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The Devil's Dictionary: Newtonian
by Ambrose Bierce NEPOTISMNIHILISTNEWTONIAN -adj. Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to say…Top Ten NASDAQ Stocks by Market Value, 2008
The most active NASDAQ stocks by dollar volume and share volume in 2008. Most Active by Dollar volume Rank Name Symbol…Walt Whitman: Out of May's Shows Selected
Out of May's Shows SelectedApple orchards, the trees all cover'd with blossoms; Wheat fields carpeted far and near in vital emerald green; The eternal, exhaustless freshness of each early…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Forbidden Fruit (II)
by EmilyDickinsonForbidden Fruit (I)A WordForbidden Fruit (II) Forbidden Fruit (II) Heaven is what I cannot reach! The apple on the tree, Provided it do hopeless hang, That 'heaven' is…Slideshow: Famous Adoptees or Adopters
by Beth Rowen For many people today, adoption is a way to create a family. For others, it's a way to expand an existing family. Indeed, one can't pass through the…Aesop's Fables: The Boy and the Nettles
by Aesop The Mouse, the Frog, and the HawkThe Peasant and the Apple-TreeThe Boy and the Nettles A Boy was gathering berries from a hedge when his hand was stung by a Nettle. Smarting with…You Wish
ABCFriday 9:00–9:30 p.m.; canceledCast: John Ales, Harley Jane Kozak, Nathan Lawrence and Alex McKenna No-nonsense single mother Gillian Apple (Kozak) is not ready for the chaos that follows…Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison<span class="date" > (1957)</span>
FoxVideo; $19.98; NRDirector: John HustonCast: Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr All's fair in love and war as a Marine (Mitchum) falls for a nun (Kerr) while hiding out on a Pacific island…Walt Whitman: Not Meagre, Latent Boughs Alone
Not Meagre, Latent Boughs AloneNot meagre, latent boughs alone, O songs! (scaly and bare, like eagles' talons,) But haply for some sunny day (who knows?) some future spring, some…Walt Whitman: Sounds of the Winter
Sounds of the WinterSounds of the winter too, Sunshine upon the mountains—many a distant strain From cheery railroad train—from nearer field, barn, house, The whispering air—even the mute…