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Pasolini, Pier Paolo
(Encyclopedia) Pasolini, Pier PaoloPasolini, Pier Paolopyĕr päˈōlō päsōlēˈnē [key], 1922–75, Italian writer and film director. A former Roman Catholic and a Marxist, Pasolini brought to his work a…Bay of Pigs Invasion
(Encyclopedia) Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. On Apr. 17, 1961, an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in…Fort Wayne
(Encyclopedia) Fort Wayne, city (2020 pop. 263,886), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee…finance
(Encyclopedia) finance, theory and practice of conducting large public and private dealings in money. Important institutions of private finance include those that deal with insurance, banking, stocks…Comstock Lode
(Encyclopedia) Comstock Lode, richest known U.S. silver deposit, W Nevada, on Mt. Davidson in the Virginia Range. It is said to have been discovered in 1857 by Ethan Allen Grosh and Hosea Ballou…Biddle, Nicholas, American financier
(Encyclopedia) Biddle, Nicholas, 1786–1844, American financier, b. Philadelphia. After holding important posts in the American legations in France and England, he returned to the United States in…2002 Men's Olympic Cross Country Skiing Medalists
1.5–km Sprint Time 1 Tor Arne Hetland, NOR 2:56.9 2 Peter Schlickenrieder, GER 2:57.0 3 Cristian Zorzi, ITA 2:57.2 Best USA: No American skier qualified for the…Joseph Allen FREAR, Jr., Congress, DE (1903-1993)
Senate Years of Service: 1949-1961 Party: Democrat FREAR Joseph Allen, Jr. , a Senator from Delaware; born on a farm near Rising Sun, Kent County, Del., March 7, 1903; attended the public…ALLEN, Heman (of Colchester), Congress, VT (1779-1852)
ALLEN, Heman (of Colchester), a Representative from Vermont; born in Poultney, Vt., February 23, 1779; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1795;…ALLEN, Heman (of Milton), Congress, VT (1777-1844)
ALLEN, Heman (of Milton), a Representative from Vermont; born in Ashfield (now Deerfield), Mass., June 14, 1777; attended an academy in Chesterfield, N.H., for two years; moved to Grand Isle, Vt…Trending
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