by Ambrose Bierce LOQUACITYLORELORD -n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of…
PlaywritingLee Breuer, A Prelude to Death in VeniceChristopher Durang, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for YouRomulus Linney, TennesseeRoland Muldoon, Full Confessions of a SocialistJeff…
People QuickFactsKingsportTennesseePopulation, 2003 estimate 44,2315,841,748Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -1.5%2.7%Population, 2000 44,9055,689,283Population,…
James Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the help of music writers and critics, selected 500 songs (not only rock songs) that they believe have been most…
Merlin IThy trivial harp will never please
Or fill my craving ear;
Its chords should ring as blows the breeze,
Free, peremptory, clear.
No jingling serenader's art,
Nor tinkle of piano…
Defensive Player of the Year— Alonzo Mourning, Miami; Most Improved Player—Darrell Armstrong, Orlando; Sixth Man Award— Darrell Armstrong, Orlando; Kennedy PBWAA Citizenship Award— Brian Grant,…
(Anglo-Saxon, har.) The greatest events are often drawn by hairs. Events of great pith and moment are often brought about by causes of apparently no importance. —Sir John Hawkins's…
1936 (gold medal): Sam Balter, Ralph Bishop, Joe Fortenberry, Tex Gibbons, Francis Johnson, Carl Knowles, Frank Lubin, Art Mollner, Don Piper, Jack Ragland, Carl Shy, Willard Schmidt, Duane…
