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Lung-men
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Meshach
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Admirals Men
Admiral's Men theatrical company of players, officially designated the Admiral's Men in 1585. They were rivals of the Chamberlain's Men and performed at the theaters of Philip Henslowe . Their leading actor was Edward Alleyn .... Read more |
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Wu-Men Hui-Kai
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Yun-men Wen-yen
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Battle of El Alamein
El Alamein, battle of, 1942. Fought in Egypt, close to Alexandria, El Alamein was the first decisive, irreversible British victory over German ground forces, which, together with their Italian allies, were forced to retreat 1,500 miles to Tunisia. Rommel, short of fuel and against British air... Read more |
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Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni , c.1525-1578, Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto. Surpassing his teacher in the ability to capture the expression of the model, Moroni excelled in portraying with tasteful intimacy the aristocratic men and women of his day. He depicted them... Read more |
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Kingdom of Naples
NAPLES, KINGDOM OF NAPLES, KINGDOM OF. The early modern kingdom of Naples, whose twelve provinces compromised the southern third of the Italian peninsula, was the military and fiscal cornerstone of Spain's Mediterranean empire from its conquest in December 1503. It provided significant resources... Read more |
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Men in Black
Men in Black The mysterious and sinister visitors who are supposed to have silenced flying saucer investigator Albert K. Bender, as described in the book They Knew Too Much about Flying Saucers by Gray Barker (1956). They have since become part of flying saucer mythology, with claimed... 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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A woman of valor
...admit, including that famous quip about "Italian men" not wanting to release their...could take care of himself. Geraldine Ferraro taught me many things. She...her value." We found her in Geraldine Ferraro. ... |
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Obituary: Cardinal John O'Connor
"I WANT a man like me in New...presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro for declaring that...views on others. "Geraldine Ferraro has misrepresented...including Irish, Italians and Poles - had...with a kerbside ... |
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INSIDE THE BELTWAY.(Nation)(Inside The Beltway)
...for principle. He is a man of integrity," says the...presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, if she chooses to run...Both are hard-fighting Italian-Americans, although...the down-home letter quips: "At first I thought... |