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Domestic ExperiencesLike most other young matrons, Meg began her married life with the determination to be a model housekeeper. John should find home a paradise, he should always see a…Geometry: Symmetry
SymmetryGeometryTransformationsIsometriesDilationsSymmetry Just what is symmetry? Symmetry is one of those things that you can recognize but cannot put into words. Many words or phrases have a…Vacation
VacationEveryone was glad of a holiday next morning, and all lingered over the breakfast-table, till Mrs Jo suddenly exclaimed:“Why, there's a dog!” And on the threshold of the door appeared…The First Wedding
The First WeddingThe June roses over the porch were awake bright and early on that morning, rejoicing with all their hearts in the cloudless sunshine, like friendly little neighbors, as they…Snowdrop by the Brothers Grimm
Snowdrop It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window. The frame of the window…The Devil's Dictionary: Infancy
by Ambrose Bierce INEXPEDIENTINFERIAEINFANCY -n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward…The Devil's Dictionary: Turkey
by Ambrose Bierce TRUSTTWICETURKEY -n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it…1992 National Book Awards
FictionAll the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthyNonfictionBecoming a Man: Half a Life Story, Paul MonettePoetryNew and Selected Poems, Mary OliverJo's Boys: Chapter 2 — Parnassus
ParnassusIt was well named; and the Muses seemed to be at home that day, for as the newcomers went up the slope appropriate sights and sounds greeted them. Passing an open window, they looked…Jeffrey Katzenberg, 1999 News
49, entertainment executive, settled a breach-of-contract suit in June with his former boss at Disney, Michael Eisner, 57, for a reported $250 million. Katzenberg claimed Disney owed him an…Trending
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