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The Devil's Dictionary: Ultimatum

by Ambrose Bierce UGLINESSUN-AMERICANULTIMATUM -n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to…

Poem: The Hemlock

Poem 73 Poem 75 The Hemlock I think the hemlock likes to stand Upon a marge of snow; It suits his own austerity, And satisfies an awe That men must slake in wilderness, Or in the desert…

Archibald McNEILL, Congress, NC (1849)

McNEILL Archibald , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Moore County, N.C.; member of the State house of commons in 1808 and 1809; served in the State senate 1811-1813, 1820, and…

1978 National Book Awards

Biography and AutobiographySamuel Johnson, W. Jackson BateChildren's LiteratureThe View From the Oak, Judith Kohl and Herbert KohlContemporary ThoughtWinners and Losers, Gloria…

Pitch Black

Director:David TwohyWriters:Jim and Ken Wheat and David TwohyUSA Films; R; 107 minutesRelease:2/00Cast:Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser Pitch Black probably deserves a B+. It's a sci-…

Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 2

Part 2Not a day passes, not a minute or second without an accouchement, Not a day passes, not a minute or second without a corpse.The dull nights go over and the dull days also, The soreness…