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12 hours ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale ...
12 hours ago · A little more than a month later, New York governor W. Averell Harriman signed a $600 million spending bill authorizing the construction of the Narrows Bridge; the construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge between Queens and the Bronx; and the addition of a second level to the George Washington Bridge between Manhattan and New Jersey. [54]
12 hours ago · epitaph) Signature. William Shakespeare (c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4][5][6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
12 hours ago · Authors, journalists and publishers. Shalom Auslander (born 1970), author of Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir (2007) [22] Peter Balakian (born 1951), poet, writer and academic [23] Cathy Bao Bean (born 1942), author [24] Jim Bishop (1907–1987), journalist and author of the bestselling book The Day Lincoln Was Shot[25]
12 hours ago · Present-day Slovenia has been inhabited since prehistoric times. There is evidence of human habitation from around 250,000 years ago. [31] A pierced cave bear bone, dating from 43100 ± 700 BP, found in 1995 in Divje Babe cave near Cerkno, is considered a kind of flute, and possibly the oldest musical instrument discovered in the world. [32]
12 hours ago · Roger Jason Stone [a] (born Roger Joseph Stone Jr.; August 27, 1952) is an American libertarian conservative political consultant and lobbyist. [3] He is most remembered for the Robert Mueller special counsel investigation, and his involvement with [4] and connections to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as a political consultant for the campaign of 45th U.S ...
12 hours ago · The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel.The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair, and follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests.
