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31Carlin, George — ▪ 2009 George Denis Patrick Carlin American comedian born May 12, 1937, New York, N.Y died June 22, 2008, Santa Monica, Calif. began working in the late 1950s as a wise cracking radio disc jockey and low key stand up comedian known for… …
32Ginsberg, Allen — ▪ 1998 American poet (b. June 3, 1926, Newark, N.J. d. April 5, 1997, New York, N.Y.), was the poet laureate of the cultural movement in the 1950s whose members were known as the Beat Generation, disaffected antiestablishment writers whose… …
33Kabuki Goes West — ▪ 2006 by Shōzo Satō Traditional Japanese popular theatre kabuki and nō is making inroads in the West. In 2005 Kabuki Lady Macbeth, a version of Shakespeare s Macbeth, had its world premiere at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. In that same city… …
34Kesey, Ken Elton — ▪ 2002 American writer (b. Sept. 17, 1935, La Junta, Colo. d. Nov. 10, 2001, Eugene, Ore.), became an icon of the counterculture with both his first book, One Flew over the Cuckoo s Nest (1962), and his hippie lifestyle as he and a group of …
35Mesic, Stipe — ▪ 2001 The election of Stipe Mesic as president of the Republic of Croatia on Feb. 7, 2000, was a turning point for the country, which had been run on a very tight rein by Pres. Franjo Tudjman since independence in 1991. Mesic s political… …
36Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
37Westwood, Vivienne — ▪ 2005 On April 1, 2004, a retrospective devoted to the creations of Vivienne Westwood opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. “Vivienne Westwood: 34 Years in Fashion” was the largest exhibition the museum had ever dedicated to… …
38English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
39globalization, cultural — ▪ anthropology Introduction a phenomenon by which the experience of everyday life, as influenced by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, reflects a standardization of cultural expressions around the world. Propelled by the efficiency or… …
40Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
