The letters c and g can make spelling tricky. Each of these letters has a hard soundhard c sound (kuh): cat, cuphard g sound (guh): gap, goat as well as a soft sound.soft c sound (suh): cell,…
First LadyBorn: 11/4/1946Birthplace: Midland, Texas A Midland, Texas native, Laura Bush holds a BA from Southern Methodist University and an MA in library science from the University of Texas at…
Japanese writerBorn: c.966? Sei Shonagon was a prominent writer of Japan’s Heian era (794–1185). She is remembered for her Pillow Book (Makura no soshi), a collection of personal anecdotes, poems,…
(Thomas Lanier Williams)playwright, authorBorn: 3/26/1911Birthplace: Columbus, Mississippi Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning dramatist and author of film scripts, short stories, novels and…
(Encyclopedia) leopard, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera pardus, widely distributed in Africa and Asia. It is commonly yellow, buff, or gray, patterned with black spots and rings. The…
The Question: Can the abbreviations i.e. and e.g. be used interchangably? If not, why not? I have always used them to mean "as an example," or "for example…
poetBorn: May 9, 1938Birthplace: Belgrade, Yugoslavia Charles Simic replaced Donald Hall as Poet Laureate of the U.S. in 2007. Born in Yugoslavia in 1938, Simic moved to…
People and animals have worked together for thousands of years. Some dogs guard against enemies, while others herd cattle. Cats hunt mice and other rodents, preventing them from stealing food and…
actressBorn: 4/29/1970Birthplace: Boston Noted nearly as much for her counterculture upbringing (Timothy Leary was her godfather) as for her acting ability, Thurman moved to New York City at 15 to…
Here are the best-selling children's books of all time (through the end of 2000), with author and year of initial publication, compiled by Publishers Weekly. OP means the book is no longer in print…
