Carl HubbellBorn: June 22, 1903Baseball LHP led NL in wins and ERA 3 times each; 2-time MVP (1933,36) with NY Giants; fanned Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin in succession in 1934 All-…
Roger MarisBorn: Sept. 10, 1934Baseball OF broke Babe Ruth's season HR record with 61 in 1961 and held record until 1998; 2-time AL MVP (1960-61) with NY Yankees; 275 HRs in 12 years. Died:…
South Korean scientist, suffered a stunning fall from grace in late 2005, when former colleagues and a group of young scientists made a series of disclosures that undermined the advances…
False dice, which are doctored, or made to turn up winning numbers. `The whole autechamber is full, my lord—knights and squires, doctors and dicers.' `The dicers with their doctors in…
IntroductionPrefatory Note The text of the poems in this volume is that of J. Dykes Campbell in the Globe edition of Coleridge's poems. For the introduction I have depended also largely…
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Ismail MerchantAge: 68 Indian-born filmmaker who, with partner James Ivory, produced several visually stunning literary films, including A Room with a View—which won three Oscars—Howards End…
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