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- celebrated on October 31, particularly in the United States where it has ... The day is often associated with the colors orange and black, and ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the ... ). From the High Middle Ages his Saints' Day has been associated ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- writings were highly influential during the Victorian era. Coming from ... Carlyle held that the universe was ultimately good and directed by ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 18:40, 30 April 2023
- Tengri is the supreme god of the old Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Bulgar ... Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... The Christian community traditionally ascribes authorship to Matthew ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- (March 17, 1902 - December 18, 1971) was one of the most dominant figures in ... for excluding African Americans players from the tournament during its early ...19 KB (3,121 words) - 05:16, 17 November 2023
- May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title between ... In the ring, Dempsey employed a two-fisted attack. He boxed out of ...17 KB (2,668 words) - 08:39, 13 March 2024
- June 14, 1970), a Polish philosopher and one of the most important philosophers ... Ingarden was critical to positivism and all forms of relativism, including ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 04:50, 16 December 2022
- Hindemith helped to create a new conception of tonality with the 12-tone scale ... Born in Hanau, Germany, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 17:06, 21 November 2022
- The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the ... Tim O'Reilly is generally credited for coining the term and the ...39 KB (5,412 words) - 23:24, 3 May 2023
- Canetti moved to England in 1938 after the Anschluss to escape Nazi ... He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked ...17 KB (2,352 words) - 21:30, 5 September 2023
- from 1926 until his death in 1977. One of the first multi-media stars ... Crosby's recording of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- character led him to be rejected by the academic world, and he turned ... His interests gradually centered on the manifestations and human significance ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 04:42, 18 August 2023
- The Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew: מגילות ים המלח) comprise ... The Dead Sea Scrolls are widely acknowledged to be among the greatest ...33 KB (5,119 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- Machu Picchu (Quechua language: Old Mountain; sometimes called the ... Theories of its use vary. Bingham initially claimed it was a sanctuary ...16 KB (2,638 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- typically in response to an event or series of events which represents a critical ... The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate ...20 KB (2,745 words) - 17:19, 9 February 2024
- and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. He was ... Niels Bohr is one of the most important scientists from Denmark; he ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- two United States government investigations, the assassin of U.S. President ... Oswald's life changed history but it did not leave the world ...49 KB (7,803 words) - 19:01, 25 October 2022
- is legendary, and she is known today as one of the most brilliant writers ... Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; ...18 KB (2,914 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican ... Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- 5 (five) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution5glyph.png The evolution ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written ... It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl ...56 KB (8,538 words) - 21:33, 6 June 2023
- was a Jewish philosopher and doctor and the most influential of the Tibbon ... Samuel ibn Tibbon was the first to translate Aristotle and Averroes ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string ... known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with ...58 KB (8,480 words) - 21:18, 8 August 2023
- - September 10, 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her career ... Rigg received recognition as one of the greatest dramatic actors, ...38 KB (5,401 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- Pumpkin is the common name for large-fruited varieties of several ... The pumpkin fruit and flowers, while advancing the plant's own ...20 KB (2,919 words) - 14:19, 2 July 2022
- William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the ... against Darwinism, which culminated in the Scopes Trial in 1925. Like ...37 KB (5,377 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- known for applying evolutionary theory to the study of politics and ethics ... Herbert Spencer was born in Derby, England on April 27, 1820, the ...19 KB (2,968 words) - 15:43, 25 January 2023
- The label moral relativism refers to at least three distinct claims ... Discussions of relativism usually begin with the empirical claim that ...30 KB (4,814 words) - 21:19, 9 November 2022
- Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest ... Hard rock became a template of society and reflected the many views ...19 KB (3,125 words) - 00:43, 27 January 2021
- American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement ... Stella Pollock on January 28, 1912. He was the youngest of five boys. A year ...37 KB (5,789 words) - 09:21, 13 March 2024
- Her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles, such as jazz ... music-making to relate to a greater frame of reference—to an ever expanding ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual ... The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin ...38 KB (6,027 words) - 20:53, 28 December 2023
