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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Oz, mythical land that is the setting for 14 novels for children by L. Frank Baum, beginning with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This fanciful region, traversed by a long yellow brick road, is accidentally discovered by Dorothy, a little girl from Kansas, when she and her dog Toto are blown off... Read more
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder1950- Singer, songwriter In the course of following Stevie Wonder on his relentless travels, journalists come to realize just how beloved an entertainer he is. "It dawned on me," wrote Giles Smith in the New Yorker, "that a substantial part of Stevie Wonder's public life consists of... Read more
wizard wizard
wizard a man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairy tales. Recorded from late Middle English, the word originally meant ‘philosopher, sage’, and comes from wise; the sense of a person skilled in the occult arts dates from the mid 16th century.In The Wonderful Wizard... Read more
Seven Wonders of the World Seven Wonders of the World
Seven Wonders of the World in ancient classifications, were the Great Pyramid of Khufu (see pyramid ) or all the pyramids with or without the sphinx ; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, with or without the walls; the mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Artemision at Ephesus ; the Colossus of Rhodes... Read more
Carnivorous plants Carnivorous plants
Carnivorous Plants Plants that trap and digest tiny animals have fascinated people for centuries. It was known by 1790 that sundews, pitcher plants, and the Venus's-flytrap could catch insects. This interest led Thomas Jefferson to collect Venus'sflytraps near Charleston,... Read more
Henri Sauguet Henri Sauguet
Henri Sauguet Composer Unlike many of his contemporaries, Henri Sauguet never agonized over a perceived need to expand musical language, a concern so typical of twentieth-century composers. While others were developing, or following, the many "isms," gimmicks, fads, and schools of composition,... Read more
Franz Josef Land Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land , Rus. Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, archipelago, c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean N of Novaya Zemlya, Russia. It consists of 85 islands of volcanic origin, including Aleksandra Land, George Land, Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island, Hooker Island, and Rudolf Island.... Read more
Wonderful Parliament Wonderful Parliament
‘Wonderful’ Parliament, 1386. Parliament met on 1 October and demanded the dismissal of Richard II's chancellor and favourite, Suffolk ( Michael de la Pole). Richard refused and talked wildly of seeking aid from the king of France. But he was forced to agree to Suffolk's... Read more

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