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Royal Biographies: Princess Anne

Princess Anne by David Johnson Related Links Royal Family TreeQueen Elizabeth IIPeter PhillipsZara Phillips Once Highly unpopular for her autocratic ways, Princess Anne has earned widespread…

North America

(Encyclopedia) CE5 North America, third largest continent (2015 est. pop. 571,949,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North…

Entertainment Bios — P

Al PacinoGeraldine PageJimmy Page Elaine Hiesey PagelsNam June Paik Alan J. PakulaJack Palance Robert PalmerChazz Palminteri Gwyneth PaltrowIrene PapasBonnie ParkerCharlie “Bird” ParkerMary-Louise…

Nelson B. McCORMICK, Congress, KS (1847-1914)

McCORMICK Nelson B. , a Representative from Kansas; born near Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., November 20, 1847; attended the common schools; moved to Marion County, Iowa, in 1867, where he…

2002 Deaths: M - Q

John MabeeHarold (Mush) MarchPrincess MargaretStanley MarcusNed MartinHarvey MatusowLee MayeNobu McCarthyKathleen McGrathBill McCutcheonArthur MelinCésar MilsteinJoshua MinerPatsy MinkReggie…

The Iliad of Homer: Introduction

Summary Pope's Preface to the Iliad of Homer Introduction. Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is…

Highlands

(Encyclopedia) Highlands, mountain region in the northern extremity of Scotland. It consists roughly of the Scottish area north of the imaginary line from Dumbarton to Stonehaven excluding the…

Antitrust

Director:Peter HowittWriter:Howard FranklinMGM; PG-13; 120 minutesRelease:1/01Cast:Tim Robbins, Ryan Phillipe, Yee Jee Tso Microsoft's paranoid critics may enjoy Antitrust, for the film takes…

Renoir, Pierre Auguste

(Encyclopedia) Renoir, Pierre AugusteRenoir, Pierre Augustepyĕr ōgüstˈ [key]Renoir, Pierre Auguste rənwärˈ [key], 1841–1919, French impressionist painter and sculptor, b. Limoges. Renoir went to work…

Erasmus

(Encyclopedia) ErasmusErasmusĭrăzˈməs [key] or Desiderius ErasmusErasmusdĕsĭdērˈēəs [key] [Gr. Erasmus, his given name, and Lat., Desiderius=beloved; both are regarded as the equivalent of Dutch…