- wide readership for his lyrical explorations of spirituality and psychology ... and spiritual realization were explored in the genre-expanding Steppenwolf ...29 KB (4,532 words) - 10:19, 22 January 2024
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices ... As composers in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ...21 KB (3,187 words) - 08:33, 10 January 2024
- physicist famous for his application of probability theory to the study ... Boltzmann was born in Vienna, then capital of the Austrian Empire ...19 KB (2,826 words) - 02:38, 5 November 2022
- The temperance movement attempted to greatly reduce the amount of ... Most of the biggest supporters in all countries have been women, often ...23 KB (3,290 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ... The golden plates are the most significant of metallic plates in Latter ...50 KB (7,692 words) - 04:51, 20 December 2022
- 6 (six) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... == Evolution of the glyph == Image:Evolution6glyph.png The evolution ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the wife of President of the United ... efforts inspired similar programs throughout the country. She was also instrumental ...20 KB (3,091 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... Some classical examples of Tricksters in various mythologies are Mercurius ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme ... law firm before becoming a law professor at the University of Virginia. In ...85 KB (12,298 words) - 05:39, 11 August 2023
- Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972), born in Chicago ... democracy, that it was meant to ensure the promises of life, liberty ...25 KB (3,909 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- on various days in many places around the world. Officially recognized ... in Europe commonly celebrated a forerunner of today's holiday, the contemporary ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 22, 1942) was one of the pioneers ... From his early experience at the Froebel kindergarten in Minden, to ...37 KB (5,468 words) - 05:16, 9 April 2024
- 220 C.E.) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in ... Tertullian is the first Christian writer to use the term trinity, ...57 KB (8,333 words) - 20:17, 31 January 2024
- jpg|thumb|right|250px| A child learning the countries of Asia by experience ... Experiential education (or "learning by doing") is the process ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- Amnesia is a medical condition involving the loss of memory. While ... The type of memory loss involved in amnesia does not affect a person ...23 KB (3,498 words) - 17:16, 26 July 2023
- Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... Today, May Day is celebrated in several European nations and the United ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Marranos or Secret Jews were Jews resident in the Iberian peninsula ... Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- ) is a Middle Eastern dance which features movements of the hips and ... and practiced in many schools around the globe. Its popularity is not ...27 KB (4,010 words) - 16:20, 24 April 2024
- Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical ... without formal hierarchies long before the establishment of formal states ...78 KB (10,754 words) - 22:08, 30 March 2023
- and novelist who made a transition from the golden age of American live ... Chayefsky worked in the media of radio, television and film but is ...21 KB (3,165 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, ... Baseball is a rare sport in which there is no time limit for play ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- The Decadent movement (Fr. décadence, “decay”) was a late-nineteenth ... The Decadent movement first flourished in France and then spread throughout ...53 KB (7,426 words) - 21:41, 10 July 2023
- , a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ... UNESCO designated the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in 1984 ...31 KB (4,590 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- al-Quds) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions ... From 1948 until the Six-Day War of 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city ...43 KB (6,551 words) - 12:27, 7 May 2024
- 8 (eight) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... ==Evolution of the glyph== In the beginning, various groups in India ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- The panda or giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal native ... The term panda is also used for the red panda, Ailurus fulgens, another ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 11:57, 26 May 2023
- September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of European classical music, and ... which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws ...20 KB (3,124 words) - 17:26, 2 April 2024
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first ... ==History of the Text== The New Testament of the King James Version ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife ... During the Civil Rights era of the late 1950s and 1960s she worked ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring ... Carson almost single-handedly made the late-night light television ...20 KB (3,216 words) - 19:16, 3 August 2022
- an Academy Award for Special Effects. He was the director of a number of critically ... interpretations in viewers and critics. Many of Kubrick's films just as ...59 KB (9,500 words) - 19:51, 9 February 2023
- The Long March ( t=長征|s=长征|p=Chángzhēng ) was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the ...32 KB (4,903 words) - 07:52, 9 March 2023
