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Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Devil's Walk

by Percy Bysshe Shelley SonnetFragment of a SonnetThe Devil's Walk A BALLAD. Published as a broadside by Shelley, 1812. 1. Once, early in the morning, Beelzebub arose, With care his…

Women's Walking Results, 2001-2002

WalkingEvent Time Date Set Location20 km:World 1:26:52Olimpiada Ivanova, RussiaSept. 6, 2001Brisbane Olympic 1:29:05Wang Liping, ChinaSept. 28, 2000Sydney American 1:31:51Michelle Rohl May…

Brewer's: Walk through One's Part

(To). A theatrical phrase, meaning to repeat one's part at rehearsal verbally, but without dressing for it or acting it. To do anything appointed you…

Men's Walking Results, 1997-1998

WalkingEvent Time Date Set Location20 km: World 1:17:25.6Bernardo Segura, Mexico May 7, 1994 Fana, NOR Olympic 1:19:57Jozef Pribilinec, Czechoslovakia Sept. 23, 1988 Seoul American 1:24:26.…

Women's Walking Results, 1997-1998

WalkingEvent Time Date Set Location5 km: World 20:13.26Kerry Saxby-Junna, Australia Feb. 25, 1996Hobart, AUS Olympic Not an event — — American 21:28.17Teresa Vaill Apr. 24, 1993…

Marsden, Gerry

(Encyclopedia) Marsden, Gerry, 1942-2021, British pop singer and bandleader, b. Liverpool, England. Marsden was the leader of ‘60s British Invasion…

Algren, Nelson

(Encyclopedia) Algren, NelsonAlgren, Nelsonôlˈgrən [key], 1909–81, American novelist, b. Detroit. He grew up in Chicago, and much of his fiction is set in the city's slums. His novels, such as Never…

Young, John Watts

(Encyclopedia) Young, John Watts, 1930–2018, American astronaut, b. San Francisco. A Navy test pilot, he joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's astronaut program in 1962. Young…

Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince de

(Encyclopedia) Ligne, Charles Joseph, prince deLigne, Charles Joseph, prince deshärl zhôzĕfˈ prăNs də lēˈnyə [key], 1735–1814, Austrian field marshal. He belonged to an ancient princely family of…

Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923–98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as…