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(Encyclopedia)DMX,1970-2021, b. Mount Vernon, N.Y., as Earl Simmons. DMX grew up in Yonkers, NY, in the 1980s, in a highly dysfunctional family; abandoned by his fath...Sun Tzu
(Encyclopedia)Sun Tzu so͞on dzo͞o [key], fl. c.500–320. b.c., name used by the unknown Chinese authors of the sophisticated treatise on philosophy, logistics, espionage, and strategy and tactics known as The Ar...Hubbard, L. Ron
(Encyclopedia)Hubbard, L. Ron: see Scientology, Church of. ...At
(Encyclopedia)At, symbol for the element astatine. ...Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations
(Encyclopedia)Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations (YMHA, YWHA), organizations that promote health, social activities, recreation, acculturation of new Jewish Americans, and Jewish culture among Jews o...Lang Lang
(Encyclopedia)Lang Lang, 1982–, Chinese virtuoso pianist. A child prodigy, he studied at the Central Music Conservatory, Beijing, and the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Noted for the romantic, emotive nature of ...Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich vəsēˈlyē vəsēlˈyəvĭch vyĕrĭshchäˈgĭn [key], 1842–1904, Russian painter, soldier, and traveler. He is best known for his military pictures, which portra...Secretariat
(Encyclopedia)Secretariat, 1970–89, thoroughbred race horse. Nicknamed “Big Red,” he was trained by Lucien Laurin and ridden by Ron Turcotte. In 1973 Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont...Manson, Patrick
(Encyclopedia)Manson, Patrick, 1844–1922, English parasitologist. After receiving his medical degree (1866) from the university at Aberdeen, Scotland, Manson left for China where he was to spend 24 years, studyin...Key, Ellen
(Encyclopedia)Key, Ellen kā [key], 1849–1926, Swedish author, critic, and ideologue. Believing that women are primarily fitted for motherhood, she deplored feminist claims to equality on the labor market. Her id...Browse by Subject
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