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Tecumseh Biography

TecumsehShawnee chiefBorn: 1768? Tecumseh means “Panther across the Sky”; he was named for a shooting star that appeared around the time of his birth. With other Shawnees in Ohio, he fought…

Edward Bullins Biography

Edward BullinsplaywrightBorn: 7/2/1935Birthplace: Philadelphia After nearly dying from a stab wound, Bullins left high school in 1952 to join the navy. In 1964 he moved to San Francisco and began…

Amy Lowell: Garden Games

Garden GamesThe tall clock is striking twelve; And the little girls stop in the hall to watch it, And the big ships rocking in a half-circle Above the dial. Twelve o'clock! Down the side…

Rage Against the Machine

The Battle of Los AngelesEpic This is hard rock the way it should be played at the end of the century. Full of spit and venom, the third album of fire-fueled aggression from Rage Against the…

James Hilary GILDEA, Congress, PA (1890-1988)

GILDEA James Hilary , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pa., October 21, 1890; attended the public schools; apprenticed to the printing trade in 1905; engaged…

Expansion/Merger Timetable

For teams currently in NHL. 1919-Quebec Bulldogs finally take the ice after sitting out NHL's first two seasons; 1924-Boston Bruins and Montreal Maroons; 1925-New York Americans and…

Jeanne Lanvin Biography

Jeanne Lanvin fashion designerBorn: 1867 Jeanne Lanvin was famous for creating the unfitted, chemise-style flapper dress. She first designed the loose, flowing dress for her little daughter,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: May-Flower

by EmilyDickinsonIWhy?May-Flower May-Flower Pink, small, and punctual, Aromatic, low, Covert in April, Candid in May, Dear to the moss, Known by the knoll, Next to the robin In every…