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The True George Washington: Family Relations: Brothers
BrothersAs already noted, much of Washington's early life was passed at the homes of his elder (half-) brothers, Lawrence and Augustine, who lived respectively at Mount Vernon and Wakefield.…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Mourning Brothers
176 178 The Mourning Brothers OBSERVING that he was about to die, an Old Man called his two Sons to his bedside and expounded the situation. "My children," said he, "you have not shown me many…The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole
Dig Your Own HoleAstralwerks Talk about bombing the bass. England's ultra-hot DJs/remix masters The Chemical Brothers launch a sensory assault that sounds like late-stage Armageddon on this…Guatemala Signs Several Trade Agreements
Director:Abel FerraraWriter:Nicholas St. JohnDirector of Photography:Ken KelschEditors:Bill Pankow and Mayin LoMusic:Joe DeliaProduction Designer:Charles LagolaProducer:Mary KaneOctober Films…Monroe, Bill
(Encyclopedia) Monroe, Bill (William Smith Monroe), 1911–96, country singer, musician, and songwriter, often called the “father of bluegrass,” b.…Bluebeard
(Encyclopedia) Bluebeard, nickname of the chevalier Raoul in a story by Charles Perrault. In the story Bluebeard's seventh wife, Fatima, yielding to curiosity, opens a locked door and discovers the…Stone, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Richard (Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone), 1913–91, British economist, grad. Cambridge, 1935. After working for the British government during World War II, he became (1945) the…Shaw, Run Run
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Run Run, 1907–2014, Chinese film mogul, best known of the six Shaw brothers who founded an Asian movie empire. In Shanghai, he and his elder brother Runme Shaw made their first…Moore, Clement Clarke
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779–1863, American educator and poet, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1798. A biblical scholar, he was professor of Asian and Greek literature at the…Nyköping
(Encyclopedia) NyköpingNyköpingnüˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 26,380), capital of Södermanland co., SE Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center, producing flour…Trending
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