Profiles
Here is an excerpt from an article by Maureen Dowd for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. * * * Netflix started with sending DVDs…
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According to his Wikibio, Theodor Seuss (“Ted”) Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American children’s author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from Editors’ profile of Frederick Douglass. To learn more about him and others, please click here. * * * Frederick Douglass, original name Frederick Augustus…
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Henson, Jim: Kermit the FrogThe original Kermit the Frog (centre) puppet was among the Jim Henson creations donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 2010.Mark Wilson—Getty Images/Thinkstock The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from the Editors’ profile of Al Pacino. To learn more about him and others, please click here. * * * Al Pacino, in full Alfredo…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from Albert van Helden’s profile of Galileo Galilei. To learn more about him and others, please click here. * * * Galileo, in full Galileo…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from Albert van Selden’s profile of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Those who have seen Mel Brooks’s film Young Frankenstein should recognize the name and already…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies, many of those about whom I previously knew little, if anything. Here is an excerpt from Marilyn McCully’s profile of Pablo Picasso. To learn more about her/him and other…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from Adam Augustyn’s profile of Bill Belichick. To learn more about him and others, please click here. * * * Bill Belichick, by name of…
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from Editors’ profile of Katherine Johnson. To learn more about her, please click here. Note: She is the primary subject of a film, Hidden Figures…
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