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Carman Carman
Carman Singer Huge Success in Christian Music Controversy over R.I.O.T. Release Released The Champion Selected discography Sources After almost 20 years as one of the top stars of Contemporary Christian music, Carman fulfilled a long-held ambition when he branched out into moviemaking... Read more
Taylor Dayne Taylor Dayne
Taylor DayneSinger, songwriter Pop vocalist Taylor Dayne first came to many music fans' attention with her 1988 debut album on Arista, Tell It to My Heart. The title track rocketed to top ten status, and the album garnered her four New York Music Award nominations. Her follow-up songs "Prove Your... Read more
Charity Adams Earley Charity Adams Earley
Charity Adams Earley 1918–2002 Former Women’s Army Corp lieutenant-colonel Racial Intimidation Beginning of World War II The Persuasive Mary McLeod Bethune Joined WAAC Opportunities for Black Women Discrimination—Again The 6888th Central Postal Battalion Selected Writings... Read more
Georges d Amboise Georges d Amboise
Georges d' Amboise , 1460-1510, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He became archbishop of Rouen in 1493. In 1498, as an intimate friend of the new king, Louis XII, he became chief minister. Subsequently he was appointed cardinal and papal legate in France. He devoted himself... Read more
Ambition Ambition
16. Ambition Alger, Horatio author of a series of rags-to-riches stories. [Am. Lit.: Ragged Dick ] Bart, Lily sacrifices her principles and her chance for love in schemes to climb the social ladder. [Am. Lit.: The House of Mirth in Hart, 385] Chardon, Lucien (de Rubempré ) young... Read more
Louis Philippe Joseph duc d Orleans Louis Philippe Joseph duc d Orleans
Louis Philippe Joseph Orléans, duc d' , known as Philippe Égalité , 1747-93, French revolutionist; great-grandson of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans (see Orléans , family) and great-great-great-grandson of King Louis XIII. First duke of Montpensier and then duke of... Read more
Theodoric the Great Theodoric the Great
Theodoric the Great c.454-526, king of the Ostrogoths and conqueror of Italy, b. Pannonia. He spent part of his youth as a hostage in Constantinople. Elected king in 471 after his father's death, he became involved in intrigues in which he was by turns the ally and the enemy of Byzantine emperor ... Read more
Cristobal Vaca de Castro Cristobal Vaca de Castro
Oralloossa; or, the Last of the Incas (1832), a tragedy by Robert Montgomery Bird. [Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia), 5 perf.] Having slain the Inca leader Atahualpa, Francisco Pizarro ( Daniel Redd) feels free to tighten his stranglehold on Peru. But he has not reckoned with Atahualpa's son,... Read more
Thomas Mofolo Thomas Mofolo
Thomas (Mokopu) Mofolo 1876–1948 Writer Novel Recounts Spiritual Journey A New Sotho Consciousness Chaka: Controversial Masterpiece Literary Ambitions Faded Selected writings Sources Literary scholars identify Thomas Mokopu Mofolo as one of the first writers of note in modern... Read more
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Aberconwy, peace of, 1277. This treaty, which brought to a conclusion the war between Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and Edward I, marked the beginning of the end of Llywelyn's considerable ambitions. His rule was confined to ‘Lesser’ Gwynedd, west of the Conwy, and five years later he was... Read more

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