Georgie Tapps(Mortimer Ambrose Becker)tap dancerBorn: 11/6/1911Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A tap dancer and choreographer, Tapps performed in films of the 1930s and 1940s, including 52nd Street (…
Leonard Cohen
composer
Born: 9/21/1934
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Popular Canadian poet and songwriter whose first book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956). A graduate of…
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(Encyclopedia) George of PodebradGeorge of Podebradpôdˈyĕbrät [key], 1420–71, king of Bohemia (1458–71). A Bohemian nobleman, he became leader of the Utraquists, or the moderate Hussites, in the wars…
Joel Coenscreenwriter, directorBorn: 11/29/1954Birthplace: St. Louis Park, Minnesota With his brother Ethan he formed Academy Award-winning filmmaking team known for their stylish, quirky films that…
(Encyclopedia) Kondylis, GeorgeKondylis, Georgekônᵺēˈlĭs [key], 1879–1936, Greek general and statesman. He fought in the Balkan Wars and at Salonica in World War I. Entering politics in the turbulent…
At Mount VernonDuring the few years that Washington was at Mount Vernon subsequent to the Revolution, the same unbounded hospitality was dispensed as in earlier times, while a far greater…
During the RevolutionDuring the Revolution all of Washington's aides and his secretary lived with him at head-quarters, and constituted what he always called "my family." In addition, many…
Farming PracticesWhen Washington became a farmer, but one system of agriculture, so far as Virginia was concerned, existed, which he described long after as follows:"A piece of land is cut…
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