The term First Lady is used to describe a socially prominent woman deserving respect. This woman must possess one of two things to be called a First Lady: a president or Governor as a husband or expertise in the performing arts. Beginning in the late 1800s, the wife of the President of the United...
In more repressed times, people were not always allowed to express themselves freely, for fear of persecution. Gossiping, criticizing the government or even talking about current events were often punishable by death. In order to communicate at will, clever rhymes were constructed and passed...
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country and pop recording singer, songwriter, philanthropist, and actress. Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift is one of two children born to Scott Kingsley Swift, a stockbroker, and Andrea Finlay Gardner, a homemaker, and...
The internet is the great playing field leveler. On the internet, no one knows you're a dog, right? But it turns out that we have a pretty good idea if you're a paranoid schizophrenic with persecution complex — because that's what your website tells us about you. These 13 people are all crackpots...
Martha Stewart and Michelle Obama received a space in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington for the first time, MaxiNews.com reported.A new exhibit, "Americans Now," opened Friday, featuring famous names from science, business, government and the arts in the museum.President Barack Obama and...
Lady Gaga one of the most prominent American recording artists in contemporary music. Lady Gaga, born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28, 1986, began performing in New York City's Lower East Side during 2003. Lady Gaga went on to New York University's Tisch School of Arts where she...
Lady Gaga has released Born This Way, the first video from her latest album. The song is the "Manifesto of Mother Monster" and features an eclectic mix of great lyrics, wild costumes, and the overall "story about the birth of a new race" per Lady Gaga herself. The February 28, 2011 release...
Lady Gaga debuts Born This Way, the first single from her upcoming album set for release in May 2011. Born This Way is a features the Grammy winning vocals of Lady Gaga, infections beats, and inspirational lyrics "Rejoice and love yourself today... 'Cause baby you were born this way." The...
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born on 26 October 1947. She is the wife of former United States of America Bill Clinton and one of the most prominent women in American politics. She grew up in Illinois as the eldest and only daughter of middle class, conservative Methodist parents with two younger...
HARRISON BERGERONby Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody...
