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Iconic Presidential Moments: Barack Obama
There are images that will stay with us forever. From FDR notifying the world that the U.S. had entered WWII, to Obama's trademark fist bump at the Democratic National Convention, these…1967 Grammy Awards
Record of the Year“Up, Up and Away,” 5th DimensionAlbum of the YearSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)Song of the Year“Up, Up and Away,” Jimmy L. Webb, songwriterBest…Ascot
(Encyclopedia) AscotAscotăsˈkət [key], town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains…Bristow, Benjamin Helm
(Encyclopedia) Bristow, Benjamin HelmBristow, Benjamin Helmbrĭsˈtō [key], 1832–96, American cabinet officer, b. Elkton, Ky. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1853. Bristow, a Union officer in…Venizelos, Evangelos
(Encyclopedia) Venizelos, EvangelosVenizelos, Evangelosĕvän-gĕlˈlōs [key]Venizelos, Evangelos vĕnēzēˈlōs [key], 1957–, Greek politician, b. Thessaloniki, Ph.D. Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, 1980.…Parsons, Lucy
(Encyclopedia) Parsons, Lucy, 1851–1942, American anarchist and labor activist. Although she claimed publicly to have been born of Mexican and Native American descent as Lucia Gonzalez, she was…incunabula
(Encyclopedia) incunabulaincunabulaĭnˌky&oobreve;năbˈy&oobreve;lə [key], plural of incunabulum [Late Lat.,=cradle (books); i.e., books of the cradle days of printing], books printed in the…dime novels
(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…decadents
(Encyclopedia) decadents, in literature, name loosely applied to those 19th-century, fin-de-siècle European authors who sought inspiration, both in their lives and in their writings, in aestheticism…Fort Worth
(Encyclopedia) Fort Worth, city (2020 pop. 918,915), seat of Tarrant co., N Tex., on the Trinity River 30 mi (48 km) W of Dallas; settled 1843, inc.…Trending
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