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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens was an English-American intellectual whose stock in trade was writing provocative essays that challenged the the philosophical underpinnings of the state and the (Christian)…

Richard Burton

Name at birth: Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr.Richard Burton was a Welsh actor known for his many appearances on stage and in big screen costume dramas, and for being married to Elizabeth Taylor -- twice…

1995

In Brief | World | US | Entertainment | Sports | Deaths Facts in Brief US Population: 262,765,000 (est) President: Bill Clinton | Vice President: Al Gore Literacy: 120% World Population: 5,555,…

Top 100 Works in World Literature

Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…

science fiction

(Encyclopedia) science fiction, literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of…

The 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900

Book Magazine, now defunct, compiled a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002 to “rank the top one hundred characters in literature since 1900.”Jay Gatsby, The…

Writing Well: Documentation Format

Documentation FormatWriting WellDocumentation FormatCiting Electronic Sources and CD-ROMsCiting Radio Shows and TV ShowsAPA Documentation MLA Documentation The Modern Language Association (MLA)…

Stephen Asa NORTHWAY, Congress, OH (1833-1898)

NORTHWAY Stephen Asa , a Representative from Ohio; born in Christian Hollow, Onondaga County, N.Y., June 19, 1833; moved with his parents in 1840 to the township of Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio…

1949

World | US | Sports | Entertainment | Deaths | Year in Science World Statistics Population: 2.554 billion (!not right!) population by decade more world statistics... World Events NATO…