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Oliver Stone Biography
Oliver Stonedirector, writerBorn: 9/15/1946Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning director and writer known for his controversial historical films. His films include Born on the Fourth of…Sharon Stone Biography
Sharon Stoneactress; modelBorn: 3/10/1958Birthplace: Meadville, Pennsylvania After working as a Ford model in the 1970s, Stone's movie career began with a nonspeaking part in Stardust Memories (1980…Timeline: The Rolling Stones
Here are some key moments in the history and evolution of the Rolling Stones. 1940 1950 1962 1970 1975 1980 1990 2000 2011 1936 Oct. 24…Skara Brae
(Encyclopedia) Skara BraeSkara Braeskârˈə brā [key], Stone Age village, on Mainland in the Orkney Islands, N Scotland. Dating from c.3200 to 2200 b.c., the village was preserved under a sand dune…flint, mineral
(Encyclopedia) flint, variety of quartz that commonly occurs in rounded nodules and whose crystal structure is not visible to the naked eye. Flint is dark gray, smoky brown, or black in color; pale…whetstone
(Encyclopedia) whetstone, natural or manufactured stone used as an abrasive solid to sharpen tools. It is used dry, with water, or with oil. Such a stone of the finer grade used with oil is usually…Blackwell, Alice Stone
(Encyclopedia) Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857–1950, American feminist, b. East Orange, N.J., grad. Boston Univ., 1881; daughter of Henry Brown Blackwell and Lucy Stone. She was an editor (1881–1917) of…Notable Female Reformers and Activists
Abbott - Crandell | Davies - King | La Flesche - Sanger | Seton - Wright Mary Church Terrell Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes…megalithic monument
(Encyclopedia) megalithic monumentmegalithic monumentmĕgəlĭthˈĭk [key] [Gr.,=large stone], in archaeology, a construction involving one or several roughly hewn stone slabs of great size; it is…The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 151 ft 1 in. (46.05 m) in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island1 in New…Trending
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