Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation for what has been called artistic license or dishonesty...
The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Commonly regarded as the founder of social realism, he also...
Louis Joseph Lambert, Jr. (born December 21, 1940), is a Louisiana attorney and businessman who is best remembered for having been the first Democrat since Reconstruction to have lost a contested gubernatorial general election to a Republican candidate....
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has accomplished something few other of the nation's airports have: 100 percent screening of cargo in the bellies of passenger aircraft. Using bomb-sniffing dogs, the airport's police department has established procedures and protocols--in conjunction with the Transportation Security Administration and...
St. Louis, MO-based CRD Campbell developed a 'hot pad' for snow removal at St. Louis' Lambert International Airport's new east terminal expansion for Southwest Airlines. There was no room to stockpile snow which was done at other terminals. This 'hot pad' rids the terminal...
An ice storm grounded airline flights and knocked out power to thousands of customers from Oklahoma to Illinois on Sunday.Two traffic deaths were blamed on icy roads in Oklahoma.Ice as much as a half-inch thick coated roads and tree limbs in parts of extreme southeast...
