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1998 Newbery Medal and Honor Books

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.Newbery Medal for Best Book: Out of the…

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…

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–…

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…

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…

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…