Deaths Sleigh Ride Survival Amid Hungry Wolves
Kathleen Donovan recounts a 1888 Michigan farm sleigh ride that turned perilous as a pack of wolves pursued the sleigh. Her mother and father fired rifles from the yard to protect the children, with the wolves ultimately shot and the family safe by dawn.
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Roosevelt purge and looming party realignment in 1940
The article analyzes Roosevelt's purge as a failed realignment move and predicts internal Democratic tensions. It argues Senate and House members may resist the president's program, forecasting jockeying for influence, potential state boss involvement, and a possible split unless war alters political dynamics.
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Undersea Classroom Trains Miami Marine Scholars
University of Miami students in Prof. J F Pearson’s marine zoology program study underwater aboard a yacht with diving helmets. They reach depths to 50 feet to collect marine life, including sea turtles and sand dwelling growths, for hands on field lessons in a changing underwater classroom.
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Origin of the Term Poet Laureate
The laurel tree in ancient Greece was sacred to Apollo the patron of poets. Poets of distinction were crowned with a laurel wreath, giving laureate the meaning honored or eminent.
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Shadows on a Chameleon's Back Imprinting in Sunlight
A chameleon shows imprinted shadow patterns on its dorsum for several seconds after being placed in bright sun. The effect highlights how body heat or surface shades interact with the reptile's skin and posture.
Offering to Heaven Legend of Li-Shin-Min
A historic legend tells Li-Shin-Min, a Chinese emperor 1300 years ago, offered a strange pledge to heaven. He reportedly swallowed a live locust to prove the sincerity of his prayer to halt a plague.
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Queen's Staircase at Fort Fincastle Explained
The Queen's Staircase in Nassau Bahamas is a steep 70 foot deep and 30 foot wide flight of steps. Its origin remains unclear with no definite record of who built or why it was named the Queen's staircase.
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It Takes Two Life Is a Game You Can't Play Alone
A reflective line on interdependence and shared life, asserting no person thrives in isolation and the value of mutual support in human experience.
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Mercury
WNU
It Takes Two to Make a Good Concert and Life
A Chicago observer recalls the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in New York and a conductor’s line that it truly takes two to make a fine concert. The piece expands to social reciprocity, contrasting two for dialogue on a ship, a family porch, and a Western hospital crisis, urging cooperation in life and work.
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Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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