Word: boise
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When Fisk University opened its doors, in a Union Army barracks in Nashville in 1866, it was dedicated to "the education and training of young men and women, irrespective of color." But Tennessee's segregation laws ensured that whites went to other colleges, leaving Fisk with little financial support...
"We figure that one agent can recruit ten collaborators. The real danger lies in the tentacular nature of this espionage network." At the center of the network in France is the Soviet embassy, a neo-Stalinist white marble bunker located near the Bois de Boulogne. The KGB also operates out...
What accounts for the movie's enduring charm? Casablanca is, of course, a masterpiece of casting. Not only the leads but the lesser players as well are perfect, each one a small, vivid miracle of type. Fetching up their names is an old game for the trivialist: Sam (Dooley...
For all his theatrics, Erté has always been a prodigiously hardworking artist who, for nearly seven decades, has spent virtually every night, all night, at his desk. He habitually sketches and paints in a dark room under a single spotlight, listening to recordings of Beethoven and Schubert. Since 1935...
Tuskegee Institute celebrated its 100th birthday this year. So did Spelman, a selective women's college in Atlanta that encourages black women to prepare for high-flying careers with demanding majors in premed, pre-law and computer sciences. Both schools are now getting second-and third-generation students. Partly...