp, the explorers bade farewell…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Matilda Gathering Flowers

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The First Canzone of the ConvitoFragment: Adapted from the Vit...Matilda Gathering Flowers From the Purgatorio Of Dante, Canto 28, Lines 1-51. Published in part (…

Brewer's: Pantagruel'

So called because he was born during the drought which lasted thirty and six months, three weeks, four days, thirteen hours, and a little more, in that year of grace noted for having “…