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London, Jack

(Encyclopedia) London, Jack (John Griffith London), 1876–1916, American author, b. San Francisco. The illegitimate son of William Chaney, an astrologer, and Flora Wellman, a seamstress and medium, he…

Mitchell, Joni

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, Joni, 1943–, Canadian-American songwriter, singer, guitarist, poet, and painter, b. MacLeod (now Fort Macleod), Alta., as…

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

(Encyclopedia) Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933–2020, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993–2020), b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Joan Ruth Bader. A graduate (1954) of Cornell, she attended Harvard Law…

Brewer's: Burn

His money burns a hole in his pocket. He cannot keep it in his pocket, or forbear spending it. To burn one's boats. To cut oneself off from all means or hope of retreat. The allusion is…

Freestyle Skiing: 1997 World Championships

at Nagano, Japan (Feb. 4-9)MenCombined1Darcy Downs, CAN30.002Toben Sutherland, CAN27.603Oleg Kouleshov, BLR24.00Acro1Fabrice Becker, FRA26.902Ian Edmondson, USA26.403Heini Baumgartner, SWI25.…

Brewer's: Birds

Birds of a feather flock together. Persons associate with those of a similar taste and station as themselves. Qui se ressemble s'assemble. Cicero says, “Similes similibus gaudent, pures…

Architects

  Notable Architects   From Aalto to Wright     A-C | D-K | L-O | P-S | T-Y   Charles Bullfinch's Massachusetts State House (1795–1798)   Aalto, Alvar Abercrombie, Sir…