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  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg was as a Defense Department analyst when he went public in 1971 with what became known as the Pentagon Papers: top-secret government documents that outlined plans to escalate war in…

Gorky, Arshile

(Encyclopedia) Gorky, ArshileGorky, Arshileärˈshīl gôrˈkē [key], c.1900–48, American painter, b. Armenia as Vosdanig Adoian. He escaped the Turkish slaughter of Armenians, emigrated to the United…

Brewer's: Ali

Cousin and son-in-law of Mahomet, the beauty of whose eyes is with the Persians proverbial; insomuch that the highest term they employ to express beauty is Ayn Hali (eyes of Ali). —Chardin…

Brewer's: Upper Crust

The lions or crack men of the day. The phrase was first used in Sam Slick. The upper crust was at one time the part of the loaf placed before the most honoured guests. Thus, in Wynkyn de…

Women Who Left Their “Stamps” on History

Each of the following women have made a significant contribution to society. As a result, they (or works of art created by them) have been pictured on U.S. postage stamps.Name Year Issued…

Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford was the highest-paid and the most prominent American supermodel of the 1990s. As an actress she appeared in the movie Fair Game, and she is the former host of MTV's House of Style.…
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