- The Mi'kmaq ([miːgmaɣ]; (also spelled Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq ... Although early reports made the Micmac appear fierce and warlike, ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née ... An iconic presence on the world stage, Diana was beloved by her British ...23 KB (3,638 words) - 11:53, 29 January 2024
- The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of black people ... Although the rioting was widely reported around the United States ...77 KB (11,899 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- total warfare was first demonstrated in the nineteenth century and flourished ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- event. Villaraigosa is a former director of the ACLU Southern California ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a national non-profit ...25 KB (3,875 words) - 02:54, 24 July 2023
- Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist ... Gilbert, who wrote the words, created fanciful topsy-turvy worlds ...35 KB (5,340 words) - 10:04, 14 December 2022
- Islamic feminism is a form of feminism concerned with the role of ... Muslim majority countries have produced more than seven heads of state ...30 KB (4,309 words) - 20:25, 1 April 2023
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872 ... The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916), was one of ... James' evolving literary style and artistic intentions mirrored ...48 KB (7,374 words) - 07:29, 22 January 2024
- logo.png|right|thumb|275px|"Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution ... Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of ...35 KB (5,140 words) - 04:18, 23 March 2024
- Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements ... Historians of feminism have identified three “waves” of feminist ...71 KB (9,858 words) - 17:15, 26 March 2024
- known for his home-bred screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred ... He first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the ...25 KB (3,865 words) - 16:36, 30 January 2023
- tales often involve a far-fetched sequence of events that ultimately progress ... Fairy tales are found in oral folktale and in literary form. The history ...47 KB (7,154 words) - 00:31, 25 March 2024
- Award-winning American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named ... Bogart popularized the "natural" style while creating a ...51 KB (8,176 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s ... The term film noir (French for "black film"), was first ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 19:47, 26 March 2024
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- Opus Dei (Latin for "Work of God"), formally known as The ... Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928 by the Roman Catholic priest ...43 KB (6,418 words) - 15:47, 27 March 2024
- Superman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero widely considered ... and an American cultural icon.Les Daniels. Superman: The Complete ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- The French Revolutionary Wars ( Guerres de la Révolution française ) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Robert Pinsky has stated that "with his wonderful gift of eye ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- "star-cross'd lovers" and the role played by their tragic ... Although Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances ...57 KB (9,012 words) - 21:40, 16 April 2023
- political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention ... but he achieved a lasting reputation as the face of the Reign of Terror ...66 KB (9,644 words) - 18:02, 26 November 2022
- best known for her role as Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz. Garland's ... Gumm became an 'illustrator' at the Parlor Theater in Superior ...34 KB (5,336 words) - 21:04, 4 October 2022
- |name=The University of Chicago be human life enriched.") title=About the University | year=2007 | publisher ...51 KB (7,192 words) - 13:07, 3 May 2023
- Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning ...51 KB (7,646 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- in central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the world’s ... The official name of the system is the Mammoth Cave System, though ...40 KB (6,197 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- Zen (禅), Japanese for "meditation," is a form of Mahāyāna ... non-verbal doctrine communicated directly by the Buddha to his followers. It ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- that are felt by people due to a combination of factors. For example, a black ... The term was coined by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw in a 1989 essay ...43 KB (5,848 words) - 10:41, 6 March 2024
- The Ohio State University (OSU) is a public research university in ... The mission of OSU is to improve the quality of life of people both ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who ... Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and ...100 KB (15,023 words) - 13:47, 12 November 2022
- ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city ... Wuhan is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- Nero Germanicus before his accession) was the fourth Roman Emperor of the ... He was reportedly afflicted with some type of disability, and his family ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- ; (July 28, 1971 – October 27, 2019) was the Iraqi-born leader ... by the Shura Council, who were representing those members of the Islamic ...67 KB (8,996 words) - 06:52, 14 June 2023
- – January 19, 2013), nicknamed "Stan the Man," was an American ... Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a ...74 KB (10,809 words) - 20:06, 28 April 2024
