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(Encyclopedia) PiastPiastpyäst [key], 1st dynasty of Polish dukes and kings. Its name was derived from that of its legendary ancestor, a simple peasant. The first historic member, Duke Mieszko I (…Emil's Thanksgiving
Emil's ThanksgivingThe Brenda was scudding along with all sail set to catch the rising wind, and everyone on board was rejoicing, for the long voyage was drawing towards an end.“Four weeks…Jim Kropfeld Biography
Jim Kropfeld Age: 58 three-time national champion driver in unlimited hydroplane racing; piloted Miss Budweiser to national titles in 1984, 1986 and 1987; suffered a broken neck in 1988…Joe Norris 2001 Deaths
Joe NorrisAge: 93 organized the first American Bowling Congress "beer team" in 1933, which prompted the sport's most prolific bowling league and put Detroit at the center of the bowling map;…Odell Shepard: A Nun
A NunOdell ShepardOne glance and I had lost her in the riot Of tangled cries. She trod the clamor with a cloistral quiet Deep in her eyes As though she heard the muted music only…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Wind ("Of all the sounds")
by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIDeath and LifeThe Wind The Wind Of all the sounds despatched abroad, There's not a charge to me Like that old measure in the boughs, That phraseless melody The wind…The Devil's Dictionary: Mouse
by Ambrose Bierce MOREMOUSQUETAIREMOUSE -n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women. As in Rome Christians were thrown to the lions, so centuries earlier in Otumwee, the most…The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
Author:Mario Vargas LlosaPublisher:Farrar Straus & Giroux Peruvian expatriate Vargas Llosa has left the dry political allegory of his most recent novel, Death in the Andes, and returned…William Shakespeare: Is it thy will, thy image should keep open
Is it thy will, thy image should keep openIs it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows like to…Walt Whitman: Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky Retreats
Ah Poverties, Wincings, and Sulky RetreatsAh poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats, Ah you foes that in conflict have overcome me, (For what is my life or any man's life but a conflict with…Trending
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