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Carl Lewis

Carl LewisBorn: July 1, 1961Track & Field won 9 Olympic gold medals; 4 in 1984 (100m, 200m, 4x100m, LJ), 2 in ‘88 (100m, LJ), 2 in ‘92 (4x100m, LJ) and 1 in ‘96 (LJ); has record 8 World…

Butch Reynolds

Butch ReynoldsBorn: June 8, 1964Track & Field held world record in 400 meters from 1988 to 1999 when it was finally broken by Michael Johnson; banned for 21/2 years for allegedly failing…

Sara Teasdale: Faces

FacesPeople that I meet and pass In the city's broken roar, Faces that I lose so soon And have never found before,Do you know how much you tell In the meeting of our eyes, How ashamed I am…

Sara Teasdale: Old Tunes

Old TunesAs the waves of perfume, heliotrope, rose, Float in the garden when no wind blows, Come to us, go from us, whence no one knows;So the old tunes float in my mind, And go from me…

Amy Lowell: Frankincense and Myrrh

Frankincense and MyrrhMy heart is tuned to sorrow, and the strings Vibrate most readily to minor chords, Searching and sad; my mind is stuffed with words Which voice the passion and the…

Michael Dorris 1997 Deaths

Michael DorriswriterAge: 52 Dorris's breakthrough The Broken Cord brought fetal alcohol syndrome to national attention. The book about FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) and its effects on Dorris's…

Hank Thompson Biography

singerDied: Nov. 6, 2007 (Keller, Texas) Best Known as: country singer Country singer who produced seven decades of songs fusing jazz, Western swing,…

Nate Fleming 2001 Deaths

Nate FlemingAge: 20 redshirt freshman guard on the Oklahoma State basketball team, who was killed when a team charter plane crashed in a field 40 miles east of Denver while returning home…

Warren Spahn 2003 Deaths

Warren SpahnAge: 82 professional pitcher who was called into service in World War II with the U.S. army in 1942, shortly after he joined the Boston Braves. He returned to the Braves in 1945…