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Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…1979 Tony Awards
PlayThe Elephant ManMusicalSweeney ToddActor—PlayTom Conti, Whose Life Is It Anyway?Actresses—PlayConstance Cummings, WingsCarole Shelley, The Elephant ManFeatured Actor—PlayMichael Gough,…El Paso
(Encyclopedia) El Paso El Paso ĕl păˈsō [key], city (2020 pop. 678,815), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on…Bowie, David
(Encyclopedia) Bowie, David, 1947–2016, British rock-and-roll singer and songwriter who successfully, merged rock, art, and fashion, b. London as David Robert Jones. After singing with five different…Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad: Fourth Adhyâya, First Brahmana
Fourth AdhyâyaFirst Brahmana1.When Ganaka Vaideha was sitting (to give audience), Yagnavalkya approached, and Ganaka Vaideha said: “Yagnavalkya, for what object did you come, wishing for…Brewer's: Elephanta
in Bombay, is so called from a stone elephant, which carried a tiger on its back, and formerly stood near the landing-place on the south side of the island. It has now nearly disappeared.…Joseph Merrick
Joseph Merrick was called the Elephant Man because of the abnormal masses of flesh which began growing on his face and body when he was a child. Merrick was first presumed to have elephantiasis and…Brewer's: Earthquakes
According to Indian mythology, the world rests on the head of a great elephant, and when, for the sake of rest, the huge monster refreshes itself by moving its head, an earthquake is…The Devil's Dictionary: Proboscis
by Ambrose Bierce PRIVATEPROJECTILEPROBOSCIS -n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of…Brewer's: Moon
means “measurer” of time (Anglo-Saxon, móna, masc. gen.). It is masculine in all the Teutonic languages; in the Edda the son of Mundilfori is Mâni (moon), and daughter Sôl (sun); so it is…Trending
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