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Lassa fever

(Encyclopedia) Lassa feverLassa feverlăsˈə [key], an acute viral disease occurring mostly in W Africa, characterized by high fever, muscle aches, mouth ulcers, and bleeding in the skin in more severe…

Walt Whitman: O Living Always, Always Dying

O Living Always, Always DyingO living always, always dying! O the burials of me past and present, O me while I stride ahead, material, visible, imperious as ever; O me, what I was for years,…

A. E. Housman: To an Athlete Dying Young

To an Athlete Dying YoungThe time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high.To-day, the road all…

September 2016: Playwright Edward Albee Dies

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of September 2016. 1. Native Mosquitoes in Miami Test Positive for Zika 2. ITT…

December 2016: Astronaut John Glenn Dies

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of December 2016. 1. Oakland Warehouse Fire Kills Dozens 2. Army Corps of Engineers Announces…

Martin DIES, Congress, TX (1870-1922)

DIES Martin , a Representative from Texas; born in Jackson Parish, La., March 13, 1870; moved with his parents to Freestone County, Tex., in 1876; attended the common schools; admitted to the bar…

Brewer's: Whom the Gods Love Die Young

[Herodotos]. Cited in Don Juan, canto iv. 12 (death of Haidee). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Wick, WickedWhole Gale…

Die Zauberflöte <br/>(The Magic Flute)

Music:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto:Emanuel SchikanederPremiere:Vienna, September 30, 1791 First performed only two months before Mozart's death, The Magic Flute is the story of true lovers…

Ritter, Karl

(Encyclopedia) Ritter, Karl, 1779–1859, German geographer, a founder of modern human geography. He was a professor of geography at the Univ. of Berlin from 1820. He helped define the scope of…