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Ella Maria Gonzalez Alvarez 1998 Deaths

Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezAge: 93 a pioneer in women's tennis in Spain; better known as "Lili Alvarez", she ruled Spanish tennis in the 1920s, making it to three consecutive Wimbledon…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Unwarned

by EmilyDickinsonDeathXVUnwarned Unwarned 'T is sunrise, little maid, hast thou No station in the day? 'T was not thy wont to hinder so, — Retrieve thine industry. 'T is noon, my…

Sara Teasedale: May Day

May DayThe shining line of motors, The swaying motor-bus, The prancing dancing horses Are passing by for us.The sunlight on the steeple, The toys we stop to see, The smiling passing…

Quotation Marks

Use quotation marks:To set off direct quotations: “Let's go to the beach,” she suggested.To set off titles of short stories, articles, chapters, essays, songs, poems, and individual radio…

George Montgomery 2000 Deaths

George Montgomery(George Letz)Age: 84 rugged actor who epitomized the Western cowboy in scores of films, including The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1940) and Dakota Lil (1950). He was married to…

Deadline

NBCMonday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Oliver Platt, Hope Davis, Lili Taylor, Bebe Neuwirth, Tom Conti Wallace Benton (Oliver Platt), a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at a New York Post–…

What Are Proper Precautions?

Preventing skin cancer and eye damage. Skin cancer is increasing faster than any other form of cancer, with over 1 million new cases predicted to occur in the U.S. this year. Listen to the…

Blog Readership

According to a 2004 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, about 120 million U.S. adults use the Internet and about 32 million read blogs. However, only 38% of Internet…

Mae West Biography

Mae WestactressBorn: 8/17/1893Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Stage and film actress who was the queen of double entendre and exaggerated, humorous sexiness. Her films include She Done Him…