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Richard Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis 1864-1916, American author and journalist, b. Philadelphia; son of Rebecca Harding Davis . After attending Lehigh and Johns Hopkins universities, he became a reporter in Philadelphia and later was on the New York Evening Sun. His stories and articles were soon attracting at... Read more
Hugh Lofting
Hugh Lofting 1886-1947, American writer of juvenile stories, b. Maidenhead, England. He settled in the United States in 1912. His famous "Dr. Dolittle" stories, which concern an extraordinary country doctor with a great love of animals, began as letters to his children during World War I. They ... Read more
short story
short story brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the "short short" story to extended and complex narratives such as Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Most often the sh... Read more
Deluge
Deluge , in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his ark . Archaeology has yielded little trace of the biblical flood, but some oceanographers and geophysicists have speculated that the actual delu... Read more
Mary Johnston
Mary Johnston 1870-1936, American novelist, b. Buchanan, Va. Her books combine romance with history. She is chiefly remembered for To Have and to Hold (1900), a story of colonial Virginia, and its successor, Audrey (1902). Her other novels include two Civil War stories, The Long Roll (1911) a... Read more
Thomas Nelson Page
Thomas Nelson Page 1853-1922, American author and diplomat, b. Hanover co., Va. His novels and stories are sentimental idealizations of the Old South. Among his novels are On Newfound River (1891) and Red Rock (1898); his volumes of stories include In Ole Virginia (1887) and The Burial of th... Read more
Mike Fink
Mike Fink 1770?-1823?, American border hero, whose exploits have been so elaborated in legend that the actual facts of his life are difficult to discover. He was born probably at the frontier post of Pittsburgh, took part in the wars against the Native Americans of the Ohio region, and subsequently... Read more
Pandarus
Pandarus , in Greek legend, a Trojan warrior. In the Trojan War (as recounted in Homer's Iliad ) he broke the truce by wounding Menelaus and soon after was killed by Diomed. In the medieval romance of Troilus and Cressida, Pandarus is the name of the lascivious intermediary between the lovers. The ... Read more
Shirley Hazzard
Shirley Hazzard 1931-, Australian novelist and short-story writer, b. Sydney. Educated in Australia, she has lived in the United States since 1951, working at the United Nations in New York from 1952-62. Both she and her husband, writer Francis Steegmuller (1906-94), were frequent contributors to ... Read more
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon , 1882-1944, American author and journalist, b. Rotterdam, Netherlands. He emigrated to the United States in 1903 and studied at Harvard and Cornell (B.A., 1905). He was an Associated Press correspondent in Russia during the revolutionary outbreak of 1905 and in Belgium at th... Read more

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World War II, U.S. Air Operations in: The Air War in Europe
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History World War II, U.S. Air Operations in: The Air War in Europe. U.S. air operations in the...strategic air campaign against the German war economy and the tactical air support...that it could attack and destroy German war industries, with accuracy and in daylight...established the Ninth (Tactical) Air ... Read more
American Independence, War of (1775 – 1783)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...West Indies and the open Atlantic. The war destroyed one empire and created another. The war was not synonymous with the American...in 1789. Unlike the later Southern war to preserve slavery and destroy the...narrative strong enough to carry the whole story of the American Republic's creation. But ... Read more
Lacy, Sam
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the most amazing thing about Lacy's story is not that he covered all the giants...few — but that he continued to cover sports well into his nineties. He left...before his death in May, 2003. Lacy's story began with his selling peanuts to the...Cooperstown, New York. Lacy was born on October ... Read more
L. Ron Hubbard
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography L. Ron Hubbard The story of L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) is also the story of a movement-the Church of Scientology...as a free-lance writer. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a...marriages, Hubbard married Mary Sue Whipp on October 30, 1952. The couple had four children...400, 000 ... Read more
yachting
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...to suffice here as a generic term to cover the various ways of sailing for pleasure...pleasure. This is confirmed in The Feadship Story (1999) by Andrew Rogers, who dates yachting...and beat, the Duke of York's Anne on 1 October 1661. The course was on the River Thames...spectator sport right up to the ... Read more
September 11, 2001
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...the north tower of New York City's 110-story World Trade Center ( WTC ). Eighteen minutes...family. Bush proclaimed an open-ended War on Terrorism against evildoers worldwide...groupings of deciduous trees and ground cover, interrupted by two recessed reflecting...travellers. The USA Patriot Act , passed ... Read more
