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The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto VII

Purgatorio 40 - Purgatorio: Canto VI Purgatorio: Canto VIII - 42 Purgatorio: Canto VII After the gracious and glad salutations Had three and four times been reiterated, Sordello…

calendar

(Encyclopedia) calendar [Lat., from Kalends], system of reckoning time for the practical purpose of recording past events and calculating dates for future plans. The calendar is based on noting…

1940 Academy Awards

The 1940 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 27, 1941 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionAll This, and Heaven Too (Warner Bros.)Foreign Correspondent (Walter Wanger;…

Timeline: Olympics, 1950s -1980s

From ancient Greece to the present day Previous | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | Next   Winter 1952 Oslo Winter Games The Olympic torch is lit in the fireplace of skiing pioneer Sondre…

Campaign 2008: Primary and Caucus Results

Candidates Hillary ClintonBarack ObamaJohn EdwardsBill RichardsonChristopher DoddJoseph BidenDennis KucinichRudolph GiulianiFred ThompsonJohn McCainMitt RomneyMike HuckabeeRon…

Notable Summer Olympians, A-Z

Abebe Bikila Related Links All-Time Leading Medal Winners Quiz: Memorable Ceremonies Olympics Timeline Summer Olympics Through The Years A-D | E-J | K-P | R-Z Agassi, Andre, Tennis Ali,…

Cortés, Hernán

(Encyclopedia) Cortés, Hernán, or Hernando CortezCortés, Hernán,kôrtĕzˈ, Span. ārnänˈ, ārnänˈdō kōrtāsˈ [key], 1485–1547, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Mexico. In Cortés's absence his enemies…

sacrifice

(Encyclopedia) sacrifice [Lat. sacrificare=to make holy], a type of religious offering, or gift to a superior or supreme being, in which the offering is consecrated through its destruction. The…

April 2005

WorldRuling Party Takes Elections in Zimbabwe (April 1): President Robert Mugabe's party, Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), dominates parliamentary elections, taking…