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Jacques Cousteau Biography

Jacques Cousteau oceanographer Cousteau brought the wonders of the ocean into millions of living rooms with his books, movies and television programs. His documentary The Silent World, with…

The Devil's Dictionary: Art

by Ambrose Bierce ARSENICARTLESSNESSART -n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J. One day a wag — what would the…

Cats and Dogs

Director:Lawrence GutermanWriter:John Requa and Glenn FicarraWarner Bros., PG, 87 minutesRelease:6/01Voices of:Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes It's amazing how quickly cartoon antics…

James Percy PRIEST, Congress, TN (1900-1956)

PRIEST James Percy , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Carters Creek, Maury County, Tenn., April 1, 1900; attended the public schools of Maury County, Tenn., Central High School, Columbia,…

A Beautiful Mind

Director:Ron HowardWriter:Akiva GoldsmanUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 129 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris A Beautiful Mind tells the incredible story of…

The Highest Temperature Extremes

Greenland Ranch, Calif., with 134°F on July 10, 1913, holds the record for the highest temperature ever officially observed in the United States. This station was located in barren Death…

Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 1

Part 1Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother, After roaming many lands, lover of populous pavements, Dweller in Mannahatta my city,…

John Donne: The Dissolution

The Dissolution She's dead; and all which die To their first elements resolve; And we were mutual elements to us, And made of one another. My body then doth…