Margaret Bourke-White
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Bourke-White was the first accredited woman war correspondent during World War II and the first woman to accompany...35, 000. But a FORTUNE assignment to cover the drought in the Plains states opened...Fort Peck dam in Montana adorned the cover of LIFE's first issue, November 11...new pictorial ... Read more
Olympia: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...Executive Mansion, the campus gardens, war memorials, and a conservatory. The Capitol...to the garden. Chief William Shelton's Story Pole, located on the Washington State...Campus, houses exhibits that document the story and political and cultural life of the...state occurs in Olympia each April and ... Read more
Wallace, DeWitt (1889–1981), magazine editor and publisher, philanthropist, and Wallace, Lila (1888–1984)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...army. Wounded during World War I in the Meuse‐Argonne...rebellious individualism. Married in October 1921, they published the first...appeared during and after World War II to counter Axis and communist...1950. In 1955, to keep the cover price low, the Digest began...and DeWitt Wallace and ... Read more
Palau
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...Japan. After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the US took control over what were...United States that came into effect on October 1, 1994. MAJOR CITY Koror Koror, on Koror...Blue holes, underwater caves, World War II wrecks, and diverse marine life attract...they have no sting. Tropical forests ... Read more

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National War Labor Board, World War II
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD, WORLD WAR II NATIONAL WAR LABOR BOARD, WORLD WAR II. To arbitrate labor disputes during World War II, the National War Labor Board (NWLB) was established...avoid strikes and lockouts during the war. On 3 October 1942 the board's jurisdiction was ... Read more
The Star Wars Saga
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Special Effects in Star Wars ," in Cinema Papers (Melbourne), October 1977. Gow, Gordon, in Films and Filming (London), December...Cinema de r ê ve," in Cahiers du Cin é ma (Paris), October 1983. Lewis, J., "A Situationist Perspective," in Jump Cut...the 01' Bijou," in Cinefantastique (Oak Park, ... Read more
Wars With Indian Nations
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and incorporated such Indian tactics as ambush and firing from cover into their own strategies. Clash on Contact: Invasions and Self-Defen...the intruders in pitched battle. The Battle of Mabila on 18 October 1540 lasted seven hours, and while the Choctaws and their allies... Read more
Ray, Nicholas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...of sight in right eye, 1938; named War Information Radio Program Director...Men 1954 Johnny Guitar 1955 Run for Cover ; Rebel without a Cause (+ story) 1956 Hot Blood ; Bigger than Life 1957 The True Story of Jesse James ; Bitter Victory ...xE9; ma (Paris), no. 66, 1956. "Story into ... Read more
Trotti, Lamar
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Jefferson Trotti in Atlanta, Georgia, 18 October 1900. Education: Attended the University...Butler); Gateway (Werker) 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell ( The Modern...Business Like Show Business (W. Lang) (story) Films as Writer and Producer: 1942...uncommon consistency. His 50-odd films ... Read more
one
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...cheaply as one one hundred miles World War One a one-bedroom apartment. (Roman numeral...occasion or period: one afternoon in late October. ∎  used before a name to...the water. ∎  inf. a joke or story: the one about the chicken farmer and...for. one thing and another inf. used to ... Read more
Miller, Virgil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Trust Your Wife series, 1950s. Died: 5 October 1974. Films as Cinematographer: 1921...The Lone Hand (Eason); The Man under Cover (Browning); Ridin' Wild (Ross); The Scrapper...Flood); Finders Keepers (Ruggles); Gang War (Glennon); Guardians of the Wild (MacRae...Out for Murder (Humberstone); Inside ... Read more
Hayworth, Rita
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Margarita Carmen Cansino in New York City, 17 October 1918. Education: Attended Hamilton High...as Marina Aluna) 1943 Show Business at War 1944 Cover Girl (C. Vidor) (as Rusty Parka/Maribelle...Rossen) (as Adelaide Gears) 1960 The Story on Page One (Odets) (as Jo Morris) 1962... Read more
Stone, Sharon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Blues ; 1989 — in TV mini-series War and Remembrance ; co-owner of Chaos Productions...Interview (New York), June 1990. "Hot Cover," interview with Bill Zehme, in Rolling...Stephen Rebello, in Cosmopolitan (New York), October 1995. "Holding Her Own with the Big Boys...x2014; Munn, Michael, The ... Read more
Weld, Tuesday
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1980 Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (Brinckerhoff — for TV); Serial...Lucy Saroyan, in Interview (New York), October 1988. Interview with Henry Cabot Beck...Floyd, Pretty Poison: The Tuesday Weld Story , New York, 1995. On WELD: articles...Weld's uncredited picture adorns the cover of ... Read more

