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11American literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …
12Vulcan (Star Trek) — Vulcans Leonard Nimoy as Spock, a Human/Vulcan hybrid, demonstrating the Vulcan salute Home world Vulcan Official language(s) Vulcan Affil …
13Herbert W. Armstrong — Herbert Armstrong redirects here. For the poisoner, see Herbert Rowse Armstrong. Herbert W. Armstrong Born July 31, 1892(1892 07 31) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S …
14Morris Janowitz — Full name Morris Janowitz Born October 22, 1919(1919 10 22) Died November 7, 1988(1988 11 07) Main interests …
15military and militarism, sociological studies of — It is conventional wisdom that sociologists have tended to neglect military concerns. In fact this is a somewhat misleading claim, since not only have numerous studies taken the military as a substantive area of interest, but (more importantly)… …
16“Thou Shalt Not Kill: A Memorial for Dylan Thomas” — by Kenneth Rexroth (1955) “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” written in 1953–54, is a long, elegiac poem mourning the death of the charismatic Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1917–53), who drank himself to death during his last orgiastic poetry tour of the… …
17biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
18RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …
19Thanos — Infobox comics character imagesize = 270 converted = y caption = Cover of Thanos #4 (Mar. 2004). Art by Jim Starlin. character name = Thanos real name = publisher = Marvel Comics debut = Iron Man #55 (Feb. 1973) creators = Jim Starlin alter ego …
20India — /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.… …
