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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…

Amy Lowell: The Matrix

The MatrixGoaded and harassed in the factory That tears our life up into bits of days Ticked off upon a clock which never stays, Shredding our portion of Eternity, We break away at last,…

Amy Lowell: The Trout

The TroutNaughty little speckled trout, Can't I coax you to come out? Is it such great fun to play In the water every day?Do you pull the Naiads' hair Hiding in the lilies there? Do you hunt…

March 2000 Disasters

March 11, Krasnodon, Ukraine: An underground explosion killed 81 coal miners in this eastern Ukrainian town. Ukraine has the highest coal industry death rate in the world.March 23, nr.…

Christina Rossetti: Long Barren

Long BarrenThou who didst hang upon a barren tree, My God, for me; Though I till now be barren, now at length Lord, give me strength To bring forth fruit to Thee.Thou who didst bear for…

Pasadena (TV Show)

FoxFriday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Dana Delany, Martin Donovan, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Valley, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Balthazar Getty, Alison Lohman Before this show is dismissed as another…

2004 National Book Awards

The 55th Annual National Book Awards were presented November 17, 2004, in New York City.Fiction:The News from Paraguay, Lily Tuck, (HarperCollins Publishers)Nonfiction:Arc of Justice: A Saga…