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Hippies Hippies
HIPPIES A number of middle-class young people growing up in the late 1950s felt that they did not fit into accepted society. Not only did their futures seem planned out for them, with office jobs for the men and motherhood and housework for the women, but those futures also seemed boring and... Read more
fortification fortification
fortification system of defense structures for protection from enemy attacks. Fortification developed along two general lines: permanent sites built in peacetime, and emplacements and obstacles hastily constructed in the field in time of war. Ancient and Medieval Fortifications As long as weapons... Read more
Fluxus Fluxus
Fluxus. A loosely organized international group of avant-garde artists set up in Germany in 1962 and flourishing until the early 1970s. There was no common stylistic identity among the members; one of their manifestos stated that its aim was to ‘purge the world of bourgeois sickness …... Read more
zodiacal light zodiacal light
zodiacal light or zodiacal band, a faint band of light sometimes seen in the western sky just after sunset in the spring, extending up from the horizon at the point where the sun has just set, or in the eastern sky just before sunrise in the autumn. The light is so faint as to be obscured by... Read more
stele stele
stele , slab of stone or terra-cotta, usually oblong, set up in a vertical position, for votive or memorial purposes. Upon the slabs were carved inscriptions accompanied by ornamental designs or reliefs of particular significance. Stelae were often used as commemorative stones in ancient Egypt and... Read more
Steve Harvey Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey1957(?)– Comedian, actor Stand-up comedians often use their profession as a springboard to the entertainment big time—work in television or in film—but not Steve Harvey. Harvey saw television and film as tools to make him a better stand-up. As he told the Chicago Tribune: "My goal has... Read more
Ridley Scott Ridley Scott
SCOTT, Ridley Nationality:English. Born:South Shields, County Durham, 1939. Education:Studied at West Hartlepool College of Art and at the Royal College of Art, London. Family:Married, three children. Career:Set designer, then director for BBC TV,... Read more
make-up make-up
make-up, or cosmetics, along with clothing fashions, jewellery, body piercing, tattooing, and hair adornment, is one of the many forms of body decoration regularly practised around the world. Like hairstyles and clothing fashions, make-up is usually a temporary form of adornment, one that can be... Read more
Holly Near Holly Near
Holly Near Singer, songwriter Holly Near has built a distinctive career by using music to champion deeply felt political causes, often before anyone else had dared to do so. Although her musical career took flight in the early 1970s, her commitment to the topical song recalled the political folk... Read more

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