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The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto VII

Purgatorio 40 - Purgatorio: Canto VI Purgatorio: Canto VIII - 42 Purgatorio: Canto VII After the gracious and glad salutations Had three and four times been reiterated, Sordello…

Harness Racing

History of Traditional Harness-Racing StakesDan Patch Awards Oliver Wendell Holmes, the famous Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, wrote that the running horse was a gambling toy, but that the…

Pitching Perfection

The very first perfect game in 1904 by Mike Morrison Related Links David Cone's Perfect GameBaseball's 15th Perfect Game May 5th marks the 96th anniversary of the first perfect game ever pitched…

Stephen Arnold DOUGLAS, Congress, IL (1813-1861)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1861 Party: Democrat DOUGLAS Stephen Arnold , a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Brandon, Rutland County, Vt., April 23, 1813; educated in the…

Japanese Words

Asian loan words in English by Ann-Marie Imbornoni Asian Loan Words IntroductionWords derived from: Chinese & KoreanJapanese Malay & TagalogPolynesianJapanese aikido, from…

Hagia Sophia

(Encyclopedia) Hagia SophiaHagia Sophiahäˈjə sōfēˈə, hāˈjēə, [key] [Gr.,=Holy Wisdom] or Santa Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now İstanbul, Turkey) and…

tsunami

(Encyclopedia) tsunamitsunamits&oobreve;näˈmē [key], series of catastrophic ocean waves generated by submarine movements, which may be caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides…

1991 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

1991 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsACBryan AdamsArchive Photos“(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” Bryan Adams (A&M/Morgan Creek)“Coming Out of the Dark” Gloria Estefan (Epic)“Cry for…

Sacco-Vanzetti Case

(Encyclopedia) Sacco-Vanzetti CaseSacco-Vanzetti Casesăkˈō-vănzĕtˈē [key]. On Apr. 15, 1920, a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Mass., and his guard were shot and killed by two men…