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Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams 1961– Gospel vocalist Hoped for Modeling Career Displayed Stylistic Versatility Performed at White House Christmas Festivities Selected discography Sources “I’ve always believed you should appeal to everybody,” Yolanda Adams once told Metro magazine... Read more |
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Numeration systems
Numeration systems Numeration systems are methods for representing quantities. As a simple example, suppose you have a basket of oranges. You might want to keep track of the number of oranges in the basket. Or you might want to sell the oranges to someone else. Or you might simply want to give the... Read more |
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Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat 1961(?)– Vocalist An Early Gift for Music Received His Big Break Continued Success Sources Keith Sweat is one of the earliest practitioners, and some would say the inventor, of “New Jack Swing” music, a style of rhythm and blues that fuses soul singing and hip-hop... Read more |
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Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker 1973(?)– Funny from the Start The Big Time An Amalgam of Influences Sources Comedian, actor Although comics like Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Robin Harris helped break down some of the barriers for African American comedians, very few outlets exist whereupon young... Read more |
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dodo (bird)
Dodo , in the Bible, father of the mighty man Eleazar . An alternate form is Dodai.... Read more |
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Bobby Knight
Bobby Knight 1940- American college basketball coach Pete Axthelm of Newsweek has called Bobby Knight a "boiling blend of brilliance and loyalty, fanaticism and temper." And in fact, there isn't a college coach who can incite more debate and who can get the blood of fans boiling more (both... Read more |
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parody
parody mocking imitation in verse or prose of a literary work. The following poem by Robert Southey was parodied by Lewis Carroll: "You are old, Father William," the young man cried; "The few locks which are left you are gray; You are hale, Father William—a hearty old man; Now tell... Read more |
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Chemical elements
Element, chemical A chemical element can be defined in one of two ways: experimentally or theoretically. Experimentally, an element is any substance that cannot be broken down into any simpler substance. Imagine that you are given a piece of pure iron and asked to break it down using any device or... Read more |
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