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Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Naughty Boy

The Dream of Little TukThe Red ShoesThe Naughty Boy Along time ago, there lived an old poet, a thoroughly kind old poet. As he was sitting one evening in his room, a dreadful storm arose…

Braswell Drue DEEN, Congress, GA (1893-1981)

DEEN Braswell Drue , a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Baxley, Appling County, Ga., June 28, 1893; attended public and high schools and South Georgia College, McRae, Ga.; elected…

Christina Applegate Biography

Christina Applegate actressBorn: 11/25/1971Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Best known for her role as Kelly Bundy on the long-running Fox comedy, Married With Children (1987–97), she…

Brewer's: Tell

(William). The boldest of the Swiss mountaineers. The daughter of Leuthold having been insulted by an emissary of Albrecht Gessler, the enraged father killed the ruffian and fled. William…

Snowdrop by the Brothers Grimm

Snowdrop It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window. The frame of the window…

Is This Healthy?

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH 39.2% of Americans avoided the dentist altogether in 1993. In 1995, 15.6 per 1,000 males under 45 suffered from ingrown toenails; women in the same age category suffered…

Poincaré Conjecture

A million-dollar math problem by Borgna Brunner Henri Poincar© posed his famously bedeviling math problem more than a century ago. The Clay Institute's Millennium Problems Birch and…

Brewer's: Hercules

(3 syl.), in astronomy, a large northern constellation. “Those stars in the neighbourhood of Hercules are mostly found to be approaching the earth, and those which lie in the opposite…

Our Top Stories for the Week of September 5, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from the loss and election of leaders to US administration happenings. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week…

Our Top Stories for the Week of October 24, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from changes in European policies to multiple deaths in the US. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week.…