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| x Religion |
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Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett | Joe Frank: Work in Progress |
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give...
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| The Eternal Light | |||||
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| The Pastor's Study | |||||
| x Ethics |
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Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett |
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior.
Major areas of study in ethics may be divided into 3 operational areas:
Each of these...
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| x Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi |
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The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi |
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (Persian: جلالالدین محمد بلخى Persian pronunciation: [dʒælɒːlæddiːn mohæmmæde bælxiː]), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (جلالالدین محمد رومی Persian pronunciation: [dʒælɒːlæddiːn mohæmmæde ɾuːmiː]) and...
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| x United States Bill of Rights |
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We Hold These Truths |
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the...
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| Government Under Law | |||||
| x Current events | The University of Chicago Round Table |
Current events are contemporary happenings of significance, usually covered in the news. The phrase may also refer to the following:
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| Junior Town Meeting of the Air | |||||
| The World and Washington | |||||
| America's Town Meeting of the Air | |||||
| New York Times Youth Forum | |||||
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| x Nature |
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Afield with Ranger Mac |
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic.
The word...
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| x Conservation | Afield with Ranger Mac | ||||
| x Inspiration | Music and the Spoken Word | ||||
| The Eternal Light | |||||
| x History |
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Cavalcade of America |
History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was...
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| The American Past | |||||
| CBS is There | |||||
| x Veteran |
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Cross-Rhoads |
A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..." . This page refers to military veterans, i.e., a person who has served or is serving in the armed...
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| x Politics |
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America's Town Meeting of the Air |
Politics (from Greek politikos "of, for, or relating to citizens") as a term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields,...
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| Larry King Show | |||||
| x Local news | Weekly Press |
In journalism, local news refers to news coverage of events in a local context which would not normally be of interest to those of other localities, or otherwise be of national or international scope.
Opt-outs of local television news frequently...
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| x Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and...
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| x Newspaper |
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CBS Views the Press |
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials, and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were...
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| x United Nations |
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U.N. in Action |
The United Nations (abbreviated UN in English, and ONU in its other official languages), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social...
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| Memo From Lake Success | |||||
| United Nations Project | |||||
| Pauline Frederick at the U.N. | |||||
| x Schubert Theatre |
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The Schubert Theatre: 75 Years of Memories |
The Schubert Theatre is a theater located in Gooding, Idaho, United States. Built in 1920, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
Many articles in the Gooding County Leader chronicle the history of this theater. Opened in...
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| x Daisy Turner | Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and Family |
Daisy Turner (June 21, 1883–February 8, 1988) was born in Grafton, Vermont to Alex and Sally Turner, freed slaves. She was famous for her oral recordings of her family's history, which can be traced back to Africa and England.
Daisy Turner's father,...
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| x United States of America |
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Letter from America |
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North...
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| x Crime |
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Victims |
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Crimes may also result in cautions or be unenforced. Individual human societies may each define...
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| Of Violence and Victims | |||||
| x Career development | Careers Unlimited |
In organizational development (or OD), the study of career development looks at:
In personal development, career development is:
Figures in career development
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| x Portland Civic Theater | Civic Theatre on the Air |
The Portland Civic theater was a community theater that operated from 1915 to its dissolution in the early 1990s.
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| x New York Philharmonic |
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The New York City Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra |
The New York Philharmonic (officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York) is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". The Philharmonic's...
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| x Health |
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You and Your Health |
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain (as in “good health” or “healthy”). The...
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| x Automotive | Car Talk | ||||
| x Automotive Repair and Maintenance | Car Talk | ||||
| x Road traffic safety |
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You Are the Jury |
Road traffic safety refers to methods and measures for reducing the risk of a person using the road network being killed or seriously injured. The users of a road include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, their passengers, and passengers of on-road...
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| Project Lifesaver | |||||
| x Defensive driving |
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You Are the Jury |
The standard Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations, ANSI/ASSE Z15.1, defines defensive driving as "driving to save lives, time, and money, in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others." This definition is taken from the...
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| x Attack on Pearl Harbor |
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Pearl Harbor, Lest We Forget |
The attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy...
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| x Gospel music |
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Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions |
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.
Like other...
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| x Schizophrenia |
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A Disaster Called Schizophrenia | Schizophrenia: Voices of an Illness |
Schizophrenia (/ˌskɪtsɵˈfrɛniə/ or /ˌskɪtsɵˈfriːniə/) is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre...
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| x Humour |
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Joe Frank: Work in Progress |
Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in...
