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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…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Wind ("Of all the sounds")
by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIDeath and LifeThe Wind The Wind Of all the sounds despatched abroad, There's not a charge to me Like that old measure in the boughs, That phraseless melody The wind…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…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-…Alice Bauer 2002 Deaths
Alice BauerAge: 35 one of the 13 founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association; colorful and outgoing, she began her career by touring the country in the 1940s with her sister…William Shakespeare: Who will believe my verse in time to come
Who will believe my verse in time to comeWho will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill'd with your most high deserts? Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your…William Shakespeare: O! lest the world should task you to recite
O! lest the world should task you to reciteO! lest the world should task you to recite What merit lived in me, that you should love After my death,—dear love, forget me quite, For you in me…Walt Whitman: Thoughts ("Of public opinion")
ThoughtsOf public opinion, Of a calm and cool fiat sooner or later, (how impassive! how certain and final!) Of the President with pale face asking secretly to himself, What will the…Carmen and Don José
One of opera's most beloved love stories by David Johnson A story by French writer Prosper Mérimée, Carmen is the basis for one of the best-loved operas. Carmen was a fiery gypsy girl…Trending
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