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Southtown Star, IL - 16 hours ago The Oak Forest High School courtyard garden recently received a facelift in memory of Mary Renzino, a retired teacher who passed away earlier this year of ... |
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In the 17th century, Port Royal was the capital of Jamaica and a popular place for pirates to bring and spend their treasure, earning the city a seedy reputation. On June 7, 1692, a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the city, causing two-thirds of it to sink into the Caribbean Sea. Between 1,000 and 3,000 people—more than half of the city's population—were killed in the disaster. What city assumed Port Royal's role as capital of Jamaica after the earthquake?
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During the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli aircraft and naval forces attacked a US intelligence ship in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Both the Israeli and American governments issued reports concluding that the attack was a tragic mistake, but these conclusions have been challenged from several fronts, and the matter remains controversial in the public debate. How many millions of dollars did Israel pay the US and the families of the victims in compensation?
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Wright was one of the world's most influential architects whose masterpieces include NY's Guggenheim Museum. His Chicago "Prairie Houses" complement their landscape with low horizontal lines and projecting eaves; they are also credited with being the first examples of the "open plan," which achieves a fluidity of interior space by eliminating walls between rooms. The most famous private residence he designed is called "Fallingwater," which incorporates what kind of geological formation?
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Brooks was an award-winning poet whose poems, written in a variety of forms, deal with the experience of being black and often of being female in America. Her 1949 book of poetry, Annie Allen, received a Pulitzer Prize, the first ever awarded to an African American. In 1994, she was named the National Endowment for the Humanities's Jefferson Lecturer, one of the highest honors in the American literary world. How old was Brooks when her first poem was published?
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