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1988 Olympics Alpine Skiing

Men Event   Time Downhill Pirmin Zurbriggen, SWI 1:59.63 Slalom Alberto Tomba, ITA 1:39.47 G.Slalom Alberto Tomba, ITA 2:06.37 Super GS Franck Piccard, FRA 1:…

Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold

The Price of Beauty There are a lot of reasons for the incredible price tags on artwork. The commissioning and purchasing of artwork has been a major status symbol for the wealthy for all of…

Biographies of Famous Native Americans

Native Americans bios, from Alexie to Wovoka A-G | H-M | O-R | S-W   Charles Curtis Sherman Alexie, writer Paula Gunn Allen, Pueblo-Sioux poet, novelist, critic Dennis Banks, Anishinabe…

Brewer's: Fairies

good and bad. AFREET or EFREET, one of the Jinn tribe, of which there are five. (See Story of the Second Calendar.) APPARITION. A ghost. ARIEL. (See Ariel.) BANSHEE or BENSHEE, an Irish…

Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: W

Selected Biographies A to ZA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies by…

German literature

(Encyclopedia) German literature, works in the German language by German, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, and Swiss authors, as well as by writers of German in other countries. The postwar decades saw…

Elsa Barker: The Frozen Grail

The Frozen Grail(To Peary and his men, before the last expedition)Elsa BarkerWhy sing the legends of the Holy Grail, The dead crusaders of the Sepulchre, While these men live? Are the great…

1996 Tony Awards

PlayMaster ClassMusicalRentRevival—PlayA Delicate BalanceRevival—MusicalThe King and IActor—PlayGeorge Grizzard, A Delicate BalanceActress—PlayZoe Caldwell, Master ClassActor—MusicalNathan…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 3, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 2, 1805April 4, 1805April 3, 1805 3rd of April we Shall pack up to day and Set out tomorrow. April the 3rd Thursday 1805 a white…