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1 day ago · Rudyard Kipling. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ ˈrʌdjərd / RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) [1] was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include the Jungle Book duology (The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book ...
1 day ago · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [n 1] (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy-KOF-skee; [2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) [n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally.
1 day ago · Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global, peer-led mutual-aid fellowship dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program. [1] AA’s Twelve Traditions, besides stressing anonymity and the lack of a governing hierarchy, establish AA as free to all, non-promotional, non-professional ...
3 hours ago · Mason junior Pratyusha Chaudhuri and sophomore Emma Wagner will vie to repeat as state champions. They rolled through the district tournament to win the title, dropping 10 games in four matches ...
1 day ago · 616.222–1.000.000. Der Bürgerkrieg war der erste Krieg, in dem die Eisenbahn eine entscheidende Rolle spielte. Der Sezessionskrieg war einer der ersten Kriege, die auch fotografisch dokumentiert wurden. Hier: Gefallene der Schlacht am Antietam, Foto von Alexander Gardner, 1862. Der Sezessionskrieg oder Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg[2] war der ...
1 day ago · Edward Elgar, c. 1900. Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM , GCVO (/ ˈɛlɡɑːr / ⓘ; [ 1 ] 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the ...
1 day ago · ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been effectively ruled out from running for Oxford University’s chancellor after the prestigious institution released a list of 38 candidates on Wednesday who will contest the election for the post, with his name not making the cut. Khan, who served as Pakistan’s prime minister from 2018-2022, applied to be Oxford University’s ...
