Pompeian Olives Against the grimness of the Vesuvius Flicker the sunflowers flaming and fierce Dazzling from the Apennines horizon To the canvas Van Gogh used to brighten For three days and three nigh...
January 25 Burns Night Robert Burns 1 , the eighteenth century “common man’s poet” who wrote of humble matters in his brash 2 “ Lallans 3 ” dialect 4 , remains Scotland’s favorite native s...
Trans-Siberian Express The six thousand mile journey is the longest rail line on earth. Few things in Russia impact the lives of as many people as the Trans-Siberian Express. And few engineering proje...
The English Like Tea Foreigners may scoff 1 , marketing men may try to seduce with alternatives, but the English still carry on doggedly 2 in their devotion to what they consider to be one of the few...
Under The Whether 1 It has been so bitterly cold here in Pennsylvania. I can't remember a winter being as cold as this, but I'm sure there were colder days. Even though the daylight hours are growing...
Sneakers I always admire people who exercise. In particular, older folks who make exercise a daily routine. At 75, Jack was truly an inspiration 1 . There was a pond in the middle of this beautiful pa...
The Wind Beneath Her Wings In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Jean's father was a...
Learn English for the 2008 Olympics New City Versus the Old Foreigner: Beijing is developing so fast that in effect, it is a completely new city. Impressive as your new skyscrapers are, they are chang...
Charms and Symbols Bell In ancient times all over the world, it was believed that evil spirits could put up with just about anything except the clanging 1 of a bell. Over time, the bell itself, even w...
Good Story Means Successful Animation Zhao Wei: You have produced many famous animation 1 characters. So what elements do you think a successful animated film should possess? Becky Bristow: Well, the...
