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4 days ago · April 19, 2024 by Ted Hannah. Maya Angelou made history in 1993 when she became the first African-American and first woman to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration. She was invited to recitethe poem, “On the Pulse of Morning” by then-President Bill Clinton, who described the poem as “a clarion call for our nation to be all that our ...
1 day ago · The 16-poem sequence forming the middle section of Mary Jean Chan’s three-part collection Bright Fear is a very personal and engaging Ars Poetica (art of poetry).
2 days ago · Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Latin script: Seirios ), meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMa or Alpha CMa. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice ...
3 days ago · Max Azzarello, who lit himself on fire outside the Trump trial in Manhattan, praised another recent U.S. military member who did the same thing.
18 hours ago · On Monday, the price of gold fell from USD 2,386 to USD 2,333 per ounce — this is the strongest drop in one day in almost 2 years, according to Bloomberg. On Tuesday morning in the Asian session, the price continued to decline, reaching USD 2,300 per ounce. This happened against the backdrop of: → easing tensions in the Middle East.
1 day ago · Name. The organization's legal name is National Public Radio and its trademarked brand is NPR; it is known by both names. In June 2010, the organization announced that it was "making a conscious effort to consistently refer to ourselves as NPR on-air and online" because NPR is the common name for the organization and the tag line "This ... is NPR" has been used by its radio hosts for many years.
2 days ago · William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FRSE (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) [7] was a British mathematician, mathematical physicist and engineer born in Belfast. [8] He was the professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow for 53 years, where he undertook significant research and mathematical analysis of ...
