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Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges , 1899-1986, Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, b. Buenos Aires. Borges has been widely hailed as the foremost contemporary Spanish-American writer. He was educated in Switzerland and afterward lived in Spain, where he became an exponent of ultraísmo, a poetic... Read more
bestiary bestiary
bestiary , a type of medieval book that was widely popular, particularly from the 12th to 14th cent. The bestiary presumed to describe the animals of the world and to show what human traits they severally exemplify. The bestiaries are the source of a bewildering array of fabulous beasts and of many... Read more
Victor Borge Victor Borge
Victor Borge Musical Comedian For the Record… The Beginnings of a Comedic Calling Forced to Flee A Danish Comedian Reinvents Himself Sets a World Record Selected discography Read more
Borg-Warner Automotive Inc Borg-Warner Automotive Inc
Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. 200 South Michigan AvenueChicago, Illinois 60604U.S.A.Telephone: (312) 322-8500Fax: (312) 461-0507Web site: http://www.bwauto.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1987Employees: 10,100Sales: $1.84 billion (1998)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: BWANAIC: 336350... Read more
Bjorn Borg Bjorn Borg
Bjorn Borg 1956- Swedish tennis player One of the best all-time performers in tennis history, Swedish player Bjorn Borg won 62 singles titles, including 11 Grand Slam titles, and was ranked number one in the world in 1979 and 1980. With his powerful two-handed backhand, menacing... Read more
novel novel
novel in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily brief. Although the novel has a place in the literatures of all nations, this article concentrates on the... Read more
Oulu Oulu
Oulu , Swed. Uleåborg, city (1998 pop. 115,493), capital of Oulu prov., W central Finland, at the mouth of the Oulu River on the Gulf of Bothnia. It is a seaport and has metal shops, leather plants, and wood-processing and other industries. The city grew around a castle founded in 1590, was... Read more
Peter Carey Peter Carey
Peter Carey 1943-, Australian novelist, b. near Melbourne. Carey's combination of science fiction and fantasy motifs with a realistic style, displayed in such short-story volumes as The Fat Man in History (1974), War Crimes (1979), and Collected Stories (1995), has invited comparison with... Read more
Colin Wilson Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson 1931-, English writer, b. Leicester. Born into a working-class family and largely self-educated, Wilson in many of his books exhorts humankind to expand its powers and realize its full potential. He first gained critical attention with The Outsider (1956), the individual who realizes... Read more
Sherburne Wesley Burnham Sherburne Wesley Burnham
Burnham, Sherburne Wesley (b. Thetford, Vermont, 12 December 1838; d. Chicago, Illinois, II March 1921) astronomy. Burnham, an indefatigable observer, was a selftrained amateur astronomer. His formal education ended with his graduation from Thetford Academy. He then became an accomplished... Read more

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Walker Percy and Edward Shils win 1988 Ingersoll Prizes.
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