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The Devil's Dictionary: Inauspiciously

by Ambrose Bierce INADMISSIBLEINCOMEINAUSPICIOUSLY -adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bacchus

BacchusBring me wine, but wine which never grew In the belly of the grape, Or grew on vine whose tap-roots, reaching through, Under the Andes to the Cape, Suffer no savor of the earth to…

Top Ten Tips for Admissions

by Michael Pugh, FastWeb.com Take a strong course schedule. Your class record is a big part of your college application. Don't take courses that simply pad your GPA. Challenge yourself. Take AP,…

Famous Firsts in Aviation

Cayley's Helicopter Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine. Source: Library of Congress. Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh…

Fall of the Hindenburg

The fiery explosion on May 6, 1937 by Michael Morrison Related Links Great Disasters: Aircraft CrashesNavy Lakehurst Web Site: Description of the CrashHindenburg Explosion NewscastVideo Clip…

Hobo Convention

Tired of the sedentary life? Hitch a train to Iowa by Elissa Haney Third boxcar, midnight train; destination Bangor, Maine. Old worn out suits and shoes, I don't pay no Union dues... I'm a…

Brewer's: Florian

(St.). Patron saint of mercers, being himself of the same craft. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FlorianiFlorentius A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…