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| x Vee-Jay Records |
Vee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.
Vee-Jay was founded in Gary, Indiana, in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C....
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| x Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi, and founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to...
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| x Civil rights movement |
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken? |
The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent...
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| x Medicine |
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Science Editor |
Medicine is the field of applied science and the art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.
Contemporary medicine applies...
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| Medical Viewpoint | |||||
| x Science |
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Kinetic City Super Crew |
Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. In an older and closely related meaning (found, for example,...
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| Science Story | |||||
| Science Editor | |||||
| The DNA Files | |||||
| We March with Faith | |||||
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| x Paul Robeson |
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I Must Keep Fightin': The Art of Paul Robeson |
Paul Leroy Robeson ( /ˈroʊbsən/ ROHB-sən April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American concert singer (bass), recording artist, actor, athlete, and scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the 20th century....
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| x Sound |
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The Noise Show |
Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of...
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| x Christian values | Open Door |
The term Christian values historically refers to the values derived from the teachings of Jesus and taught by Christians throughout the history of the religion. The term has various applications and meanings, and specific definitions can vary widely...
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| x Shakespeare's plays |
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Conversations with Will Shakespeare and Certain of His Friends |
William Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature. Traditionally, the 38 plays are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy; they have been translated into...
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| x Cannabis |
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Marijuana and the Law |
Cannabis, also known as marijuana (from the Mexican Spanish marihuana) and by other names, refers to preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine. Chemically, the major psychoactive compound in cannabis...
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| x Vietnam veteran |
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Battles Just Begun |
Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War.
The term has been used to describe veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed...
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| Our Forgotten Warriors: Vietnam Veterans Face the Challenges of the '80s | |||||
| They Served with Honor | |||||
| x Hank Aaron |
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Henry Aaron: A Man with a Mission |
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer," or "Hammerin' Hank," is a retired American baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 through 1976. Aaron spent 21 seasons with the...
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| x Charlotte Brontë |
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Currier Bell, Esquire |
Charlotte Brontë ( /ˈbrɒnti/; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name...
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| x Taxicabs of New York City |
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Follow That Cab: The Great Taxi Rip-off |
The taxicabs of New York City, with their distinctive yellow paint, are a widely recognized icon of the city. Taxicabs are operated by private companies and licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. The Commission is a New York...
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| x American Revolution |
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Two Hundred Years Ago Tonight |
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They...
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| x Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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The Battle of Lexington |
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln,...
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| x Child development |
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A Life to Share |
Child development refers to the biological and psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. Because these developmental...
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| x Jazz |
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Jazz Alive! |
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in black communities in the Southern United States.
It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. Its black African pedigree is evident in its use of...
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| Piano Jazz | |||||
| Taylor Made Piano: A Jazz History | |||||
| x Igor Stravinsky |
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Stravinsky '75 |
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (sometimes spelled Strawinsky or Stravinskii; Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, transliterated: Igorʹ Fëdorovič Stravinskij; Russian pronunciation: [ˌiɡərʲ ˌfʲjodɐrɐvʲɪtɕ strɐˈvʲinskʲɪj]; 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 –...
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| x Poetry |
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The Land of Poetry |
Poetry (from the Greek "poiesis" — "ποίησις" — with a broad meaning of a "making", seen also in such terms as "hemopoiesis"; more narrowly, the making of poetry) is a form of literary art which uses the aesthetic qualities of language to evoke...
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| x Huntsville Prison |
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Witness to an Execution |
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit," is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The approximately 54.36-acre (22.00 ha) facility, near Downtown Huntsville, is operated by...
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| x Death Row |
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Witness to an Execution |
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility...
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| x News |
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third-party or mass audience.
One theory claims that the English word "news" developed in the 14th century as...
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| x Business |
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Marketplace |
A business (also known as enterprise or firm) is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn...
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| x State Farm Insurance | State Farm: Good Neighbor or Bad Faith? |
State Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The company also has operations in Canada.
The group's main business is State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a mutual insurance firm that...
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| x Wynton Marsalis |
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Wynton Marsalis: Making the Music |
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is a trumpeter, composer, teacher, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, United States. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music...
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| x Vladimir Horowitz |
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Conversations With Horowitz |
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Vladimir Samojlovich Gorovitz) (October 1 [O.S. September 18] 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a Russian-born American classical pianist and composer. His technique and use of tone...
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| x Carl Sandburg |
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Carl Sandburg at Connemara |
Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He was the recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and another for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called...
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