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Just, Ward
(Encyclopedia) Just, Ward, 1935–2019, American writer, b. Michigan City, Ind. Just worked for several newspapers and magazines before being hired (1965) by the Washington Post, for which he covered…Joseph and Asenath
(Encyclopedia) Joseph and Asenath, an early Jewish work, highly regarded in Eastern and Western Christian traditions, most likely emanating from Alexandrian Egypt between 200 b.c. and a.d. 200,…Mishawaka
(Encyclopedia) MishawakaMishawakamĭshəwôkˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 42,608), St. Joseph co., N Ind., on both banks of the St. Joseph River and adjacent to South Bend; settled c.1830, inc. 1899.…Vendôme, Louis Joseph, duc de
(Encyclopedia) Vendôme, Louis Joseph, duc deVendôme, Louis Joseph, duc delwē zhôzĕfˈ [key]Vendôme, Louis Joseph, duc de dük də väNdōmˈ [key], 1654–1712, marshal of France; grandson of César de…Onetti, Juan Carlos
(Encyclopedia) Onetti, Juan Carlos, 1909–94, Uruguayan novelist and short story writer, b. Montevideo. One of the great 20th-century Latin American novelists, Onetti wrote of the dissipation of…Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton, Fürst von
(Encyclopedia) Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton, Fürst vonKaunitz, Wenzel Anton, Fürst vonvĕnˈtsəl änˈtôn fürst fən kouˈnĭts [key], 1711–94, Austrian statesman. He distinguished himself as a negotiator of the…Mason, Bobbie Ann
(Encyclopedia) Mason, Bobbie Ann, 1940–, American regional author, b. Mayfield, Ky., grad. Univ. of Kentucky (B.A., 1962), State Univ. of New York, Binghamton (M.A., 1966), Univ. of Connecticut (Ph.D…Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses
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(Encyclopedia) Ephrata Ephrata ĕfˈrətə [key]. <1> Borough (2020 pop. 13,794), Lancaster co., SE…42 Best War Movie Quotes
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