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Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XCVIII

Sonnet XCVII Sonnet XCIX XCVIII From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dress'd in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn…

Leslie Caron

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…