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Cite Glossary of Art MovementsSignificant Movies of 2002The Movies of 2001The Movies of 2000The Movies of 1999The Movies of 1998The Movies of 1996–1997Significant Videos of 1999Significant…silk
(Encyclopedia) silk, fine, horny, translucent, yellowish fiber produced by the silkworm in making its cocoon and covered with sericin, a protein. Many varieties of silk-spinning worms and insects are…Richler, Mordecai
(Encyclopedia) Richler, Mordecai, 1931–2001, Canadian novelist, b. Montreal. He fled his native city in the early 1950s and lived mainly in London, returning to Canada in 1972 and from then on…robot
(Encyclopedia) robot or automatonrobotôtämˈətänˌ [key] mechanical device designed to perform the work generally done by a human being. The Czech dramatist Karel Čapek popularized the expression […Adams, Abigail
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Abigail, 1744–1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams, b. Weymouth, Mass., as Abigail Smith. A lively, intelligent woman, she married John…Slavophiles and Westernizers
(Encyclopedia) Slavophiles and Westernizers, designation for two groups of intellectuals in mid-19th-century Russia that represented opposing schools of thought concerning the nature of Russian…Rabe, David
(Encyclopedia) Rabe, DavidRabe, Davidrāb [key], 1940–, American playwright, b. Dubuque, Iowa; grad. Loras College (B.A., 1962), Villanova Univ. (M.A., 1968). Rabe served in Vietnam (1965–67) and his…Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles, marquise de
(Encyclopedia) Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles, marquise dePompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles, marquise depŏmˈpədôr, Fr. zhän äNtwänĕtˈ pwäsôNˈ lə…Trending
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