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Brewer's: Bloody Week
(The). The week ending on Sunday, May 28th, 1871, when Paris was burning, being set on fire by the Communists in hundreds of places. The destruction was frightful, but Nôtre Dame, the…Brewer's: Bloomerism
A female costume; so called from Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, of New York, who tried in 1849 to introduce the fashion. The dress consisted of a short skirt and loose trousers gathered closely…1998-99 Boxing Featherweights <span class="rm" >(126 lbs)</span>
Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Oct. 31 Naseem Hamed Wayne McCullough Wu 12 WBO Atlantic City Nov. 28 Luisito Espinosa Kennedy McKinney TKO 2 WBC…NBA Additional Awards, 1999-2000
Defensive Player of the Year— Alonzo Mourning, Miami; Most Improved Player—Jalen Rose, Indiana; Sixth Man Award— Rodney Rogers, Phoenix; Kennedy PBWAA Citizenship Award— Vlade Divac, Sacramento; NBA…Backstreet Boys Biography
Backstreet Boysrock group Close friends and family make for close harmonies in this a cappella group named for an Orlando, Florida fleamarket. Their album, Backstreet Boys (1996) made a splash…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 1, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 31, 1805June 2, 1805June 1, 1805 Saturday June 1st 1805 The moring was cloudy and a few drops of rain. Set out at an early hour and…Rushdie, Sir Salman
(Encyclopedia) Rushdie, Sir SalmanRushdie, Sir Salmansälmänˈ r&oomacr;shˈdē [key], 1947–, British novelist, b. Bombay (now Mumbai, India). He is known for the allusive richness of his language…Lowell, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Robert (Robert Traill Spence Lowell 4th), 1917–77, American poet and translator, widely considered the preeminent American poet of the mid-20th cent., b. Boston, grad. Kenyon…Ashbery, John
(Encyclopedia) Ashbery, John, 1927–2017, American poet, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1949), Columbia (M.A., 1951). Among the most acclaimed and influential American poets of his era, he…Mamet, David
(Encyclopedia) Mamet, DavidMamet, Davidmămĕtˈ [key], 1947–, American playwright and film director, b. Chicago. He taught drama (and produced some of his early plays) at Goddard College. His work,…Trending
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