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Levine, Joseph E.
film producerBirthplace: BostonBorn: 1905Died: 1987Sinn Féin
(Encyclopedia) Sinn FéinSinn Féinshĭn fān [key] [Irish,=we, ourselves], Irish nationalist movement. It had its roots in the Irish cultural revival at the end of the 19th cent. and the growing…Gershwin, George
(Encyclopedia) Gershwin, GeorgeGershwin, Georgegŭrshˈwĭn [key], 1898–1937, American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Gershwin. Gershwin wrote some of the most original and popular musical works…Summary of IRA Choices
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) became more attractive on January 1, 1998, with the creation of the “Roth IRA” (named for Senate Finance Committee Chairman William Roth of Delaware)…Brewer's: Ca Ira
(it will go). Called emphatically Le Carillon National of the French Revolution (1790). It went to the tune of the Carillon National, which Marie Antoinette was for ever strumming on her harpsichord…Brewer's: Dies Iræ
A famous madiæval hymn on the last judgment, probably the composition of Thomas of Celano, a native of Abruzzi, who died in 1255. Sir Walter Scott has introduced the former part of it into…Ira Frederick Aldridge
Ira Frederick Aldridge 19th-century American actor Born: July 24, 1804 Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Aldridge was born to free Black people in New York City, and educated at the New York African…IRA, abbreviation
(Encyclopedia) IRA. 1 In Irish history, see Irish Republican Army. 2 In economics, see Individual Retirement Account.Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August
(Encyclopedia) Varnhagen von Ense, Karl AugustVarnhagen von Ense, Karl Augustkärl ouˈg&oobreve;st färnˈhägən fən ĕnˈzə [key], 1785–1858, German poet, historian, and journalist. He collaborated…Hadassah, organization
(Encyclopedia) Hadassah, women's Zionist organization of the United States founded (1912) by Henrietta Szold. It has done important work in Israel in medical service, child welfare, and aid to…Trending
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