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Poets Laureate of the United States

The National Poets The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the Librarian of Congress and serves from October to May. The position has existed under two…

Scariest Movies: The Shining (1980)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next by Beth Rowen The Shining (1980) Who can forget Jack Nicholson's deranged laugh as he terrorized his snowbound family? Stanley Kubrick's most…

Willie Stargell 2001 Deaths

Willie StargellAge: 61 one of baseball's greatest home-run hitters and the intimidating but amicable leader of the great Pittsburgh Pirates teams of the 1970s; nicknamed "Pops" after…

Jackie Chan's First Strike

Director: Stanley Tong Writers: Stanley Tong, Nick Tramontane, Greg Mellott and Elliot Tong Director of Photography: Jingle Ma Editors: Peter Cheung and Chi Wai Yau Music: J.…

Hockey Through The Years

The Stanley Cup Five Longest Playoff Overtime Games NHL All-Star Game NHL Franchise Origins The Growth of the NHL Annual NHL Leaders The Great One: For The Record…

MacDonald, Ramsay

(Encyclopedia) MacDonald, Ramsay (James Ramsay McDonald), 1866–1937, British statesman, b. Scotland. The illegitimate son of a servant, he went as a young man to London, where he joined the Social…

Pythagoras

(Encyclopedia) PythagorasPythagoraspĭthăgˈərəs [key], c.582–c.507 b.c., pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, founder of the Pythagorean school. He migrated from his native Samos to Crotona and established…

Erie, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Erie, Lake, 9,940 sq mi (25,745 sq km), 241 mi (388 km) long and from 30 to 57 mi (48–92 km) wide, bordered on the N by S Ont., Canada, on the E by W N.Y., on the S by NW Pa. and N…

Amis, Sir Kingsley

(Encyclopedia) Amis, Sir KingsleyAmis, Sir Kingsleyāˈmĭs [key], 1922–95, English novelist. He attended St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1949) and for some 20 years taught at Oxford, Swansea, and…