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Grazia Deledda
Grazia Deledda A very popular writer in Italy in her time, Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) was a practitioner of Italian verismo or "realist" fiction in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The setting for Deledda's novels and... Read more |
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Madeleine LEngle
Madeleine L'Engle American fiction writer Madeleine L'Engle (born 1918) is the accomplished author of numerous plays, poems, novels, and autobiographies for children and adults. She is perhaps best known for her children's book, A Wrinkle in Time, written in 1962 and winner of the 1963 Newbery... Read more |
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Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia BarrinoSinger Singer Fantasia Barrino was catapulted to fame by the television vocal competition American Idol when she emerged the winner in 2004. A powerful singer whose voice had the church-rooted overtones of Aretha Franklin, Barrino's life also echoed the classic American story of... Read more |
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Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz Cartoonist and creator of "Peanuts," Charles M. Schulz (born 1922) was the winner of two Reuben, two Peabody, and five Emmy awards and a member of the Cartoonist Hall of Fame. Charles Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, the son of Carl (a... Read more |
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Carousel
Carousel Background The precursors to the carousel may be as much as 1,500 years old when baskets lashed to a center pole were used to spin riders around in a circle in ancient Byzantium. During the twelfth century in Turkey and Arabia, men and their horses played a game in... Read more |
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parimutuel betting
parimutuel betting , system of cooperative wagering invented (c.1870) in France by Pierre Oller. According to the system, the holders of winning tickets divide the total amount of money bet on a race (the pool), after deductions for tax and racetrack expenses. The uniqueness of parimutuel betting... Read more |
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Lester Keith Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott 1935-, British jockey. A major figure in British horse racing after 1954, Piggott rode over 4,000 winners in Britain. He gained particular success in classic British races such as the Derby , which he won nine times between 1954 and 1983. He also won the Prix de l'Arc de... Read more |
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Tom Kite
Tom Kite (Thomas O. Kite, Jr.), 1949-, American golfer, b. Austin, Tex. The 1973 Professional Golfers Association Rookie of the Year, he was also the 1989 Player of the Year. He won the 1992 U.S. Open, and was a member of the 1993 U.S. Ryder Cup team. The 1981 winner of the Vardon Trophy (for the... Read more |
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Henrik Pontoppidan
Henrik Pontoppidan Novelist Henrik Pontoppidan (1857–1943) is considered Denmark's foremost prose author. The Nobel Prize winner earned recognition for his exceptionally accurate portrayals of his native Denmark—contributing three epic novel cycles and a set of memoirs that helped... Read more |
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Plurality
Plurality BIBLIOGRAPHY As a mechanism for deciding political contests, elections held under plurality rules have the great apparent advantage of simplicity. Plurality elections are most commonly used to elect one candidate for one position. When the number of positions to be filled is one, the... Read more |
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The Guadalcanal Air War: Col. Jefferson DeBlanc's Story.(Brief article)(Book...
...The Guadalcanal Air War: Col. Jefferson DeBlanc's Story Jefferson J. Deblanc...last Medal of Honor winner of World War II to write his biography, Marine pilot Colonel Jefferson J DeBlanc...looked back after the war began, joined the... |
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Living Film Reviews: Crash Landing; War turns into cheesy love story.
...a cheesy love story wrapped up in...shooting Star Wars than the Second World War. The movie...dirty reality of a war that leaves their...Gooding Jnr) and Colonel Doolittle (Alec...prize for the winner is his, or her...the next Star Wars movie) is a ruthless...fighting a ... |
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Personal Story: Heroes from Iraq War
...REILLY: In the "personal story" segment tonight, there...Carolina, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Riley, who won the...another bronze star winner, who was ambushed trying...you know, I know the colonel outranks you, but you...something.All right. Colonel, how about yourself... |
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AMERICAN PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND WARS OF COLONEL BUD DAY1
...PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND WARS OF COLONEL BUD DAY1 Robert Coram...Patriot, The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day...to a real American war hero. Coram's biography of Colonel (Col) (Retired...a Medal of Honor winner, and an accomplished...but Col Day's story is highly ... |
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Torch passes to Big Brown ; With War Pass on shelf, Big Brown
...Derby prep season, War Pass was regarded...Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner seemed to have all...Anita Derby winner Colonel John is the next...The question about Colonel John is he has not...run." Big Brown. Colonel John. Maybe it will...guidelines, new story lines always ... |
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Tempered Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler
...Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler by Perry...Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force...of this Air Force colonel, a jet-fighter ace during the Korean War and the only Airman...old lieutenant colonel. Luckett and Byler...attempts to tell the ... |
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Fight club: excessive force nearly lost us the Iraq War. The brass who gave...
...Battle: A Soldier's Story by Ricardo S. Sanchez...Retired lieutenant colonel Nathan Sassaman...deploying to the war in Iraq, or who...s mind, he's a winner who understood that...brigade commander, Colonel Fred Rudesheim...Sassaman blew the colonel off: he became insubordinate... |
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McCain's wars: Shaped by Vietnam, he embraces Iraq in his maverick '08 run.
...Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9138 and shyly told him the story of their connection...with prisoners of war and those missing...case for the Iraq war, but with the specter of his Vietnam War experience always...a retired Marine colonel and Medal of Honor winner who was ... |
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From battlefield to a ratings war?(News)
...CALDWELL WHILE his life story may well appear on...it's seems that Colonel Tim Collins is content...hand experience of war and his considerable...end experience of war and his detailed...world of ratings wars says he thinks the war hero will prove an...a potential vote winner. ... |
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The five minute decision that saved the world.("The Man Who Averted Nuclear...
...Man Who Averted Nuclear War." This refers to the...1983, when Lieutenant Colonel Petrov was the duty officer...was a false alarm. But Colonel Petrov didn't know for...to accidental nuclear war." The interview with...journalist brought out the full story and drama of what had... |
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