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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Rejected Services
An Inflated Ambition The Power of the Scalawag Rejected Services A HEAVY Operator overtaken by a Reverse of Fortune was bewailing his sudden fall from affluence to indigence. "Do…Exports and Imports of Goods and Services, 1984–2014
Find United States export and import data for various goods and services below. Billions of chained 2000 dollarsAverage annual rate of change 1984 1994 2004 2014 1984–94 1994–…Shriver, Robert Sargent
(Encyclopedia) Shriver, Robert Sargent, 1915–2011, U.S. public official, b. Westminster, Md., husband of Eunice Shriver. A lawyer, he served in World War II and was (1945–46) an assistant editor of…Baldwin, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, Robert, 1804–58, Canadian statesman, leader of the movement for representative government in Canada, b. York (now Toronto), Ont. His father, William Warren Baldwin (1775–1844…Frost, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Frost, Robert, 1874–1963, American poet, b. San Francisco. Perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets, Frost wrote of the character, people, and landscape of…Fredericksburg, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Fredericksburg, battle of, in the Civil War, fought Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. In Nov., 1862, the Union general Ambrose Burnside moved his three “grand divisions” under W. B…Houdini, Harry
(Encyclopedia) Houdini, HarryHoudini, Harryh&oomacr;dēˈnē [key], 1874–1926, American magician and writer, b. Budapest, Hungary, as Erik Weisz, later modified to Ehrich Weiss; his stage name…Peary, Robert Edwin
(Encyclopedia) Peary, Robert EdwinPeary, Robert Edwinpērˈē [key], 1856–1920, American arctic explorer, b. Cresson, Pa. In 1881 he entered the U.S. navy as a civil engineer and for several years…Robert Saudek 1997 Deaths
Robert SaudekAge: 85television executive Saudek, an innovator in television programming, exposed the masses to his eclectic interests in the arts with his acclaimed television series Omnibus…Robert Altman 2006 Deaths
Robert AltmanAge: 81 influential director with an improvisational style who attacked authorities and conventions in—and during the production of—his films. He was best known for his 1970s…Trending
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