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Vesuvius
(Encyclopedia) VesuviusVesuviusvəs&oomacr;ˈvēəs [key], Ital. Vesuvio, active volcano, S Italy, on the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples, SE of Naples. The only other active volcano on the…Canute
(Encyclopedia) CanuteCanutekən&oomacr;tˈ, kəny&oomacr;tˈ [key], 995?–1035, king of England, Norway, and Denmark. The younger son of Sweyn of Denmark, Canute accompanied his father on the…Tacitus, Roman historian
(Encyclopedia) Tacitus (Cornelius Tacitus), c.a.d. 55–c.a.d. 117, Roman historian. Little is known for certain of his life. He was a friend of Pliny the Younger and married the daughter of Agricola.…George Steinbrenner Biography
businessman and owner of the New York YankeesBorn: 7/4/1930Birthplace: Rocky River, OhioDied: 7/13/2010 (Tampa, Fla.) George Michael Steinbrenner III started his…Paula Gunn Allen Biography
Paula Gunn AllenPoet, novelist, criticBorn: 1939Birthplace: Cubero, New Mexico Paula Gunn Allen was the daughter of a Lebanese-American father and a Pueblo-Sioux-Scots mother. She was raised…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Mourning Brothers
The Patriot and the Banker The Disinterested Arbiter The Mourning Brothers OBSERVING that he was about to die, an Old Man called his two Sons to his bedside and expounded the…Il Trovatore <br/>(The Troubadour)
Music:Giuseppe VerdiLibretto:Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play by Antonio Garcia GutiérrezPremiere:Rome, January 19, 1853 The complicated melodrama of Il Trovatore revolves around the…Steely Dan
Two Against NatureGiant While their first new studio album in 20 years isn't about to surpass earlier Steely Dan classics like 1975's Katy Lied or 1977's Aja, it is nevertheless a remarkable…Faithless
Director:Liv UllmanWriter:Ingmar BergmanSamuel Goldwyn Co.; R; 142 minutesRelease:1/01Cast:Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson An aging man mulls over life memories at an…McCLOSKEY, Paul Norton , Jr. (Pete), Congress, CA (1927)
McCLOSKEY Paul Norton , Jr. (Pete) , a Representative from California; born in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 29, 1927; graduated from South Pasadena High School, South…Trending
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