After declaring its independence in 1821, the colony that is now the Dominican Republic was overrun by...
World Short Story
World Short Story
Anthony was an important figure in the 19th-century US women’s suffrage movement. In 1869, Anthony, together with...
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Read...
In the mid-16th century, Antwerp, Belgium, was Europe’s chief commercial and financial center. Actively involved in trade...
So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him live no...
The Japanese film Gojira introduced the world to Godzilla, the enormous, radioactive lizard monster who wreaks havoc...
Kidney stones are small, hard masses of minerals and organic matter that form in the kidneys. Small...
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople serves as the Archbishop of Constantinople and as spiritual leader and chief...
Sharm el-Sheikh is a resort city overlooking the Strait of Tiran, near the southern tip of Sinai...
Located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory is the site of the world’s largest single-aperture telescope....
At 605 feet (184 m) tall, the Space Needle is the most recognizable landmark in Seattle, Washington....
The Battle of Britain was the first major German failure in World War II. The Royal Air...
The “Rumble in the Jungle” pitted boxer Muhammad Ali against heavyweight champion George Foreman in Zaire—now the...
I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come....
After Britain and the US withdrew their financial pledges to help Egypt build the Aswan High Dam,...