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Roth, Philip
(Encyclopedia) Roth, Philip (Philip Milton Roth), 1933–2018, American author, one of the most important novelists of the 20th cent., b. Newark, N.J., B.A. Bucknell Univ., 1954, M.A. Univ. of Chicago…Michael J. Blassie, 1998 News
Air Force lieutenant who was killed when his plane was shot down in South Vietnam in 1972, was identified in May as the Vietnam serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in 1984…Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney went down in history as the inventor of the cotton gin, a machine made to extract seeds from cotton, patented in 1794. Whitney spent a decade fighting patent infringements, and years of…The Devil's Dictionary: Opiate
by Ambrose Bierce OPERAOPPORTUNITYOPIATE -n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, 2005 News
Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, was indicted by a federal grand jury in October. He was charged with one count of obstruction of justice, two of perjury, and two of making false…Bob Woodward, 2005 News
esteemed Washington Post reporter and author, revealed in November that he heard from a senior Bush administration official in June 2003 that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. His testimony…The Devil's Dictionary: Belladonna
by Ambrose Bierce BEHAVIORBENEDICTINESBELLADONNA -n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.Matthew Cooper, 2005 News
reporter for TIME magazine, narrowly avoided jail time in July, when a source, later revealed to be Karl Rove, relieved him of his promise of confidentiality. Rove's move allowed Cooper to…Patrick Fitzgerald, 2005 News
special counsel who spent two years investigating who leaked the identity of cover CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson to the media, won wide praise for his handling of the October indictment…Baby Eve
According to the Clonaid Corporation, a baby nicknamed Eve was born on 26 December 2002, allegedly becoming the first human child ever to be cloned. "I am very, very pleased to announce that the…Trending
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