My name is Short. I'm in a hurry and cannot wait. “Well, but let us hear the wishes (said the old man); my name is short, and I cannot stay much longer.” —W. Yeats: Fairy Tales of the…
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 21, 2001.
Record:
“Beautiful Day,” U2
Album:
Two Against Nature, Steely Dan (Giant…
Michael Robartes and the DancerHe.Opinion is not worth a rush;
In this altar-piece the knight,
Who grips his long spear so to push
That dragon through the fading light,
Loved the lady; and it…
Soccer America named their Men's and Women's Collegiate All-Century Teams as well as their Men's Player of the Century (Claudio Reyna) and Women's Player of the Century (Mia Hamm) in their…
Scum o' the EarthRobert Haven SchaufflerIAt the gate of the West I stand,
On the isle where the nations throng.
We call them "scum o' the earth";Stay, are we doing you wrong,
Young fellow…
Flavour, smack. The salt of youth is that vigour and strong passion which then predominates. Shakespeare uses the term on several occasions for strong amorous passion. Thus Iago refers to…
THE VERMILION CLIFFS.THE PERMIAN.THE TEMPLES AND TOWERS OF THE VIRGEN.At our feet the surface drops down by cliff and talus 1,200 feet upon a broad and rugged plain cut by narrow cañons. The…
