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Whitman was an American poet whose works celebrate the freedom and dignity of the individual and sing the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man. His Leaves of Grass, unconventional in both its content and technique, is one of the most influential volumes of poetry in the history of American literature. He also penned "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," which is considered one of the finest elegies in the English language and is a tribute to what US president?
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 35 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Axelrod was an influential American biochemist. In 1970, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler. He was also honored for his work on the release and reuptake of catecholamine neurotransmitters, a class of chemicals in the brain that relay, amplify, and modulate electrical signals between a neuron and another cell. Axelrod made major contributions to the understanding of the pineal gland and how it regulates what daily biological cycle?
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 36 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Kennedy served as US President from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was a decorated veteran of WWII and energized the US with his idealism, youth, and vigor. Once in office, Kennedy drafted an ambitious domestic program; however, his administration soon became enmeshed in a series of foreign crises. These included the Space Race, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Vietnam War. What technological medium is credited with helping Kennedy win the presidency?
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 37 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Thorpe was one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, and played basketball and Major League baseball. He lost his Olympic titles, however, when it was discovered that he had played minor league baseball prior to competing, thus violating the amateur status rules. His medals were later restored to him. Legend has it that Thorpe began his athletic career in what casual way?
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 38 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Carson was an American writer and marine biologist. Her Silent Spring, a provocative study of the dangers of certain insecticides, is generally acknowledged as the impetus for the modern environmental movement. In other well-known books on sea life, such as Under the Sea Wind, she combines keen scientific observation with rich poetic description. What did Carson's marital status lead former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson to conclude about her political leanings?
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Avatar Posted by lanerough 39 days ago (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
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Rising to prominence with the birth of modern jazz in the mid-1940s, when he was a sideman in Charlie Parker's bebop quintet, Davis became a dominant force in jazz trumpet. He was influential in the development of cool jazz, led many small groups through the 1950s and 60s, and produced a successful blend of jazz and rock music in the 1970s and 80s. His trumpet and flügelhorn styles were warmly lyrical and marked by a brilliant use of mutes. How old was Davis when he began to study music?
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Emerson, known as the "Sage of Concord," was a poet and essayist who established himself as a leading spokesman for transcendentalism. He dominated the American lecture circuit of the 1830s with his winter lecture tours, which included the notable essays "The Over-Soul" and "Self-Reliance." Plato, the sacred books of the East, Swedenborg, and Kant all contributed to the development of his ideas. Who built a cabin next to a pond on land owned by Emerson?
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Marat was a French Revolutionary leader, physician, and journalist. When the Revolution began, he founded the journal L'Ami du people (1789) in which he vented his hatred and suspicion of those in power. Elected to the National Convention in 1792, he led the attack against the Girondists. He was assassinated by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday as he soaked in a bath to relieve the discomfort of what debilitating skin condition?
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