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Gaya
Gaya , city (1991 pop. 294,427), Bihar state, E central India. The region is sacred to Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims, who visit the temple of Vishnupad [Sanskrit,=Vishnu's footstep]. Bodh Gaya , the site of the Buddha's enlightenment, is 6 mi (10 km) to the south. The city, a district administrative... Read more |
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Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars 1963– Professional basketball player On His Way NBA Dreams Game True All-Star Player, Family Man, and Mentor Caring for Others Sources Joe Dumars set out to become a football player as a child, following in the footsteps of his brothers. However, after being roughly... Read more |
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Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli Singer, actress The Legacy of A Voice Competes With A Legend Makes Nightclub and Film Debut Wins Triple Crown Overcomes Drug Addiction Selected discography Television Sources For the children of the very famous, perhaps the most daunting task of their lives is to emerge... Read more |
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Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane The German author Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) was once famous for his ballads and lively travel accounts but is now best known for his realistic novels, which are usually set in Berlin. Theodor Fontane born on Dec. 30, 1819, in Neu-Ruppin (Brandenburg). The son of an... Read more |
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1910), a play by Paul Armstrong. [Wallack's Theatre, 155 perf.] Lee Randall ( H. B. Warner) is a trusted bank employee who is engaged to Rose Lane ( Laurette Taylor). What neither Rose nor his employers know is that he was once a professional safecracker and is an escaped... Read more |
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Sir Robert Cecil
Cecil, Sir Robert (1563–1612). Jacobean statesman, the younger son, but political heir, of Elizabeth I's chief minister William Cecil (Burghley). Small in stature, humpbacked, and physically frail, he devoted himself to the service of the monarchy. Following in his father's footsteps, he... Read more |
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The Marble Faun
Marble Faun, The, romance by Hawthorne, published in 1860. It was issued in England as Transformation.Kenyon, an American sculptor, Hilda, a New England girl, and the mysterious Miriam are friends among the art students in Rome. They become acquainted with Donatello, Count of Monte Beni, a handsome... Read more |
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James Bruce
James Bruce 1730-94, Scottish explorer in Africa. He explored Roman ruins in N Africa (1755) from Tunis to Tripoli and visited Crete, Rhodes, and Asia Minor. In 1768 he traveled down the Red Sea as far as the straits of Bab el Mandeb. From Massawa he struck inland for Gondar, then the capital of... Read more |
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Robert Zubrin
Mars Direct The Mars Direct concept for a human mission to Mars has been vigorously championed since 1990 by engineer Robert Zubrin, who developed it with fellow Martin Marietta Corporation engineer David Baker. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ... Read more |
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Sylvia Browne
Browne, Sylvia (1936-) Sylvia Browne, contemporary psychic and channel, was born Sylvia Shoemaker on October 19, 1936, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was one of those occasional children born with a caul (a thin membrane) over her face, an event which has differing significance in different... Read more |
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