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Jesse Boot
Boot, Jesse (1850–1931). Boot was born in Nottingham, where his father, a Wesleyan lay preacher, ran a herbal medicines shop. Jesse followed in his father's footsteps. Their sales to co-religionists benefited from John Wesley's advocacy of herbal medicines. During the later 19th cent., Boot... Read more |
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kame
kame , low, steep, rounded hill or ridge of layered sand and gravel drift, developed from glacial deposits. Kames were probably formed by streams of melting glacial ice that deposited mud and sand along the ice front. The subsequent retreat of the glacier left them as more or less isolated hills and... Read more |
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Lord Henry Home Kames
Henry Home Kames, Lord , 1696-1782, Scottish judge and philosopher. A man of broad interests and a wide-ranging intellect, his works included dissertations on Scottish law, agriculture, and problems of moral and aesthetic philosophy. Among his writings were Introduction to the Art of Thinking ... Read more |
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Napster
NAPSTER Napster achieved widespread celebrity as a peer-to-peer file-sharing service that allowed people to trade compressed MP3 computer files for a wide range of popular music. Napster's browser software, which was installed on more than 40 percent of the world's personal computers in early 2001,... Read more |
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Faith Prince
Prince, Faith 1957–PERSONALBorn August 5, 1957, in Augusta, GA; married Larry Lunetta (a musician), 1986 (some sources say 1992); children: Henry. Education: Attended University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1980.Addresses: Agent—Bauman, Redanty & Shaul Agency, 5757 Wilshire... Read more |
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor Pianist, composer, arranger, writer, educator Played in New York Jazz Clubs Formed the Billy Taylor Trio Jazz Spokesperson Hosted Popular Jazz Radio Show Selected writings Selected compositions Selected discography Sources Billy Taylor is one of the foremost disseminators of jazz music... Read more |
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Nostalgia
NOSTALGIA NOSTALGIA. The elusive word "nostalgia" is formed from two Greek roots: nostos ("return home") and algia ("pain"). The Oxford English Dictionary defines nostalgia as "a form of melancholia caused by prolonged absence from one's home or country; severe homesickness." In her remarkable... Read more |
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Art Buchwald
Art Buchwald American journalist Art Buchwald (1925–2007) was one of the most widely read newspaper columnists of the 20th century. Buchwald's satirical writings, filed first from the Paris offices of the New York Herald Tribune and then from Washington, D.C., entertained several... Read more |
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