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  • an American poet who wrote during the period of literary Modernism. Crane is ... Crane devoted himself to the task of writing a new kind of modern ...
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  • meaning "power") is a branch of physics that studies the effects ... quot; thus, thermodynamics is the study of the movement of energy and ...
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  • Michelson, to determine whether the speed of light was affected by the Earth ... Morley was born in Newark, New Jersey, the eldest son of Sardis Brewster ...
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the ... From his childhood Wright acquired a deep and almost mystical love ...
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  • April 2, 1872) was an American, a painter of portraits and historic scenes ... Samuel Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child ...
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  • newspaper publisher, and former owner of The New York Times. Under his ... at the Knoxville Chronicle. At the age of 19, he borrowed $800 to purchase ...
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  • iconic American actress, comedian, and star of the landmark sitcom I Love ... Lucille, known as the "Queen of Comedy," was also responsible ...
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  • was a British general and commander in chief of the British North American ... Gage was born in Firle, England the second son of the first Viscount ...
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  • | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... | date of birth=October 4, 1822 | place of birth=Delaware, Ohio ...
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  • 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of former President Richard Nixon ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...
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  • and newspaper publisher, who left a gift of $500,000 to Columbia University ... He thus sought to establish the school of journalism at Columbia University ...
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  • Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas; she was the tenth of thirteen ... fields, Coleman assumed the responsibilities of housekeeping. She looked after ...
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  • problems in governing the the United States of America, which had been operating ... The convention failed to resolve successfully the question of slavery ...
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  • and engineer now best known for the brand of electrical goods that bear ... in connection with the development of the alternating current system ...
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  • one novel, one play, and only a small volume of poems—his intellectual breadth ... Johnson's hatred of slavery and the abuses of colonialism, his ...
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  • between the Reformation and the closure of the theaters in 1642, after ... such as the mystery plays that formed a part of religious festivals in England ...
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  • November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...
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  • changed to Baumfree) in the Dutch settlement of Hurley in upstate New York ... The painful experiences of being a child, wife, and mother who had ...
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  • in a longhouse at Werowocomoco (detail of John Smith map, 1612)]] Human Beings"), is the name of a Native American tribe, and ...
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  • Maury County, Tennessee, and a third cousin of President James K. Polk. He ... Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1806 to Sarah and William ...
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