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van Basten, Marco
(Encyclopedia) van Basten, Marco, 1964–, Dutch soccer player. A powerful striker/forward, he began his professional playing career at Ajax Amsterdam (1982–87), where he was a key factor in the team's…Shiffrin, Mikaela Pauline
(Encyclopedia) Shiffrin, Mikaela Pauline, 1995–, American skier, b. Vail, Colo. She competed in her first World Cup Alpine event, giant slalom, in 2011, and that same year won the slalom title at the…Ronaldo
(Encyclopedia) Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima), 1976–, Brazilian soccer player. A son of Rio de Janeiro's back streets, he signed with his first professional club at 14. Nicknamed “The…Grant, Mudcat
(Encyclopedia) Grant, Mudcat, 1935-2021, African-American baseball player, b. Lacoochee, Fl., as James Timothy Grant Jr. As a teenager, Grant played…Megawati Sukarnoputri
(Encyclopedia) Megawati SukarnoputriMegawati Sukarnoputrimĕgˌəwäˈtē s&oobreve;kärˌnōp&oomacr;ˈtrē [key], 1947–, Indonesian political leader, president of Indonesia (2001–4). The daughter of…Walt Whitman: Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me
Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath MeYear that trembled and reel'd beneath me! Your summer wind was warm enough, yet the air I breathed froze me, A thick gloom fell through the sunshine…A. E. Housman: This time of year a twelvemonth past,
This time of year a twelvemonth past, When Fred and I would meet, We needs must jangle, till at last We fought and I was beat.So then the summer fields about, Till rainy days began, Rose…John Keats: Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
The day is gone, and all its s...I cry your mercy-pity-love!-aye, love!Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Elegy On The Year 1788
by Robert Burns The Poet's ProgressThe Henpecked HusbandElegy On The Year 1788 For lords or kings I dinna mourn, E'en let them die—for that they're born: But oh! prodigious…Classical Mythology: The Final Battles: The Tenth Year of the War
The Final Battles: The Tenth Year of the WarClassical MythologyAll's Not Fair in Love and War: The Fall of TroyThe Face That Launched a Thousand ShipsThe Final Battles: The Tenth Year of the WarThe…Trending
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