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Amy Lowell: Thompson's Lunch Room — Grand Central Station
Thompson's Lunch Room — Grand Central StationStudy in WhitesWax-white — Floor, ceiling, walls. Ivory shadows Over the pavement Polished to cream surfaces By constant sweeping. The big room is…Amy Lowell: Two Travellers in the Place Vendome
Two Travellers in the Place VendomeReign of Louis PhilippeA great tall column spearing at the sky With a little man on top. Goodness! Tell me why? He looks a silly thing enough to stand up…War Pictures
ContentsThe AlliesThe BombardmentLead SoldiersThe Painter on SilkA Ballad of FootmenBalmaceda, José
(Encyclopedia) Balmaceda, JoséBalmaceda, Joséhōsāˈ bälmäsāˈᵺä [key], 1840–91, president of Chile (1886–91). A leader of a liberal, anticlerical group, he was sent as minister (1878) to Argentina,…praying Indians
(Encyclopedia) praying Indians, name for Native North Americans who accepted Christianity. Although many different groups are called by this name, e.g., the Roman Catholic Iroquois of St. Regis, it…Kilpatrick, William Heard
(Encyclopedia) Kilpatrick, William HeardKilpatrick, William Heardkĭlpăˈtrĭk [key], 1871–1965, American philosopher, b. White Plains, Ga., grad. Mercer College, 1891, Ph.D. Columbia, 1912, and studied…Guo Moruo
(Encyclopedia) Guo Moruo or Kuo Mo-joGuo Moruoboth: gwôˈ môrhwôˈ, –zhôˈ [key], 1892–1978, Chinese writer and scholar. He co-founded the Creation Society, which promoted a romantic style of writing.…Christian Catholic Church
(Encyclopedia) Christian Catholic Church, religious denomination founded (1896) in Chicago by John Alexander Dowie. Its members are sometimes known as Zionites. The church has its center in Zion, Ill…Valencia, Guillermo
(Encyclopedia) Valencia, GuillermoValencia, Guillermogēyārˈmō välānˈsyä [key], 1873–1943, Colombian poet, one of the leaders of modernismo. He came from an aristocratic family, received solid…Savage, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Savage, Richard, 1697?–1743, English poet. The now discredited story of his illegitimate descent from a noble line and of his persecutions, which are set forth in a biography by Samuel…Trending
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