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(Encyclopedia) CarracciCarraccikärätˈchē [key], family of Italian painters of the Bolognese school, founders of an important academy of painting. Lodovico Carracci, 1555–1619, a pupil of Tintoretto…Germanic languages
(Encyclopedia) Germanic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, spoken by about 470 million people in many parts of the world, but chiefly in Europe and the Western Hemisphere…Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris is the author of several series of mysteries, but is best known for the Sookie Stackhouse series of books that inspired the cable TV series True Blood. A 1973 graduate of…George Romero
George Romero is one of the top names of the modern horror film business, thanks to his 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead. George Romero grew up in New York and attended the Carnegie-Mellon…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Tam Samson's Elegy
by Robert Burns Masonic SongEpistle To Major LoganTam Samson's Elegy An honest man's the noblest work of God-Pope. When this worthy old sportman went out, last muirfowl season…John Donne: Expostulation XVIII. At inde mortuus es
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, if expostulation be too bold a word, do thou mollify it with another; let it be wonder in myself, let it be but problem to others; but let me ask, why…September 2017 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page Science & Technology News | US News | World News The world, unfortunately, can be a very dangerous place. Accidents and natural disasters occur regularly and without warning. Please…Antietam campaign
(Encyclopedia) Antietam campaignAntietam campaignăntēˈtəm [key], Sept., 1862, of the Civil War. After the second battle of Bull Run, Gen. Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac to invade Maryland and…Iran-Iraq War
(Encyclopedia) Iran-Iraq War, 1980–88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi…Lowell, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Robert (Robert Traill Spence Lowell 4th), 1917–77, American poet and translator, widely considered the preeminent American poet of the mid-20th cent., b. Boston, grad. Kenyon…Trending
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