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Levy Mwanawasa Biography

president of ZambiaDied: August 19, 2008Best Known as: president of Zambia who fought corruption Deathplace: France Levy Mwanawasa was president of Zambia…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Contract

by EmilyDickinsonIIIThe LetterThe Contract The Contract I gave myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way. The wealth might disappoint,…

Charles Haughey 2006 Deaths

Charles HaugheyAge: 80 Irish politician who served as prime minister three times between 1979 and 1992. A populist leader whose bold actions helped revive the Irish economy, he was dogged by…

Anne Bradstreet: To Her Father with Some Verses

To Her Father with Some Verses Most truly honoured, and as truly dear, If worth in me or ought I do appear, Who can of right better demand the same Than may your worthy self from whom it…

Superpower Takes a Back Seat

1999 News of the Nation The four days of air strikes against Iraq in Dec. 1998, an international P.R. disaster for the U.S. and Britain, were followed by a low-profile war of attrition, in which…

Aesop's Fables: The Debtor and his Sow

by Aesop The Kid and the WolfThe Bald HuntsmanThe Debtor and his Sow A Man of Athens fell into debt and was pressed for the money by his creditor; but he had no means of paying at the time…

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Director/Writer: Guy Ritchie Polygram; R; 107 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and Sting Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is the…

Joe the King

Director/Writer:Frank WhaleyTrimark; R; 100 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke Joe The King brings a glamour-free realism to the big screen, casting…