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BAFTA Video Game Awards

by Mark Hughes BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts an annual award show to honor outstanding achievements in video games. In 2006, BAFTA decided to treat…

Aesop's Fables: The Lioness and the Vixen

by Aesop The Old Woman and the Wine-JarThe Viper and the FileThe Lioness and the Vixen A Lioness and a Vixen were talking together about their young, as mothers will, and saying how…

John G. STOWER, Congress, NY

STOWER, John G., a Representative from New York; born in Madison, Madison County, N.Y., birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress (…

SMITH, William, Congress, VA

SMITH, William, a Representative from Virginia; born in Chesterfield, Va., birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1782; elected as a…

Nathan SOULE, Congress, NY

SOULE, Nathan, a Representative from New York; born in New York, birth date unknown; resided at Fort Plain; completed preparatory studies; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress…

Shakespeare Quotation

The Question: I remember a line like "the uncertain glory of an April day" that described an elusive victory in battle. I thought it was from Julius Caesar…

The Stuff that Dreams Are Made of

The Question: Where did the phrase "and that's what dreams are made of" come from? Who said it? The Answer: Probably the most famous modern use…

TIME Persons of the Year

The Question: How many times has the Time Magazine Person of the Year been given to an abstract class of people or a non-human, rather than to individuals…