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  • 1Ben Hecht — Infobox Actor name = Ben Hecht caption = Ben Hecht, 1948 birthdate = birth date|1894|2|28 birthplace = New York City, New York deathdate = death date and age|1964|4|18|1894|2|28 deathplace = New York City, New York spouse = Mary Armstrong (1916… …

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  • 2List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 3Al Jolson — Background information …

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  • 4List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 5Dharma Bums, The — by Jack Kerouac (1958)    Ann Charters says that the autumn of 1955, which jack kerouac spent in Berkeley, California, was probably “the three happiest months of his life.” This is the time period and the setting for Kerouac’s follow up novel to… …

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  • 6History of Tibet — For a chronology of Tibetan history see Timeline of Tibetan history. Tibetan warrior in chainmail reinforced by mirror plate Tibetan history, as it has been recorded, is particularly focused on the history of Buddhism in Tibet. This is partly due …

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  • 7India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 8Desolation Angels — by Jack Kerouac (1965)    Ellis Amburn, Jack Kerouac’s last editor, called Desolation Angels Kerouac’s “lost masterpiece, the final flowering of his great creative period in the fifties: the true voice of Kerouac.” Dan Wakefield, writing for The… …

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  • 9performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 10Kuk Sool Won — Infobox martial art logo = logocaption = logosize = imagecaption = imagesize = name = Kuk Sool Won aka = Kuk Sool focus = Hybrid hardness = country = creator = In Hyuk Suh parenthood = Korean martial arts famous pract = ancestor arts = descendant …

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