Davies became Hearst’s mistress when she was 19 and he 53, and she stayed by his side until his death. She was mistress of “Hearst Castle,” which you can see in this video and should definitely visit if you’re in Central California: 1905 – Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1...
my guess is that when it became pass-fail — and we all respond to incentives — that the incentive to get a good grade was taken away, and as much as we want to say you’re in this for the learning not for the grade, there’s a lot going on in everybody’s lives. My guess...
As Lee later said of Big E in her autobiography, “He's the most gentle giant and so, we got to the back, and he's just like, 'Oh my god! Oh my god!' He was on the verge of tears, and was like, 'What can I do? Are you okay?'” That is a simple but common example ...
first we need to get a bigger megaphone. in the early months of the biden presidency, james carville, the legendary democratic strategist, had some complaints about the democratic strategy. carville helped elect bill clinton in 1992 and became a national celebrity due to his political success ...
Budde became seriously concerned. If the government tried to arrange for Lehman to be pawned off on another Wall Street firm, as it had done with Bear Stearns, the U.S. taxpayer might wind up footing the bill for a company with hundreds of millions of dollars in concealed compensation. So...
He didn't mention when exactly it became a human right: at the dawn of civilization (when no one lived over thirty), during feudalism (when the village blacksmith was also the tooth surgeon), during the industrial revolution (when everything was treated with leeches), or just recentl...
captured and charged with homicides, Manson was portrayed by the media as a hippie cult leader, and the counterculture became a dangerous enemy. Hitchhikers were shunned. Communes were raided. In the public's mind, flower children had grown poisonous thorns. But Manson was never really a hippie...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is involved in the federal case in Ohio and state cases. He said it was right the Sacklers should be targeted. “They’ve been hiding behind a corporate structure and it’s high time they paid a price,” he said.~Comments~Time for a Corporate Death Penalty...
As a young adult, she rarely encountered children and would get annoyed in situations where they were crying or running around. It wasn’t until she became a mother that she began to see things differently. “Until then, there was an otherness about kids,” she says. “Raising a child on...