(Encyclopedia) Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Oak Park, Ill. one of the great American writers of the 20th cent.
Hemingway's fiction usually focuses on…
(Encyclopedia) pompanopompanopŏmˈpənō [key], common name for fishes of the genus Trachinotus, members of a large and important family (Carangidae) of mackerellike fishes, abundant in warm seas around…
Ulysses S. Grant (December 5, 1876) To the Senate and House of Representatives: In submitting my eighth and last annual message to Congress it seems proper that I should refer to and in some degree…
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Havana, Cuba
The capital and Cuba's largest city, Havana boasts more than 2.5 million inhabitants. Havana is also one of the America's oldest cities, founded in…
Theodore Roosevelt (December 3, 1906) To the Senate and House of Representatives: As a nation we still continue to enjoy a literally unprecedented prosperity; and it is probable that only reckless…
Cuba, officially known as the Republic of Cuba, is the largest island in the Caribbean, located where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Covering about 42,400 square miles,…
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(Encyclopedia) lion, large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera leo, found in open country in Africa, with a few surviving in India. Lions have short-haired coats of tawny brown, with the tail…
(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…
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