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Resisting the draft.('Thy Brother's Blood': Reminiscences of World War II)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/16/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...involved in another world war. When World War II started in Europe in September...aggression and the beginning of the war had a sobering effect on this gathering...of us were convinced that a massive war was not the way to resist this evil. Christians should not go to war; to do so was a ... Read more
Gulf Lore Syndrome. (myths about illnesses suffered by Gulf War veterans)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Reason; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...suffering the effects of the mysterious Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) was profiled, and the story by reporter Dick Foster contained a...writer to say that there is no Gulf War Syndrome in the accepted sense of the...Sciences. All said that the term Gulf War Syndrome was a misnomer. All said ... Read more
Conflict in Kosovo. (war-torn Yugoslavian region)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 11/6/1998; 694 words ; ...Eastern Europe. [MAP OMITTED] Ethnic War Since February 28, Kosovo has been torn apart by a bloody ethnic war -- a war between peoples of different races...has blossomed between February and October of this year into some of the cruelest...in Europe since the end of World War II (1939-45). ... Read more
Rebuilding Afghanistan: at year's end, hope that a country that survived 20 years of foreign domination, a brutal civil war and the rule of the Taliban may yet find its bearings. (Cover Story).
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/10/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...as Kabul's warm weather extended into October. But on this particular day, Sadat was...Taliban into retreat. Still, Sadat's story--return from exile, uncertainty about...situation, said Paul Butler, who up until October served as country director in Afghanistan...ethnic Tajik, and Amanullah Khan, a rival ... Read more
The new Indonesia: on 20 October, H.E. Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's sixth President and H.E. Jusuf Kalla the Vice President. The President announced a 36-member cabinet later the same day.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Business Asia; 9/1/2004; 700+ words ; The new Indonesia: on 20 October, H.E. Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia...followed the Indonesian Election Commission's announcement on 4 October that he and his running mate had won the second round of the...to the Supreme Court, ambassadorial appointments, declaring war, and the ... Read more
Clinton pushes military aid; human-rights abusers lap it up.(Escalating The Drug War)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...stated reason: to fight the drug war. This past October, U.S. Defense Secretary William...during the height of the contra war. Later in his career, while...involvement in the so-called drug war. Now Negroponte is getting his...the four-star general and Gulf War veteran whom Clinton named ... Read more
Its now or never.(economy goes downward after war)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: African Business; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; After three years of a destructive civil war, Cote d'Ivoire is enjoying a rare period...particular grievances. Before the civil war, Cote d'Ivoire was the strongest and...politics. Since elections were postponed in October, the UN has given the country's newly...presidential and legislative elections in ... Read more
Making history ... again: 442nd Fighter Wing carries on proud tradition established during World War II.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Citizen Airman; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Formed in 1943 during World War II as the 442nd Troop Carrier...France and Holland. In early October, the group's four flying squadrons...Andre until the end of the war in Europe seven months later...legacy the people established as war-fighters lives on. Last year marked the first time since Word ... Read more
Hiroshima then and now.('Thy Brother's Blood': Reminiscences of World War II)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/16/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...emotionally, if not morally, satisfying. By war's end Hitler had won a significant victory...was certain to shorten if not end the war, which, we never forgot, was started by...why only the vanquished are tried for war crimes. It was the same with the atom...military censorship, not lifted until ... Read more
EAPs as risk managers: to regain their identity and value as risk managers, EAPs must distill information about organizational problems into broad concepts, then use this knowledge to help managers act strategically.(The Tug-Of-War For The EAP Identity)(Employee Assistance Programs)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...the workplace was in the midst of the post-Vietnam societal war on drugs. Employers found themselves at risk with returning veterans who had been traumatized by their war experiences and were returning to a society that too often...Shaking Up The Behavioral Health/EAP Field in the September/October 2003 ... Read more