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Basquiat, Jean-Michel

(Encyclopedia) Basquiat, Jean-MichelBasquiat, Jean-Michelbäsˌkē-ätˈ [key], 1960–88, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Born into a middle-class Haitian and Puerto Rican family, he was a 1980s art…

Sara Teasedale: To Dick, on His Sixth Birthday

To Dick, on His Sixth BirthdayTho' I am very old and wise, And you are neither wise nor old, When I look far into your eyes, I know things I was never told: I know how flame must strain…

Dick (Night Train) Lane 2002 Deaths

Dick (Night Train) LaneAge: 73 undrafted junior college player and former Army soldier, who left his job at an airplane plant to tryout with the LA. Rams in 1952, launching a career that…

John DICK, Congress, PA (1794-1872)

DICK John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 17, 1794; moved with his parents to Meadville, Pa., in December of that year; attended the common schools; major of…

Samuel DICK, Congress, NJ (1740-1812)

DICK, Samuel, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Nottingham, Prince Georges County, Md., November 14, 1740; received a classical education; studied medicine in Scotland, and commenced…

Norman DeValois DICKS, Congress, WA (1940)

DICKS Norman DeValois , a Representative from Washington; born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Wash., December 16, 1940; graduated from West Bremerton High School, Bremerton, Wash., 1959; B.A.,…

101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived

Some fictional characters have had more impact on the world than real people. Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan, and Jeremy Salter set about ranking the “characters of myth, legends, television, and movies […

dime novels

(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…