Word: franklin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There’s a phenomenon in America that’s almost as shocking as discovering that Ben Franklin really did discover electricity by flying a kite in the rain. American readers are finally lifting the ban on the Dead White Male. And heralding his return is author H.W. Brands, whose 2000 release, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, was a Pulitzer prize finalist...
This month gave a beam of hope to those desperate for gender equality on screen. The two top films for the April 5-7 weekend were thrillers starring women: David Fincher's Panic Room, with Jodie Foster besieged by three burglars, and Carl Franklin's High Crimes, in which lawyer Ashley Judd defends her enigmatic husband in a high-stakes court-martial. This week in Murder by Numbers, Sandra Bullock plays a cop on a homicide investigation that points to two brilliant teenagers. And on Memorial Day weekend, Jennifer Lopez provides a Star Wars alternative with the spousal revenge drama...
...much opportunity for courtship in her current schedule. On tour, her days begin with a morning walk or bike ride in whatever town she's performing in--her trusty Bianchi hybrid bicycle travels with her. At a recent stop in Columbus, Ohio, she saw the butterfly exhibit at Franklin Park. "I'm seeing all these cities I slept through in my 20s," she says...
Many of Pusey’s former colleagues attended, including former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and former Dean of the Faculty Franklin L. Ford, who greeted and ushered guests to the Memorial Church pews...
...ending with Lee Harvey Oswald’s shot from the book depository. Time and space are fluid. Garfield assassin Charles Guiteau gives a shooting lesson to would-be Ford assassin Sara Jane Moore, and Booth suggests to Guiseppe Zangara that he might relieve his stomach pains by shooting Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904. Allowing the assassins throughout history to meet each other highlights the common themes that drove them to do the unthinkable...