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David Pall Biography

inventorBorn: 2 April 1914Best Known as: inventor of the Leukocyte Reduction Filter David Pall invented the Leukocyte Reduction Filter which makes blood…

Space Fungus?

Even in sterile space craft, bacteria thrive by David Johnson Fungus thrive in spacecraft like this module, part of the International Space Station. (Source:NASA) Related Links Day One at…

July 2000 News and Events

WorldMexico Elects Reform President (July 1): Leader of center-right party, Vicente Fox Quesada, soundly defeats governing party's candidate, Francisco Labastida Ochoa. Election ends 71 years…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Unreturning

by EmilyDickinsonXXIIXXIVUnreturning Unreturning 'T was such a little, little boat That toddled down the bay! 'T was such a gallant, gallant sea That beckoned it away! 'T was such a…

The Red Shoes <span class="date" >(1948)</span>

Directors: Michael Powell and Emeric PressburgerCast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring and Moira Shearer Considered Powell and Pressburger's magnum opus, The Red Shoes is a well-crafted fairy…

Sir Gordon Russell Biography

Sir Gordon Russellfurniture designerBorn: 1892Birthplace: London, England Having founded Gordon Russell Ltd. in 1923 to produce furniture, by the 1930s he and his brother Dick (1903–1981) had…

Bush

Razorblade SuitcaseInterscope Critically maligned as “Nirvanawannabes,” Bush nevertheless sold more than six million copies of their U.S. debut in 1994 and continued the trend with this…

Summer Music Festivals, 2001

Summer Music Festivals, 2001 From jazz to electronica, this summer has plenty to offer by Beth Rowen With the school year drawing to a close, it's time to start penciling in…

Theodore McCarty 2001 Deaths

Theodore McCartyAge: 91 guitar designer who crafted such iconic models for Gibson as the Les Paul, Korina Flying V, and the Explorer. He also served as president of the company.Died: Twin…

Back When We Were Grownups

Author:Anne TylerPublisher:Knopf Rebecca Davitch at 53 wonders if she's become the “wrong person.” Widowed in her 20s, Rebecca found herself financially and emotionally accountable for her…