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- preeminent architect in America at the turn of the twentieth century, Burnham ... incorporating his own personal style. Much of his career work modeled the ...11 KB (1,511 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard ... today, however, as having perfected the form of the periodical essay. His essays ...11 KB (1,678 words) - 07:16, 10 August 2022
- James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (October 29, 1740 - May 19 ... journals that he wrote for long periods of his life, which remained undiscovered ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- at the top, called the mouth. It may be made of glass, clay, plastic, or other ... Bottles have been developed and used over millennia of human history ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- light, elegant, and airy style and the list of his buildings includes some ... Adam was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the second son of William ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- One of the first American writers to use the stream of consciousness ... Dos Passos was born in Chicago, where his father was a wealthy lawyer ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- 24, 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist of Parsi-Zoroastrian heritage ... in Bombay (now Mumbai), in 1909. He was one of two sons. His father was a ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 11:24, 2 February 2024
- founded on March 25, 1957, by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the ... citizens, while also remaining citizens of their home states. ...13 KB (1,869 words) - 04:30, 23 March 2024
- "lead") is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing ... industry is a basic and substantial part of every developed economy, due ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 01:54, 10 April 2023
- style. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of historical painting marked ... David became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- concertos and piano miniatures, and founder of the American Academy in Rome ... to achieve major recognition as a composer of concert music. The Boston Symphony ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- anthropologist and writer. A founder of American anthropology, he is ... While Morgan's unilinear model, particularly of the development ...14 KB (2,033 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that involve ... The Roman Games stressed the Greek sports of chariot racing and wrestling ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- known as St. Judas or Jude Thaddeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ... Jude the apostle is widely viewed as a saint by different branches ...13 KB (2,095 words) - 06:38, 28 February 2023
- Prize in Literature|1993 Presidential Medal of Freedom|2012 ... | notableworks = Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye ...18 KB (2,615 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- and traditions, based on classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome, that ... Pope is considered by critics to be one of the greatest poets of the eighteenth ...16 KB (2,637 words) - 14:35, 18 July 2023
- Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The ... The varying forms of football have several aspects in common. They ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is widely ... on artificial turf, with a goal at each end of the field. The object of the ...38 KB (6,157 words) - 21:43, 30 January 2023
- born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from ... Ian Robert Maxwell was born Ján Ludvík Hoch in the small town of ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 01:42, 16 December 2022
- Pasolini's work focused on the underside of modern life, especially ... Pasolini was born in Bologna, traditionally one of the most leftist ...27 KB (4,092 words) - 05:15, 24 November 2022
- An engine is a machine that can convert some form of energy (obtained ... ==Usage of the term "engine"== Originally, an engine was ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- administrative, and cultural center of Romania. It is located in the ... The people of Bucharest suffered under the leadership of Nicolae Ceaușescu ...32 KB (4,507 words) - 16:51, 22 November 2023
- The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian ... pharaonic times, was closed on the orders of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- (Senkadagalapura), a city in the center of Sri Lanka. The name Kandy derives ... most often shortened to Nuvara. The capital of the Central Province and Kandy ...14 KB (1,979 words) - 07:07, 28 February 2023
- who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism. He became ... #039;s interest turned to the spiritual side of life, with investigations of ...23 KB (3,410 words) - 08:45, 23 July 2023
- Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses ... Kansas City was founded in 1838 as the "Town of Kansas" ...47 KB (6,950 words) - 08:27, 28 February 2023
- |caption= Shield of Emory University |motto=Cor prudentis possidebit ... |publisher = International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and ...26 KB (3,754 words) - 18:26, 13 February 2024
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... arrived in the area. The first establishment of Salzburg was the Benedictine ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebration ... is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 – December 20 1968) was one ... conditions and events in the first half of the twentieth century. His ...27 KB (4,116 words) - 07:52, 3 August 2022
- center-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 ... He was a proponent of the United States of Europe and, having limited ...24 KB (3,434 words) - 16:28, 29 December 2020
- In 27 months of combat action in World War II, Murphy became the most ... To Hell and Back (1955), based on his memoir of the same name (1949), and starred ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- Education City, Qatar. Cornell is a member of the Ivy League, and prides ... areas useful to society. Situated in an area of farming, conservation, and ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of the New York School of poetry ... . The urgency and quickness of his voice allows the reader to experience ...22 KB (3,437 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- – January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament ... It covered the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from ...36 KB (5,457 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the ... ancient times as fencing was an ancient form of combat in warfare. Today the ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- is the capital and most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- 13, 2006) was the greatest Scottish novelist of modern times; however, she ... Catholic Spark reacted by accusing him of seeking publicity to further ...16 KB (2,563 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandie (the French-speaking ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- (population: 371,767 in 2007; population of urban area is some 1,007,972 ... , named Zurich the city with the best quality of life in the world. ...53 KB (7,882 words) - 06:16, 13 June 2023
- history who served as the Prime Minister of IranMike Thomson, [http://www ... t/041600iran-cia-index.html Secrets of History: The C.I.A. in Iran ...33 KB (4,921 words) - 19:30, 9 November 2022
- prize in 1914. He resisted the policies of Nazi Germany during World War ... Koblenz, in what was then Prussia, the son of Julius von Laue, a military ...27 KB (3,968 words) - 01:05, 9 November 2022
- Water polo is a team water sport that combines elements of swimming ... == Overview of Rules == Glossary of Water Polo :Note: Rules below reflect ...54 KB (9,243 words) - 23:17, 3 May 2023
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods ... peoples. This mythological tradition, of which the Scandinavian (and ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- |city = USA Borough of Princeton,Princeton Township,and West Windsor ... located in Princeton, New Jersey. It is one of eight universities that belong ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- 1856 – April 14, 1925) was a renowned turn-of-the century portrait painter ... was well known for painting the aristocracy of Europe, the new and emerging ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... He serves as both a guide to the recently departed and as the patron ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- Gardner is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest ... Frank Sinatra) combined to make her a figure of international renown. Unfortunately ...18 KB (2,786 words) - 07:08, 23 August 2023
- The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, commonly referred ... depth and has been subjected to a number of external influences and migrations ...34 KB (4,913 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- The history of Solidarity begins in September 1980, at the Gdańsk ... 2004, ISBN 0415933978), 114. to members of the anti-communist Left. Solidarity ...34 KB (5,074 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
