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Invisible Man
INVISIBLE MAN INVISIBLE MAN (1952) is widely considered one of the finest examples of American literature. Written by Ralph Ellison (1914–1994) at the outset of the civil rights movement, the popular best-seller won the National Book Award in 1953. Invisible Man is a complex and richly... Read more |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall of highly polished black granite that descends 10 feet (3.05 meters) below grade level at its vertex. Often called... Read more |
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Invisible religion
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Rube Foster
Rube Foster 1879-1930 American baseball player Andrew "Rube" Foster, founder and first president of the Negro National League, is known as the Father of Black Baseball. An outstanding pitcher who began his own career as a player at age 17, Foster supported black teams throughout his life and... Read more |
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Jo Mielziner
Jo Mielziner , 1901-76, American theatrical scene designer, b. Paris. Mielziner made his Broadway design debut in 1924 with The Guardsman. He designed sets, and usually the lighting, for more than 200 productions, including Strange Interlude, Carousel, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a... Read more |
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The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
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Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba 1966- Italian skier For thirteen years, Alberto Tomba was the face of skiing. He was known as much for his off-the-slopes carousing and womanizing and for his outrageous comments as he was for his skiing, but his on-the-slopes prowess alone would have been enough to win him a... Read more |
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Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells 1941- American football coach Not everyone liked Bill Parcells, but he won. Parcells, a football turnaround specialist, took two struggling football franchises and coached them to Super Bowls, and nearly did so with a third. Parcells' New York Giants won the Super Bowl, the... Read more |
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High Finance
HIGH FINANCE Corporate Champion During the early years of the 1980s, the financial institutions of the United States in effect became the chosen industry and corporate champion of the nation. The secretary of the treasury, Donald Regan, who was also the former president of... Read more |
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Invisible Giants: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation But Missed the...
INVISIBLE GIANTS: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation But Missed the History...that the 50 Americans commemorated in Invisible Giants ... |
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REVIEW: Invisible Giants: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation But Missed...
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`Charles Dickens: A Penguin Life,' `James Madison,' `Santa Anna: A Curse Upon...
...administrative, nation and empire...volume of the American presidents...villain, but to Mexico...West," but he had more...strategy, but little grasp...year. ``Invisible Giants: Fifty ... |