by T. S. Eliot IIIVIII You tossed a blanket from the bed,
You lay upon your back, and waited;
You dozed, and watched the night revealing
The thousand sordid images
Of which your soul was…
by T. S. Eliot IIIIV His soul stretched tight across the skies
That fade behind a city block,
Or trampled by insistent feet
At four and five and six o'clock;
And short square fingers…
Russell Sagefinancier Born: 8/4/1816Birthplace: Oneida County, N.Y. Having begun his career at age 12 in his brother's employ, he eventually bought the store from his brother; and opened his…
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J. Russell Smith (Joseph Russell Smith) economist, scholar, geographerBorn: 1874Birthplace: near Lincoln, Va. Having studied and taught economics at the University of Pennsylvania and its…
Harold RussellAge: 88 veteran and actor who won two Oscars—one for acting and a special award—for his performance as a disabled World War II soldier in the film The Best Years of Our Lives.…
Russell BankswriterBorn: 3/28/1940Birthplace: Newton, Mass. Banks's hardscrabble working-class childhood in New Hampshire and Eastern Massachusetts has played a major role in shaping his writing. The…
Russell Crowe
actorBorn: 4/7/1964Birthplace: New Zealand
New Zealand-born actor best known in the U.S. for his starring roles in the Academy Award-winning film L.A. Confidential (1997) and the…
(Encyclopedia) Onions, C. T. (Charles Talbut Onions), 1873–1965, English philologist, lexicographer, author, and editor. After a post with British Naval Intelligence in World War I, he held a…
(Encyclopedia) Boyle, T. C. (Thomas John Coraghessan Boyle), 1948–, American writer, b. Peekskill, N.Y., grad. State Univ. of New York (B.A. 1968), Univ. of Iowa (M.F.A. 1974, Ph.D. 1977). He…
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