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B , B, b [Called ‘bee’]. The 2nd LETTER of the modern Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It descends from the Phoenician symbol bēth (‘house’), which wa… Benjamin West , Benjamin West
Benjamin West (1738-1820), the first of America's emigré artists, became one of Europe's most important neoclassic painters.
Benjamin W… Mae West , Mae West (1893-1980) played the sultry, provocative woman in numerous popular films and plays. Her sexuality and off-color comments made her films an… Mummerset , MUMMERSET [A blend of mummer, one who mutters and murmurs, or takes part in a mime, and SOMERSET], also Mummersetshire. An imaginary rustic county of… West Yorkshire , Yorkshire, West. The new metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, established by the Local Government Act of 1972, was built upon the county boroughs o… Nathanael West , West, Nathanael
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Nathanael West (October 17, 1903–December 22, 1940) may well have been the quintessential Depression-decade novelist.…
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