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1999 News Month-By-MonthWorldU.S. Expands Air Strikes on Iraq (Feb. 2): Pilots hit wide range of military targets under broadened rules for attacks over northern and southern no-fly zones.…Lexington
(Encyclopedia) Lexington. 1 City (1990 pop. 225,366), seat of Fayette co., N central Ky., in the heart of the bluegrass region; inc. 1832, made coextensive with Fayette co. 1974. The outstanding…Christmas
(Encyclopedia) Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks…Pulitzer Prizes in Music
(For years not listed, no award was made.)1943Secular Cantata No. 2, A Free Song, William Schuman1944Symphony No. 4 (Op. 34), Howard Hanson1945Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland1946The…June 2006
WorldUN Declaration Calls for More Action on AIDS (June 2): General Assembly urges countries to triple annual spending to $23 billion a year by 2010 for AIDS and HIV prevention, education,…pragmatism
(Encyclopedia) pragmatismpragmatismprăgˈmətĭzəm [key], method of philosophy in which the truth of a proposition is measured by its correspondence with experimental results and by its practical…Woolf, Virginia
(Encyclopedia) Woolf, Virginia, 1882–1941, English novelist and essayist, b. Adeline Virgina Stephen; daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen. A successful innovator in the form of the novel, she is…Clark, Bobby
comedian, actorBirthplace: Springfield, OhioBorn: 1888Died: 1960Clark, Dane
(Barney Zanville) actorBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 2/18/15Died: 9/11/98Clark, Roy
country music artistBirthplace: Meherrin, Va.Born: 4/15/33Trending
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