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Doc Watson
Name at birth: Arthel Lane WatsonArthel "Doc" Watson is the blind guitarist who was a pioneer in the distinctive "flat-picking" style of folk and bluegrass guitar. "In a career that spanned seven…Rosemary Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy was the lesser-known sister of President John F. Kennedy whose mental problems helped inspire the creation of the Special Olympics. Rosemary Kennedy was the oldest daughter of Rose…Judith Martin Biography
Judith Martin“Miss Manners”columnistBorn: 9/13/1938Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Judith Sylvia Perlman lived in various foreign capitals as a child, as her father, a United Nations economist,…Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is the host of the MSNBC political and news program The Rachel Maddow Show, where she is a staunch supporter of unions, women's rights, gay rights, and other classic liberal causes.…Bo the Dog
As the family pet of President Barack Obama and his family, Bo was the "First Dog" for nearly eight years while Obama was in the White House from 2009-2017. Bo was a Portuguese water dog who was six…John Yoo
The Washington Post has called legal scholar John Yoo "the intellectual architect of the most dramatic assertion of White House power since the Nixon era." Yoo was a member of the Justice Department'…Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel is the former Illinois Congressman who became the first White House chief of staff for President Barack Obama and then the mayor of Chicago. Rahm Emanuel is known for his blunt and hard…Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe was the New York journalist who wrote The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968) and The Right Stuff (1979), then turned to writing novels, including The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). A…Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden became famous when he revealed himself as the source of the 2013 news that the National Security Agency (NSA) had a wide-ranging surveillance operation in the United States and…2008 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: 2666, Roberto Bolaño (Farrar, Srauss) General Nonfiction: The Forever War, Dexter…Trending
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