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1 day ago · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
1 hour ago · The voyages Tunisians made outside their country, the circulation of written works across national boundaries starting in the middle of the 18th century and, later, the distribution of the published press contributed to the spread of information relating to women’s movements in the West and in the Arab world. 1 The suffragette demonstrations in Great Britain, Kasem Amin’s writings in Egypt on the woman’s question, and the actions by the Egyptian feminist Hoda Shaarawi (1879–1947) all ...
1 day ago · A stock character, popular in 16th-century Spanish literature, who is comically and shockingly vulgar. Clarín, the clown in Pedro Calderón de la Barca 's Life is a dream, is a gracioso. Examples of similar characters in Anglophone culture include Bubbles, Wheeler Walker, Jr. and the stand-up persona of Bob Saget.
1 day ago · Clockwise from top left: U.S. troops in Manila, Gregorio del Pilar and his troops around 1898, Americans guarding the Pasig River bridge in 1898, the Battle of Santa Cruz, Filipino soldiers at Malolos, the Battle of Quingua. Date. Philippine–American War: February 4, 1899 – July 4, 1902. (3 years, 2 months, 1 week and 5 days) [i] Moro ...
1 day ago · Shigeru Yoshida served as prime minister in 1946–1947 and 1948–1954, and played a key role in guiding Japan through the occupation. His policies, known as the Yoshida Doctrine , proposed that Japan should forge a tight relationship with the United States and focus on developing the economy rather than pursuing a proactive foreign policy. [259]
1 day ago · Samm-Art Williams, 78, actor (The Wanderers, Dressed to Kill), playwright and television producer (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) (b. 1946) May 14 Don Perlin, 94, comic book artist (Werewolf by Night, Moon Knight) (b. 1929) Tony Windis, 91, basketball player (Detroit Pistons) (b. 1933) May 15
