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  • A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... civil service jobs to claim noble ancestry, and becoming the basis for the ...
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  • c. 1014 or 1031 Kyoto), Japanese novelist and lady-in-waiting in the imperial ... both to the author of The Tale of Genji and to a central character in ...
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  • compare the Prophetess Deborah (in Judaism) and the Goddess Kali (in Hinduism ... named Brunhilda of Austrasia, who was married to the Merovingian king ...
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  • American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants ... for American students at Hebrew University and created a chair in dramatic ...
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  • Egypt. In Ugaritic her name appears as ‘nt and in Greek as Αναθ (transliterated ... of Anath," the towns of Beth Anath and Anathoth, and patriarch Joseph ...
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  • radio personality, game show host, and businessman. He is best known ... afternoons on Philadelphia channel WFIL and broadcast nationwide, the ...
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  • that abound in the mythologies of Hinduism and Buddhism. Although these creatures ... Indian Cobra is still called nāg in Hindi and other languages of India today ...
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  • 27, 1971) was an American photographer and photojournalist most famed ... She was known for her sharp instincts and her willingness to get the ...
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  • essayist, philosopher, novelist, translator, and educator. ... relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of ...
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  • Born the second of five children to Anne and Arthur Massinger, he grew ... Born the second of five children, and only boy, to Anne and Arthur ...
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  • an American writer of poetry, drama, essays, and music criticism. Writing in ... of a brief flirtation between a white woman and black man on a train ride ...
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  • Latin Aesculapius) was the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology ... Given humanity's universal interest in health and longevity, ...
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  • defying Soviet influence (Titoism), and founding and promoting Non ... Zagorje. He was the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father, Franjo ...
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  • school, who was easily the most popular and controversial poet of his ... Shelley with whom he became a close friend; and who, like him, was a rebel ...
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  • 1141 C.E.) was a Jewish Spanish philosopher and poet. His most famous work ... greatest Hebrew poets. More than 800 secular and liturgical poems are attributed ...
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  • known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She was famous for ... influencing the society in which one lives and works. Hence the power of ...
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  • - ) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician, whose introspective ... Browne joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in Los Angeles in 1966 and ...
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  • ) is a female demon figure found in Mesopotamian mythology and Jewish ... Historically, the figure of Lilith first appeared in a class of wind ...
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  • American singer-songwriter, dancer, author, and actress, known as the "Queen ... Beginning her career as a rhythm and blues singer with her future ...
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  • Richard, was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A key figure in the ... Little Richard's early work was a mix of boogie-woogie, rhythm ...
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