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Experiments

Experiments"The first of June! The Kings are off to the seashore tomorrow, and I'm free. Three months' vacation—how I shall enjoy it!" exclaimed Meg, coming home one warm day to find Jo…

The Koran/Sura XXI — The Prophets

Sura XXI — The ProphetsMecca — 112 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful THIS people's reckoning hath drawn nigh, yet, sunk in carelessness, they turn aside. Every…

The Koran/Sura XXVIII — The Story

Sura XXVIII — The StoryMecca — 88 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful TA. SIN. MIM.[639] These are the signs of the lucid Book. We will recite to thee portions of…

2005 Grammy Awards

The 48th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2006. Record: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic…

Brewer's: Poke

A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…

1980 – 1989 World History

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) The Republican National Committee Sandra Day O'Connor (1930– ) U.S. Supreme Court Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) The Permanent Mission of India…

Learning to Forget

Learning to ForgetAmy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take…

The Koran/Sura XX — Ta. Ha.

Sura XX[215] — Ta. Ha.Mecca — 135 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful TA. HA.[216] Not to sadden thee have we sent down this Koran to thee, But as a warning for him…