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Kai
Kai King Arthur 's seneschal, known of in the French romances as Messire Queux, or Maitre Queux or Kuex. He is prominent in Malory's Le Morte d' Arthur. In the tale of Kilhwch and Olwen in the Mabinogion, he is identified as a person whose "breath lasted nine nights and days under water" and... Read more |
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novena
novena [Lat.,=a group of nine], in the Roman Catholic Church, primarily a series of public or private prayers extending over nine consecutive days, especially nine days preceding a feast. They often carry an indulgence . More rarely, a novena extends over any nine days, as nine consecutive Mondays... Read more |
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Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker Singer For the Record… Selected discography Sources Deemed “one of the pop-cultural symbols of the early ’60s” by Hugh Boulware in the Chicago Tribune, Chubby Checker is practically synonymous in the minds of most music buffs with the 1960s dance craze,... Read more |
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nine
nine in medieval angelology there were traditionally nine orders to the celestial hierarchy; cats proverbially have nine lives; nine days or nights is the period during which a novelty is supposed to attract attention.Nine Days' Queen a name for Lady Jane Grey (1537–54), Queen of England... Read more |
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Sax Rohmer
Ward, Arthur Henry (Sarsfield) (1883-1959) Author who wrote under the pseudonym "Sax Rohmer" and created the celebrated fictional character Dr. Fu-Manchu. Ward was also a student of the occult. Born of Irish Catholic parents in Birmingham, England, on February 15, 1883, Ward had no formal schooling... Read more |
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Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip It would have been incomprehensible, at the turn of the nineteenth century, to believe that the actions of one man could set in motion a series of events that would reverberate through history for the next nine decades. Yet when Gavrilo Princip (1894-1918) stepped in front of the... Read more |
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Kennewick Man
Kennewick Man The remains of an ancient human found along a river in Kennewick, Washington, in 1996 set off a heated debate about the ownership and future of the skeleton. Scientists argued that the skeleton, dubbed Kennewick Man, could provide new information about human migration in North America,... Read more |
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Hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism Definition Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid gland. Description Located in the front of the neck, the thyroid gland produces the hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyro-nine (T3) that regulate the body's metabolic rate by helping... 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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Jerry Butler
Everett, Betty Singer "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in his Kiss)" was first recorded by Betty Everett, and is the song for which she is best known. During the 1960s and 1970s, Everett's powerful voice recorded a string of rhythm and blues hits. Betty Everett was born on November 23,... Read more |
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