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(Encyclopedia) Volterra, town (1991 pop. 12,879), Tuscany, central Italy. A powerful Etruscan town, it later (12th–13th cent.) was a free commune and passed to Florence in the 14th cent. Of note are…lock, canal
(Encyclopedia) lock, canal, stretch of water enclosed by gates, one at each end, built into a canal or river for the purpose of raising or lowering a vessel from one water level to another. A lock…Stone, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Robert, 1937–2015, American novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. During his early years he was in the Navy, and later he joined Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in their drug-enhanced…Redford, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Redford, Robert, 1937–, American actor and director, b. Santa Monica, Calif., as Charles Robert Redford, Jr. One of Hollywood's superstars, he began his acting career in 1959, scoring…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Country Lass
by Robert Burns The Deil's Awa Wi' The ExcisemanBessy And Her Spinnin' WheelThe Country Lass In simmer, when the hay was mawn, And corn wav'd green in ilka field, While…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Braw Wooer
by Robert Burns Fragment,-Why, Why Tell The LoverThis Is No My Ain LassieThe Braw Wooer Tune-"The Lothian Lassie." Last May, a braw wooer cam doun the lang glen, And sair wi'…Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir
(Encyclopedia) Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben MeirIbn Ezra, Abraham ben Meirmâr [key], c.1089–1164, Jewish grammarian, commentator, poet, philosopher, and astronomer, b. Tudela, Spain. He traveled widely and…Taylor, Robert Love
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Robert Love, 1850–1912, U.S. politician, governor of Tennessee (1887–91, 1897–99), b. Carter co., Tenn. A lawyer, he was a Democrat in Congress (1879–81) and in 1886 defeated…Gwathmey, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Gwathmey, RobertGwathmey, Robertgwăthˈmē [key], 1903–88, American painter, b. Richmond, Va. Gwathmey taught at Cooper Union from 1942 to 1968. Among the first white artists to portray…G - I
Franz Xaver GabelsbergerJames GadsdenLyman Judson GageJames GalanosJohn Kenneth GalbraithFerdinando GalianiAlbert GallatinGeorge Horace GallupIsabella Stewart GardnerThomas Andrew GareyRobert…Trending
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