Thomas Eakins' The Agnew Clinic Oct 26, 2009
Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of An American Artist (Henry Adams -- Oxford University Press, 2005). The copyright of the article Thomas Eakins' The Agnew Clinic in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Opinion: 5 lessons for Obama Oct 26, 2009
" Give us vision: It's your legacy A good president, wrote 19th century historian Henry Adams, "resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. (CNN)
Big Bang Gala Sep 21, 2009
Galleria, S.F. Design Center, 101 Henry Adams St. (415) 905-1611. Silver Trowell Award Dinner. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Read the story Aug 28, 2009
The testimony concerning his efficacy comes mainly from other senators, and the Senate, Henry Adams observed, "is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders.". The Senate is a seniority system; success is largely the result of staying alive, and staying in office. (CBS News -- Evening News)
The Lesson of the Kennedys Aug 28, 2009
The testimony concerning his efficacy comes mainly from other senators, and the Senate, Henry Adams observed, "is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders.". The Senate is a seniority system; success is largely the result of staying alive, and staying 00004000 in office. (CBS News)
Pitts: There's more than miles that separate us Aug 24, 2009
They call to mind what historian Henry Adams said in the mid-1800s: "There are grave doubts at the hugeness of the land and whether one government can comprehend the whole." ... And it is an open question, as it was for Henry Adams, what kind of country we'll have when it's done. (Athens Banner-Herald)
The Populist Patriotism of Gore Vidal May 25, 2009
I take heart that he is still out there, an improbable but, when you think about it, perfectly and delightfully meet blend of Edmund Wilson and Huey Long, T.P. Gore and Henry Adams ... Henry Adams can wait. (The American Conservative)
Antiques dealer Ed Hardy - end of an era Apr 30, 2009
To step into Ed Hardy's antiques studio on Henry Adams Street is to step into another world ... The Ed Hardy San Francisco Collection auction sale starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday at 188 Henry Adams St. (at 15th Street), San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
How Abe, Elvis, and other luminaries really got educated Apr 19, 2009
The author shoves off from the ideas of John Adams's great-grandson, who wrote in "The Education of Henry Adams" that school was "time thrown away," that his experience at Harvard was four "wasted" years. Where, he asked, does each of us find an education that can be useful. (Boston Globe)
Global Warming: Heat Could Kill Drought-stressed Trees Fast Apr 16, 2009
"What was really striking is that all the trees in the warmer research area died first," said Henry Adams of UA's ecology and evolutionary biology department, who headed the experiment. "It's the kind of data that you don't have to do statistics on, because the numbers don't overlap. The results say that if the climate is warmer, then it takes a shorter drought to kill the trees. And there are many more shorter droughts than longer droughts in the historical record.". (Science Daily)
Visit D.C. Obama-style Apr 16, 2009
The hotel, which opened in 1928, was built on the site of homes that belonged to John Hay, President Abraham Lincoln's private assistant who later served as secretary of state, and Henry Adams, a respected author and descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. If rates starting at more than $300 a night are out of range, consider checking into Off the Record, the hotel's elegant bar, for a cocktail and a snack. (CNN -- Travel)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
Upon the official ceremony in May, they will enter a 250-member club that has included Henry Adams, Mark Twain and Mark Rothko, and currently features Edward Albee, Philip Glass and Toni Morrison. Artists are encouraged to serve on committees that award prizes, but there is no responsibility beyond agreeing to join. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Homes of the First US President... Mar 24, 2009
Visitors are then taken to the later home of the family, Peacefield, inhabited not only by John, Abigail, and their immediate descendents, but also by their grandson, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams and their great grandsons, writers and historians, Henry Adams and Brooks Adams. The original structure of the house was built in 1731, but expansions were added by various generations of the family, who initially acquired the house in 1787. (Suite101.com)
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers to Offer Property from Renowned Chicago Gallery Robert Henry Adams Fine Art Mar 14, 2009
CHICAGO, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is pleased to announce the sale of works from Robert Henry Adams Fine Art ... Robert Henry Adams, the distinguished and beloved art dealer, passed away in 2001 ... In 1994, Robert Henry Adams Fine Art relocated to 715 North Franklin in the exclusive River North gallery district. (PR Newswire)
Review-The Autobiography of Mark Tw... Feb 25, 2009
The opening lines of Charles Neider's 1959 introduction to The Autobiography of Mark Twain read: "In my opinion, Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams." Perhaps the most succinct and accurate comment this reviewer could make in terms of recommendation are "I could not concur more strongly.". Twain, Mark. (Suite101.com)
A Compelling Tale Feb 25, 2009
Secretary of State John Hay and historian Henry Adams were among his closest friends; Hay called King "the best and brightest man of his generation.". But King, a bachelor, lived a secret double life as the husband of a black woman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
