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May Day

A cornucopia of holidays by Shmuel Ross Related Links Spring Poems Holidays Haymarket Square Riot   May 1st, often called May Day, just might have more holidays than any other…

Marsha Mason

actressBorn: 4/3/1942Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri A stage actress of the 1960s and 1970s, Mason's fame as a film star soared when she received four Oscar nominations in a brief span of years (…

Sexton, Anne

(Encyclopedia) Sexton, Anne (Harvey), 1928–74, American poet, b. Newton, Mass. Educated at Garland Junior College and at Radcliffe, she worked briefly as a fashion model in Boston. Her “confessional…

Major League Baseball 2001 | Preview

2001 Major League Baseball PreviewWill the Yankees win their fourth consecutive World Series title in 2001? by Michael Morrison Texas Rangers' Alex Rodriguez watches the flight of a three-…

Everyday Signs (Signing Time!; v. 3)

Distributor:Two Little Hands Productions Alex, (who can hear), and Leah, (who is deaf), invite other young children to share everyday ASL signs. Sister team Emilie de Azevedo Brown and Rachel…

Hot Springs

(Encyclopedia) Hot Springs. <1> City (2020 pop. 37,930), seat of Garland co., W central Ark.; settled 1807, inc. 1876. The city nearly surrounds…

Skelton, John

(Encyclopedia) Skelton, John, 1460–1529, English poet and humanist. Tutor to Prince Henry (later Henry VIII), he later (c.1502) became rector of Diss, Norfolk. In 1512 he began to call himself royal…

Edward CARRINGTON, Congress, VA (1748-1810)

CARRINGTON, Edward, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Goochland County, Va., February 11, 1748; member of the county committee in 1775 and 1776; served in the Revolutionary Army; commissioned…