(Encyclopedia) Bulgarian literature. For early ecclesiastical writings, see Church Slavonic. Modern Bulgarian literature stems from the work of Father Paisi, who in 1762 began his history of the Slav…
Director: John FordCast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Victor McLaglen Ford digresses from his dusty trademark Westerns with this spirited love story set in lush Ireland. And what a…
Director: W.S. Van DykeCast: William Powell, Myrna Loy and Maureen O'Sullivan Powell and Loy define screen chemistry in the best example of romantic comedy/mystery. This is the first entry in…
Homer is so called by Byron in his Bride of Abydos. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blind MagistrateBlind Hedge A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
or rather Zeus (1 syl.) A statue by Phidias, and reckoned one of the “Seven Wonders of the World.” Pausanias (vii. 2) says when the sculptor placed it in the temple at Elis, he prayed the…
George Westinghouse
Born: 1846
Birthplace: Central Bridge, N.Y.
Steam-power brake devices—Westinghouse invented a system of railroad brakes that would centralize control in the hands of the…
LAMB Alfred William , a Representative from Missouri;
born in Stamford, Delaware County, N.Y., March 18, 1824;
moved with his parents to Ralls County, Mo., in 1836;
attended Doctor Ely's school…
Alice WalkerauthorBorn: 2/9/1944Birthplace: Eatonton, Georgia Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose novels and stories portray the hardships endured by Black Southerners. Her work includes Meridian…
(Encyclopedia) New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition,…
