(Encyclopedia) Lang Lang, 1982–, Chinese virtuoso pianist. A child prodigy, he studied at the Central Music Conservatory, Beijing, and the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Noted for the romantic,…
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THE FAIRY:
'The Present and the Past thou hast beheld:
It was a desolate sight. Now, Spirit, learn
The secrets of the Future.—Time!
Unfold the brooding pinion of…
(Encyclopedia) Thirteen Colonies, the, term used for the colonies of British North America that joined together in the American Revolution against the mother country, adopted the Declaration of…
To Elizabeth Ward PerkinsDear Bessie, would my tired rhyme
Had force to rise from apathy,
And shaking off its lethargy
Ring word-tones like a Christmas chime.But in my soul's high belfry,…
(Encyclopedia) Maachah or MaacahMaacahboth: māˈəkə [key], in the Bible. 1 Absalom's mother. 2 See Maoch. 3 Idolatrous wife of Rehoboam. She was Absalom's daughter and mother of Abijah. 4 Caleb's…
ANDREWS Elizabeth Bullock , a Representative from Alabama; born Leslie Elizabeth Bullock in
Geneva, Ala., February 12, 1911; attended Geneva public schools; B.S.,
Montevallo College, Montevallo,…
GASQUE Elizabeth Hawley , a Representative from South Carolina; born Elizabeth Mills Hawley on
February 26, 1886, near Blythewood, on Rice Creek Plantation, Richland County,
S.C.; attended South…
KEE Maude Elizabeth , a Representative from West Virginia; born Maude Elizabeth Simpkins,
in Radford, Montgomery County, Va., June 7, 1895; attended public and private
schools of Montgomery County…
(Encyclopedia) Pius V, Saint, 1504–72, pope (1566–72), an Italian named Michele Ghislieri, b. near Alessandria; successor of Pius IV. He was ordained in the Dominicans (1528) and became celebrated…
(Encyclopedia) Burnet, William, 1730–91, political leader in the American Revolution, b. near the present Elizabeth, N.J.; father of David G. Burnet. A physician practicing in Newark, Burnet was…
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