Krill had completed a substantial portion of the material for this second volume, the publication of a second volume would unlikely have resulted without major additional efforts from two of his colleagues Drs. Desmond Archer, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and August Deutman, Nijmegen, the Netherlands...
“Fortnight” could win Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and/or Best Music Video. Swift’s final nod is in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category for her featured part on Gracie Abrams’ song “us.” The singer was first nominated in 2008 for Best New Artist. Although Amy ...
Adkins was raised by a young single mother in various working-class neighbourhoods of London. As a child, she enjoyedsingingcontemporarypop musicand learned to play the guitar and the clarinet. However, it was not until her early teens, when she discovered rhythm-and-blues singerEtta Jamesand...
France) was a Polish French composer and pianist of theRomanticperiod, best known for his solo pieces for piano and his piano concerti. Although he wrote little but piano works, many of them brief, Chopin ranks as one ofmusic’sgreatest tone poets by reason of his superfine imagination and...
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38th president of the United States Also known as: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., Leslie Lynch King, Jr. Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience ...
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of the Earth),De la terre à la lune(1865;From the Earth to the Moon),Autour de la lune(1870;Around the Moon),Vingt mille lieues sous les mers(1870;Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), andLe Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours(1873;Around the World in Eighty Days). During ...
Mary Oliver was an American poet whose work reflects a deep communion with the natural world as well as a belief that poetry “mustn’t be fancy.” Oliver, who had a devoted following, was known for her use of plain language and accessible imagery. In 19
Near-hysteria was generated by Sinatra’s appearances at New York’s Paramount theatre in January 1943, and such throngs of screaming, young female fans—known as “bobby-soxers”—had not been seen since the days of Rudolph Valentino. The singer was soon dubbed “Frankieboy,”“The Sultan...