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Blarney

(Encyclopedia) Blarney, village, Co. Cork, SE Republic of Ireland. Those who kiss the Blarney Stone, placed in an almost inaccessible position near the top of the thick stone wall of the 15th-century…

Stone, Harlan Fiske

(Encyclopedia) Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872–1946, American jurist, 12th chief justice of the United States (1941–46), b. Chesterfield, N.H. A graduate (1898) of Columbia Univ. law school, he was…

2011 MTV Movie Awards

The annual MTV Movie Awards were presented June 5, 2011. Best Movie The Twilight Saga: Eclipse…

Paleolithic period

(Encyclopedia) Paleolithic periodPaleolithic periodpāˌlēəlĭthˈĭk, –lēō–, pălˌ– [key] or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is…

bluestone

(Encyclopedia) bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue…

Kaaba

(Encyclopedia) Kaaba or CaabaCaababoth: käˈbə or käˈəbə [key] [Arab.,=cube], the central, cubic, stone structure, covered by a black cloth, within the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The sacred…

Peter Stone 2003 Deaths

Peter StoneAge: 73 playwright and screenwriter who was the first scribe to win an Oscar, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. His credits include Broadway's 1776 and the films Father Goose and…

Clement Stone 2002 Deaths

Clement StoneAge: 100 entrepreneur who took $100 in savings and built a multi-billion-dollar insurance empire, now called Aon Corp. He attributed much of his success to positive thinking. He…

Irving Stone 2000 Deaths

Irving StoneAge: 90 greeting-card company executive who transformed the family business, Sapirstein Greeting Card Co., which distributed cards, into American Greetings, the country's second-…