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The White House Intruder

An uninvited guest sheds light on Secret Service shortcomings Related Links More White House Intrusions United States Secret Service 2014 Current Events…

cowbird

(Encyclopedia) cowbird, New World bird of the blackbird and oriole (hangnest) family. The male eastern, or common, cowbird is glossy black, about 8 in. (20 cm) long, with a brown head and breast; the…

bull mastiff

(Encyclopedia) bull mastiffbull mastiffmăstˈĭf [key], breed of powerful working dog developed in England in the second half of the 19th cent. It stands from 24 to 27 in. (61–68.6 cm) high at the…

Faulkner, William

(Encyclopedia) Faulkner, William, 1897–1962, American novelist, b. New Albany, Miss., one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Born into an old Southern family named Falkner, he changed…

D'Annunzio, Gabriele

(Encyclopedia) D'Annunzio, GabrieleD'Annunzio, Gabrielegäbrēĕˈlā dän-n&oomacr;nˈtsyō [key] 1863–1938, Italian poet, novelist, dramatist, and soldier, b. Pescara. He went to Rome in 1881 and there…

The Migration of Ghosts

Author:Pauline MelvillePublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Pauline Melville is hard to pin down. In an era when so many writers are confined to a single voice or easy ideological stance, she-…

Special Issues

ISIL (formerly ISIS) militants parade through the then-occupied city of Mosul. Read more about ISIL in our timeline.Some issues are too big to tackle in our brief news updates. That's why the editors…

2014 U.S. News

Major National News Stories of 2014 Ferguson Protests Related Links 2014 Year in Review 2014 News of the World Science News of 2014 2014 People in the News 2014 Places in…

Entertainment News from December 1999

3Madeline Kahn, film, theater, and television actress known for her childlike voice, ditsy persona, and razor-sharp wit, dies of ovarian cancer at age 57. The Oscar-nominated actress won a…

Stephen Crane: Tell me why, behind thee,

Tell me why, behind thee, I see always the shadow of another lover? Is it real, Or is this the thrice damned memory of a better happiness? Plague on him if he be dead, Plague on him if…