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The Thousand and One Nights summary
The Thousand and One Nights, or The Arabian Nights Arabic Alf...
kangaroo summary
kangaroo, Most specifically, any of six large Australasian marsupials...
Michael Curtiz summary
Michael Curtiz, birth name Mano Kaminer also called Mihály Kertész...
John Ford summary
John Ford, orig.
Ismail Kadare summary
Ismail Kadare, (born Jan. 28, 1936, Gjirokastër, Alb.—died July...
Óscar Arias Sánchez summary
Óscar Arias Sánchez, (born Sept. 13, 1940, Heredia, C.Rica),...
Peter O’Toole summary
Peter O’Toole, (born Aug. 2, 1932, Leeds, Eng.—died Dec. 14,...
Hank Williams summary
Hank Williams, orig. Hiram King Williams , (born Sept. 17,...
Eubie Blake summary
Eubie Blake, orig.
Jair Bolsonaro summary
Jair Bolsonaro, in full Jair Messias Bolsonaro , (born March...
Cardinal Richelieu summary
Cardinal Richelieu, in full Armand-Jean du Plessis, cardinal...
Black Codes summary
Black Codes, Laws, enacted in the former Confederate states...
electoral college summary
electoral college, Constitutionally mandated process for electing...
Jack Lemmon summary
Jack Lemmon, orig.
Mary Pickford summary
Mary Pickford, orig.
Dmitri Mendeleev summary
Dmitri Mendeleev, Mendeleyev also spelled Dmitry Mendeleyev ,...
publishing summary
publishing, Traditionally, the selection, preparation, and distribution...
Grigori Rasputin summary
Grigori Rasputin, orig.
Andre Agassi summary
Andre Agassi, (born April 29, 1970, Las Vegas, Nev., U.S.),...
Accra summary
Accra, Capital and largest city (pop., 2010: 2,070,463) of Ghana,...
affirmative action summary
affirmative action, In the U.S., an effort to improve the employment...
Barbie summary
Barbie, in full Barbara Millicent Roberts , A plastic doll,...
Catherine de’ Medici summary
Catherine de’ Medici, orig.
Chuck Close summary
Chuck Close, (born July 5, 1940, Monroe, Wash., U.S.—died August...