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  • 101Winter, William — (1836 1917)    Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, the influential critic was educated at Harvard University to become a lawyer, but gave it up when he was inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to become a writer. Winter wrote poetry and became… …

    The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • 102Lolita —    1) (1955) VLADIMIR NABOKOV was still a relatively unknown expatriate teaching Russian literature at Cornell University when he published Lolita in 1955. It was his eighth novel, and to this day it remains his most celebrated, if controversial …

    The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

  • 103age — Synonyms and related words: Bronze Age, Dark Ages, Depression Era, Golden Age, Ice Age, Iron Age, Jacksonian Age, Middle Ages, New Deal Era, Platonic year, Prohibition Era, Silver Age, Steel Age, Stone Age, abidingness, aboriginality, aeon, ages …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 104Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …

    English dictionary for students

  • 105BEN-YEHUDA, ELIEZER — (1858–1922), Hebrew writer and lexicographer, generally considered the father of modern Hebrew, and one of the first active Zionist leaders. Born Eliezer Yiẓḥak Perelman in Luzhky, Lithuania, he officially adopted the pseudonym Ben Yehuda, which… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 106SYRIA — SYRIA, state in southwest Asia. Although constantly subject to changes, the country s boundaries were primarily: Ereẓ Israel to the south, Asia Minor (Turkey) to the north, Mesopotamia to the east, and the Mediterranean to the west. Biblical and… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 107History of Chile — This article is part of a series Early History …

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  • 108Opera — This article is about the art form. For the browser, see Opera (web browser). For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). The Palais Garnier of the Paris Opéra, one of the world s most famous opera houses. Opera is an art form in which singers… …

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  • 109The Importance of Being Earnest — For other uses, see The Importance of Being Earnest (disambiguation). The Importance of Being Earnest The original production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895 with Allan Aynesworth as Algernon (left) and George Alexander as Jack (right) …

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  • 110Transverse myelitis — Classification and external resources An MRI showing lesion of Transverse myelitis (the lesion is the lighter, oval shape at center right), this MRI was taken 3 months after patient recovered ICD 10 …

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