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Earth's Seasons: Video, Quiz, and Activities
/**/ Watch this video to visualize how the tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons to change as the Earth orbits the Sun. You will learn…Counter-Clockwise Racing
The Question: Why is it whenever we watch horse racing, whether thoroughbreds or harness racing or even car racing, why is it that all racing goes counterclockwise…David Stern Biography
David SternBorn: Sept. 22, 1942Basketball marketing expert and NBA commissioner since 1984; took office the year Michael Jordan turned pro; has presided over stunning artistic and financial…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 2
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 1 Canto 3 Canto 2 The starlight smile of children, the sweet looks Of women, the fair breast from which I fed, The murmur of the unreposing brooks, And the green…David Hall Biography
David HallAge: 49 respected baseball coach at many levels; coached at Rice University from 1981–91, posting a 338–267 record; coached at two other high schools before forming a special bond…Greg Barnes 2000 Deaths
Greg BarnesAge: 17 Columbine High School basketball star who committed suicide after a junior year where he averaged 26.2 points per game, earned first-team all-state honors and was actively…Matthew Ashby Biography
Matthew Ashby Born: 1727Birthplace: York County, Va. Ashby was the son of a Black man and Mary Ashby, a white woman who was an indentured servant. He was born free because in Colonial times a…Christina Rossetti: Rest
RestSonnetO Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes; Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth; Lie close around her; leave no room for mirth With its harsh laughter, nor for sound of sighs.…Amy Lowell: Before Dawn
Before DawnLife! Austere arbiter of each man's fate, By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws Are as decrees immutable; O pause Your even forward march! Not yet too late Teach me…Amy Lowell: Petals
PetalsLife is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart; The end lost in dream, They float past our view, We only watch their glad, early start.Freighted with hope,…Trending
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