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Stevie Nicks

Trouble in Shangri-LaReprise More than 25 years into her career, Stevie Nicks is still a mesmerizing presence, whose blend of soft allure and fierce determination paved the way for a new…

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…

Hardball

Director:Brian RobbinsWriter:John GatinsParamount; PG-13; 110 minutesRelease:9/01Cast:Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes Seeking a way to repay his mounting debts, washed-up gambler Conor…

Brutus VI

Brutus VI27 December 1787AbstractThe Federalist writers apparently never responded to "BRUTUS." The following "Brutus" article was extracted from his sixth essay, The New-York Journal of…

Henry William Stiegel Biography

Henry William Stiegel ironmaster, glassmakerBorn: 5/13/1729 Birthplace: Cologne, Germany He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1750, and established iron forges in Lancaster and Berks Counties,…

Asian Financial Crisis Trickles Down

1998 News of the World When Thailand's economy, once one of the strongest in Asia, collapsed under the weight of foreign debt in 1997, its downfall set off a chain reaction in the region,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Suum Cuique

Suum Cuique   Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. If curses be the wage of love, Hide in thy skies, thou fruitless Jove, Not to be named: It is…

William Jerome COOMBS, Congress, NY (1833-1922)

COOMBS William Jerome , a Representative from New York; born in Jordan, Onondaga County, N.Y., December 24, 1833; attended the Jordan Academy, Jordan, N.Y.; moved to New York City in 1850, and…