Suggestions?!

So I have an extra credit paper due in programming class on a programming language of my choice. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions (outside of C, C++, Java) on other interesting languages that had enough information available for 5-9 pages.

Here are some of the criteria for the paper if this helps:

• History of the language/related languages
• Design goals/why was the language created
• Properties/Characteristics/ maybe one or two short examples
• Drawbacks/problems/shortcomings

Not asking for any specific help, just asking for suggestions on what some would think a good language would be to cover these topics well. I assume there are some languages that would take a lot more effort to get 5-9 pages out of, so I'd kind of like one that is challenging/interesting, but also one that I don't have to scour the four corners of the Earth to find information about.

Lisp, perhaps? It has been around for a terribly long time, there is alot of information on it online, it has devotees that you can interrogate, etc.

I did something similar to this once... I believe I did COBOL but I did just 5 pages on it. I probably could have done more if I had to, though. It has plenty of history and plenty to be criticized about. Looking back, I'm sure I could have chosen a better language, but this one worked for me. These days, Lisp would probably have better resources and info online.

If you want something short on 'why' and long on 'drawbacks', you could try INTERCAL ;)