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Clancy, Tom
(Encyclopedia) Clancy, Tom (Thomas Leo Clancy, Jr.), 1947–2013, American popular novelist, b. Baltimore, grad. Loyola Univ. Maryland (B.A., 1969). While working as an insurance agent he wrote The…Price, Vincent Leonard, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Price, Vincent Leonard, Jr., 1911-93, American film actor, b. St. Louis, Mo., Yale Univ. (B.A., 1933). Price studied English and art…Top 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesFrom cheering on the underdog boxer Rocky Balboa to being terrorized by Dr. Hannibal Lecter, heroes and villains have always been a part of the movie experience. Most…Jain Festival Dates, 2015–2030
Top of Page Source: iStockFor thousands around the world, Jainism is an important part of their spiritual life. As one of the most ancient religions in India (including Hindu) and founded by…Hindu Festival Dates 2015-2030
Top of Page Source: iStockIndian holidays are observed by people in India and all over the world, and because the Hindu calendar is lunisolar— based on yearly lunar and solar lengths— not every…Sikh Festival Dates, 2015-2030
Top of Page Source: iStockThe Sikh religion and movement have been around since the late 1400s, when it was created by the first Sikh Guru Nanak in the Punjabi region of India. Sikh holidays…Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology
(Encyclopedia) Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology, god of water. He was presumably an indigenous god of fertility, but in later times he was identified with the Greek Poseidon, god of the sea.…Asahikawa
(Encyclopedia) Asahikawa Asahikawa äsähēˈkäwä [key], city, W central Hokkaido, Japan, on the Ishikari River. Asahikawa is the commercial, industrial, and rail center of a…Dorking
(Encyclopedia) Dorking, town, Surrey, SE England. It is a market town and residential suburb of London. Leith Hill, the highest point in SE England (…Banning
(Encyclopedia) Banning, resort city (2020 pop. 31,193), Riverside co., S Calif., in a fruit-growing area between Mt. San Jacinto and Mt. San Gorgonio;…Trending
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