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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Boston

BostonSicut Patribus, Sit Deus NobisThe rocky nook with hilltops three Looked eastward from the farms, And twice each day the flowing sea Took Boston in its arms; The men of yore were…

Part Two in a Six-Part Series

Mirror Image by Alicia Potter Source: Arttoday.com Not so long ago, the manliest men in popular culture were burly, barrel-chested, even hairy. These guys probably couldn't even point out…

The Devil's Dictionary: Diaphragm

by Ambrose Bierce DIAGNOSISDIARYDIAPHRAGM -n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

Lamar Alexander, 1999 News

59, former governor of Tennessee, dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination after a poor showing at August's Iowa straw poll. Alexander, a moderate Republican, had…

Zinédine Zidane, 2006 News

French soccer star, led his team to the finals in the 2006 World Cup tournament, but was ejected after head-butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest. Materazzi and Zidane, the…

2 Kings: 12

2 Kings Chapter 12 1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jehoash did that which was…

Top 10 DVD Sales, 2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Disney) Cars (Disney) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Disney…

mammal

(Encyclopedia) mammal, an animal of the highest class of vertebrates, the Mammalia. The female has mammary glands, which secrete milk for the nourishment of the young after birth. In the majority of…

lymphatic system

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Lymphatic system lymphatic systemlymphatic systemlĭmfătˈĭk [key], network of vessels carrying lymph, or tissue-cleansing fluid, from the tissues into the veins of the…

camel

(Encyclopedia) camel, ruminant mammal of the family Camelidae. The family consists of three genera, the true camels of Asia (genus Camelus); the wild guanaco and the domesticated alpaca and llama,…