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Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…Japanese literature
(Encyclopedia) Japanese literature, literary works produced in the language of the islands of Japan. See also Asian drama. The immense public demand for fiction in postwar Japan has been fed…hara-kiri
(Encyclopedia) hara-kirihara-kirihärˈə-kērˈē, hărˈə– [key] [Jap.,=belly-cutting], the traditional Japanese form of honorable suicide, also known by its Chinese equivalent, seppuku. It was practiced…1985 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'OrWhen Father Was Away on Business, Emir Kusturica (Yugoslavia)Special Jury PrizeBirdy, Alan Parker (United States)Best ActorWilliam Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman (United States/…Men's Olympic Gymnastics
All-AroundHorizontal BarParallel BarsVaultPommel HorseRingsFloor ExerciseTeam Combined Exercises At least 4 gold medals (including team events): Sawao Kato (8); Nikolai Andrianov, Viktor…1972 Men's Olympic Nordic Skiing Medalists
Cross Country Event Time 15km Sven-Ake Lundbäck, SWE 45:28.24 30km Vyachelav Vedenine, USSR 1:36:31.15 50km Pål Tyldum, NOR 2:43:14.75 4x10km USSR (Voronkov,…June 2010 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of June 2010…Men's Olympic Gymnastics: Parallel Bars
Parallel BarsYear Points1896 Alfred Flatow, GER –1904 George Eyser, USA 441924 August Güttinger, SWI 21.631928 Ladislav Vácha, CZE 18.831932 Romeo Neri, ITA 18.971936 Konrad Frey, GER 19.…August 2009 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of August 2009. N. Korea Pardons Imprisoned American Journalists (Aug. 4): The government of North Korea…Cherry Blossoms of Washington, D.C.
by Mark D. Hughes photos by Carol M. Highsmith Carol Highsmith, a distinguished and widely published American photographer, is donating her life's work to the Library of Congress. The…Trending
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