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Dennis Rader, 2005 News

suspected serial killer, was arrested in February in Kansas and charged with ten counts of first-degree murder. In letters to news outlets, Rader called himself BTK, for bind, torture, kill—…

Sir John Moores Biography

Sir John MooresmarketerBorn: 1896 Birthplace: Eccles, Greater Manchester, England Having started out distributing coupons for the football pools in Liverpool, a visit to the U.S. convinced…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Transplanted

by EmilyDickinsonIXThe OutletTransplanted Transplanted As if some little Arctic flower, Upon the polar hem, Went wandering down the latitudes, Until it puzzled came To continents of summer…

Dave Thomas 2002 Deaths

Dave ThomasAge: 69 founder of the Wendy's fast-food chain who built his business into the third-largest burger outlet in the country. Died: Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 8, 2002John ThawR -…

Richard Branson Biography

Richard Bransonentrepreneur, adventurerBorn: 1950Birthplace: Sharnley Green, Surrey, England With little formal education, he began a mail-order business for discount records in 1969, then…

The Devil's Dictionary: Debt

by Ambrose Bierce DEBAUCHEEDECALOGUEDEBT -n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver. As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet Swims round and round his tank…

Ty Warner Biography

Ty Warnertoy industry executiveBorn: 1940Birthplace: Illinois Little personal information is available on Warner except through his creations. As creator of the 1990s toy phenomenon Beanie…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 19

Part 19This is the meal equally set, this the meat for natural hunger, It is for the wicked just same as the righteous, I make appointments with all, I will not have a single person…

Poems: Love

Love Contents Mine Bequest Suspense Surrender With a Flower Proof Transplanted The Outlet In Vain Renunciation Love's Baptism Resurrection Apocalypse The Wife Apotheosis