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Read this history of music and find a timeline of milestones in the music industry, dating from 325 to the present day 325…Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1962 The Making of the President, 1960, Theodore H. White 1963 The…Poison Affair
(Encyclopedia) Poison Affair, in French history, scandal implicating a number of prominent persons at the court of King Louis XIV. It began with the trial of Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de…Kalmykia
(Encyclopedia) Kalmykia or Republic of Kalmykia-Khalmg-Tangeh, constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 329,000), c.29,400 sq mi (76,150 sq km), SE European Russia, on the Caspian Sea. Elista is the…Natchez, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) NatchezNatcheznăchˈĭz [key], indigenous North American people who lived along St. Catherine's Creek east of the present-day city of Natchez in Mississippi. At the time of contact with…Modiano, Patrick
(Encyclopedia) Modiano, Patrick (Jean Patrick Modiano)Modiano, PatrickzhäN pätrēkˈ mōdyänōˈ [key], 1945–, French novelist. He has been acclaimed for his treatment of memory, loss, and the puzzle of…Czartoryski
(Encyclopedia) CzartoryskiCzartoryskichärtôrĭsˈkē [key], Polish princely family. Although of ancient lineage, it rose to prominence only in the 17th cent., and in the 18th cent. during the reign of…Asian-American Athletes
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or Caterans. Highland freebooters or marauders. (Lowland Scotch, catherein, peasantry.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CatherineCathedrals of the Old…Brewer's: Catholic
(The). “Catholicus,” a title inherited by the King of Spain; as the monarch of England is entitled “Fidei Defensor,” and the King of France was styled “Christianissimus.” (See page 228,…Trending
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