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Leslie Caron Biography
Leslie Carondancer, actressBorn: 7/1/1931Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, France Caron had been dancing with the Ballet des Champs-Elysees since she was sixteen when she was cast opposite…24 Hours of Le Mans, 1998
June 6-7, at Le Mans, France Officially the Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance and first held in 1923. Contested over the 8.451-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Listed are…James Monroe's State of the Nation Address, Proclaiming the Monroe Doctrine
Given on Tuesday, December 2, 1823 Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Many important subjects will claim your attention during the present session, of which I…November 2003 Disasters
Nov. 2, Bohorok, Indonesia: Flash floods struck the tourist town of Bohorok, near an Indonesia's nation park and orangutan reserve, wiping out many guesthouses near the river banks and…May 2006 Disasters
May 3, Sochi, Russia: an Armavia (Armenian airline), Airbus A-320, crashed in the Black Sea enroute to Sochi, killing all 113 aboard. Poor weather was believed to be the cause.May 12, Lagos,…Christina Rossetti: Summer
SummerWinter is cold-hearted Spring is yea and nay, Autumn is a weather-cock Blown every way: Summer days for me When every leaf is on its tree;When Robin's not a beggar, And Jenny Wren…Amy Lowell: Behind a Wall
Behind a WallI own a solace shut within my heart, A garden full of many a quaint delight And warm with drowsy, poppied sunshine; bright, Flaming with lilies out of whose cups dart…1971 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'OrThe Go-Between, Joseph Losey (United Kingdom)Special Jury PrizeTaking Off, Milos Forman (United States)Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo (United States)Best ActorRiccardo Cucciolla…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Song-The Banks Of The Devon
by Robert Burns Epitaph For Mr. W. CruikshankBraving Angry Winter's StormsSong-The Banks Of The Devon Tune-"Bhanarach dhonn a' chruidh." How pleasant the banks of the clear…Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XCIX
Sonnet XCVIII Sonnet C XCIX The forward violet thus did I chide: Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath? The purple pride Which on thy…