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Mel Carnahan 2000 Deaths
Mel CarnahanAge: 66 highly respected governor of Missouri who was engaged in a tight race for the U.S. Senate with Republican incumbent John Ashcroft. Known as an honest, up-front politician…Shana Alexander 2005 Deaths
Shana AlexanderAge: 79 liberal journalist and commentator who frequently engaged in heated debates with conservative James Kilpatrick on 60 Minutes during the 1970s. Their repartee was…Stephen Jay Gould 2002 Deaths
Stephen Jay GouldAge: 60 revered paleontologist and science writer whose theories, including punctuated equilibrium (developed with Niles Eldredge), which asserted that evolutionary change in…Lloyd Bentsen 2006 Deaths
Lloyd BentsenAge: 85 pro-business politician who served in both houses of Congress, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton. As…Victor Kiam II 2001 Deaths
Victor Kiam IIAge: 74 former New England Patriots owner (1988-92); current board of directors chairman and former spokesperson and part-owner of Connecticut's Remington Products Co., which…Aesop's Fables: The Mice in Council
by Aesop The Charcoal-Burner and the FullerThe Bat and the WeaselsThe Mice in Council Once upon a time all the Mice met together in Council, and discussed the best means of securing…The Devil's Dictionary: Zenith
by Ambrose Bierce ZEALZEUSZENITH -n. The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standing or a growing cabbage. A man in bed or a cabbage in the pot is not considered as having a…The Devil's Dictionary: Egotist
by Ambrose Bierce EFFECTEJECTIONEGOTIST -n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate,…Poem: Beclouded
Poem 72 Poem 74 Beclouded The sky is low, the clouds are mean, A travelling flake of snow Across a barn or through a rut Debates if it will go. A narrow wind complains all day How some…Brave New Worlds: Staying Human in the Genetic Future
Author:Bryan AppleyardPublisher:Viking Fatalism must be fought against, argues Appleyard's latest book, whether it be in the form of genetic determinism (á la Nazi eugenics and future…Trending
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