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George A. Vicas Biography
George A. Vicasproducer, director Emmy award-winning producer of television documentaries and historical films on politics and culture, including The Pope and the Vatican and Germany: Fathers…Coleman A. Young Biography
Coleman A. YoungAge: 79 former union organizer who became first black mayor of Detroit. Died: Nov. 29, 1997.Jimmy Witherspoon1997 DeathsEarl YoungA. E. Housman: 1887
1887From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again.Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales…A. E. Housman: Introduction
Introduction The method of the poems in A Shropshire Lad illustrates better than any theory how poetry may assume the attire of reality, and yet in speech of the simplest, become in spirit…A. E. Housman: March
MarchThe sun at noon to higher air, Unharnessing the silver Pair That late before his chariot swam, Rides on the gold wool of the Ram.So braver notes the storm-cock sings To start the rusted…A. E. Housman: Reveille
ReveilleWake: the silver dusk returning Up the beach of darkness brims, And the ship of sunrise burning Strands upon the eastern rims.Wake: the vaulted shadow shatters, Trampled to the…A. E. Housman: The Recruit
The RecruitLeave your home behind, lad, And reach your friends your hand, And go, and luck go with you While Ludlow tower shall stand.Oh, come you home of Sunday When Ludlow streets are…Herbert A. Simon Biography
Herbert A. SimonHerbert Alexander Simonsocial scientist and economistBorn: 6/15/1916Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin polymath who won several awards, including the 1978 Nobel Prize in…Phyllis A. Whitney Biography
authorDied: February 8, 2008Best Known as: author of best-selling romantic mystery, young-adult, and children's mystery novels Deathplace: Faber,…A. L. Rowse Biography
A. L. RowseAge: 93 Flamboyant British Shakespearean scholar who identified the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare's sonnets.Died: Oct. 3, 1997.Marvin Rothenberg1997 DeathsMike RoykoTrending
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