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Rhode Island: Persons under 18 years old, percent
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Source informationLawrence, Sir Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 1769–1830, English portrait painter, b. Bristol. He began to draw when very young and developed extraordinary talents as a draftsman; though he studied briefly at…Hirst, Damien Steven
(Encyclopedia) Hirst, Damien Steven, 1965–, British artist-provacateur, b. Bristol. While at Goldsmiths College, London (grad. 1988), he organized the exhibition Freeze, whose participants, led by…Famous Firsts by American Women, 1901–Present
Here is a timeline about famous firsts by American women. This information includes such notable figures as the first published author in 1650 (Anne Bradstreet), to Elizabeth Blackwell receiving…Brewer's: Brissotins
A nickname given to the advocates of reform in the French Revolution, because they were “led by the nose” by Jean Pierre Brissot. The party was subsequently called the Girondists. Source…1995 George Foster Peabody Awards
The Peabody Awards, administered by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, honor excellence in both radio and television broadcasting.Radio…Brewer's: Fight
(See Hudibras, Pt. iii. c. 3.) He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he that is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again. SirJohnMennes: Musarum Delictæ. (…Brewer's: Palimpsest
A parchment on which the original writing has been effaced, and something else has been written. (Greek, palin, again; psao, I rub or efface.) When parchment was not supplied in sufficient…Trending
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