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Greenfield Village
Greenfield Village reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn, a school, a courthouse, a general store, and other buildings are grouped about a typical New England village green.... Read more |
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50 Cent
50 Cent July 6, 1976 • Queens, New York Rap musician The rapper known as 50 Cent is living proof that hip-hop is as much a lifestyle as it is a type of music. He was a star in the underground mix-tape circuit for several years, but the rest of the world did not hear about him until 2002,... Read more |
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Francisco de Zurbaran
Zurbarán, Francisco de (bapt. Fuente de Cantos, Extremadura, 7 Nov. 1598; d Madrid, 27 Aug. 1664). Spanish painter, active mainly in Seville, which lies about 100 km (60 miles) to the south of the village where he was born. He trained in Seville, 1614–17, then spent the next decade... Read more |
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Casey
Casey ♂, ♀ Originally a North American name bestowed in honour of the American engine driver and folk hero ‘Casey’ Jones (1863–1900), who saved the lives of passengers on the ‘Cannonball Express’ at the expense of his own. He was baptized Johnathan... Read more |
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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson 1830-86, American poet, b. Amherst, Mass. She is widely considered one of the greatest poets in American literature. Her unique, gemlike lyrics are distillations of profound feeling and original intellect that stand outside the mainstream of 19th-century American literature. Life... Read more |
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Homer
Homer principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet. Works, Life, and Legends Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in a literary type of Greek, Ionic in basis with Aeolic admixtures. Ranked among the great works of Western... Read more |
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Tintagel
Tintagel , small town, Cornwall, SW England. It is S of Tintagel Head, a promontory connected to the mainland by a narrow, rocky neck of land. The ruined Tintagel Castle, which extends from the promontory across the isthmus, was built in the 12th cent. on the site of a Celtic monastery. The area is... Read more |
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diocese of Crediton
Crediton, diocese of. Carved out of the Sherborne bishopric in 909, it initially covered all Devon and Cornwall, though from 931 to 1027 St Germans was the separate see for Cornwall. In 1050 Leofric moved the bishopric to Exeter, in obedience to Leo IX's command for sees to be in larger towns.... Read more |
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Lelio Orsi
Orsi, Lelio (b Novellara, c.1511; d Novellara, 3 May 1587). Italian Mannerist painter, active mainly in his birthplace, near Parma, and in nearby Reggio Emilia. His large-scale work in fresco has almost all perished and he is now known mainly by cabinet pictures of religious subjects (The Walk to... Read more |
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Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell 1818-89, American astronomer and educator, b. Nantucket, Mass. Mitchell taught school in Nantucket, and later became a librarian. On Oct. 1, 1847, Mitchell discovered a comet (1847 VI) not far from Polaris. She was the first woman to be elected (1848) to the American Academy of Arts... Read more |
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A Nightmare in 40 Seconds; Nebraska Town Reels From Deadly Bank Robbery [...
...It was all over so quickly...Hispanic, some within that community...known as the birthplace of comedian...shootings. "You live in a small...town, 120 miles north of...Flags are at half staff...People stop at ... |
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Iraqi court sentences Saddam to death Former leader is found guilty of crimes...
...Long live the people! Long live the Arab...Tikriti, his half-brother...People flooded their neighborhoods...Saddam's birthplace and a bastion...Iraqi and American security...significant corps within the ... |
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WE BREAST OUR CASE.(DAYBREAK)(THE SKINNY)(Column)
...The man shouted, "No! Why don't you all understand I want to be alone!" and he kicked...search in Elmer Fudd-style spellings Really? Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of ... |
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Making the Rounds
...battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground...A: Conception. * Q: Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A: Their birthplace. * Q: ... |
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THE NEW CULTURE OF RURAL AMERICA.
...gleaming from their morning shine...the model American vacation...claimed as his birthplace a log cabin...dependent on their priests and...disappear within the next 50 years, large...workers and their ... |
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Dilbert[R].(Take a Break)
...more zinc and copper in their hair. The world's youngest...battle. If the horse has all 4 legs on the ground...until 5 years later. Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 ... |