(Encyclopedia) Austrian Succession, War of the, 1740–48, general European war.
In 1744 Frederick II, fearing the rising power of Austria, started the Second Silesian War by invading Bohemia; he…
(Encyclopedia) tap dance, theatrical dance form in which the dancer, wearing shoes with metal heel and toe taps, beats out complex, syncopated rhythms on the floor.
After a slump in popularity in…
1Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche tell the Los Angeles Times they're so fed up with Hollywood giving them the cold shoulder since they disclosed their relationship that they're leaving town and…
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Genii (Roman mythology) were attendant spirits. Everyone had two of these tutelaries from his cradle to his grave. But the Roman genii differ in many respects from the Eastern. The Persian…
