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John Neal ERLENBORN, Congress, IL (1927-2005)

ERLENBORN John Neal , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 8, 1927; graduated from Immaculate Conception High School, Elmhurst, Ill., 1944; attended Notre…

Walt Whitman: Book XXXI, Part 3

Part 3Brain of the New World, what a task is thine, To formulate the Modern—out of the peerless grandeur of the modern, Out of thyself, comprising science, to recast poems, churches, art, (…

Pleasantville (Film)

Director/Ross: Gary Ross New Line; PG-13; 116 minutes Release: 10/98 Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Don Knotts, Marley Shelton, Jane…

George Lucas Biography

George Lucasdirector, writer, producerBorn: 5/14/1944Birthplace: Modesto, California Film director, writer, and producer who has built an empire on the Star Wars franchise. Nearly every…

History of the Calendar

How time flies The purpose of the calendar is to reckon past or future time, to show how many days until a certain event takes place—the harvest or a religious festival—or how long since something…

The Cranberries: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Wake Up and Smell the CoffeeMCA After racking up 33 million albums worth of sales during the past 10 years, The Cranberries are suddenly sounding mighty content—and that's one quick way to…

National Security versus Civil Liberties

—By Borgna Brunner Disaster. Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, destroying towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing almost 1,800.…

John Gorrie Biography

John Gorriephysician, inventor of refrigeration and air-conditioningBorn: Oct. 3, 1802Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina or Nevis, West Indies John Gorrie attended medical school in New…

John Joseph MITCHELL, Congress, MA (1873-1925)

MITCHELL John Joseph , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marlboro, Middlesex County, Mass., May 9, 1873; attended the public schools, Boston College, and the Albany Law School; was…