1926. At the time, people didn't think it was physically possible for a woman to swim that far. Ederle proved them wrong and completed the feat—her second attempt—in 14 hours and 31 minutes, beating the previously
the magazine was a pioneer of photojournalism and famous for its vivid war coverage—particularly of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. It ceasedweekly publication in 1972and in 2000, Time announced that it would be discontinued entirely and instead use the name for special features and books...
the magazine was a pioneer of photojournalism and famous for its vivid war coverage—particularly of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. It ceasedweekly publication in 1972and in 2000, Time announced that it would be discontinued entirely and instead use the name for special features and books....
in time to help Barr prepare the museum’s fifth-anniversary exhibition. Miller accepted immediately, eagerly, with an enthusiasm that would not wane for the 35 years she worked at MoMA. Over the course of her career
few months before, in the fall of 1938; so we may safely assume that someone at McClure—and probably various personages around Donenfeld—realized something was going on with Superman among young readers by the time of the fourth issue. And that was, indeed, the case, as we’ll see ...
created. Naturally, Robbins has spent some time hunting down the original cartoons from the women who paved the way for her career, and as luck would have it, she found the very first comic strip ever drawn by a woman, “The Old Subscriber Calls” by Rose O’Neill, practically in her ...
Owned by Justin Timberlake, the irony was not lost on me that I was here with a handful of his former co-stars from a certain Disney television show in the 90’s. Full disclosure: We met up with some other friends who had the full dinner on the 2nd floor and raved about the food...
A moral intellectual is one who escapes no danger in face of truth, discards personal interests in front of disaster, practices righteousness at the expense of life, and looks upon death as going home. 逝者如斯夫!不舍昼夜。 The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes ...
when we look at the odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime--1 in 15,300--averaging that lifetime to be 80 years. Stunningly, the odds of you being affected by someone you know being struck by lighting, based on 10 people affected for every person struck, are 1 in 1,...
I do not plan to name names, well maybe 1 at some point in this story but OMG some of the things my coworkers do drive me crazy! I just came back from the restroom and for the 3rd time this week saw something that is such a quick, easy fix, but no, someone, I have no clue...