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Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999...

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (/ˈveɪtʃəl ˈlɪnzi/; November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern singing poetry...

The Rastafari movement in the United States echoes the Rastafari religious movement, which began in Jamaica and Ethiopia during the 1930s. Marcus Garvey...

Celebrity culture is a high-volume exposure to celebrities' personal lives on a global scale. It is inherently tied to consumer interests where celebrities...

Russell "Russ" Williams (born 21 January 1962) is an English radio DJ primarily known for his long-running shows on Virgin Radio (from 1993), and 2008...

In United States politics, balancing the ticket is a practice where a political candidate chooses a running mate, usually from the same party, with the...

Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951) is a cultural anthropologist whose work bridges the areas of political and medical anthropology, and the history and theory...

Billy B. Van (born William Webster Van de Grift; August 3, 1870 – November 16, 1950) was a prominent American entertainer in the early decades of the 1900s...

Carl Walter Salser, Jr. (16 August 1921 – 11 April 2006) was an American author, businessperson and educator. Salser was born in Emporia, Kansas, but grew...

Seamus Martin (born 1942) is the retired international editor of The Irish Times and is the brother and only sibling of Diarmuid Martin the Roman Catholic...

Edward Leonard Wool Jr., the son of concert pianist Claudine Lucas Wool, is an American electric blues guitar virtuoso, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist...

Fortune is a 1980s rock band that had a number of minor hits in the early 1980s including "Airwaves" from The Last American Virgin movie soundtrack and...

Mitsugi Ohno (大野 貢, Ōno Mitsugi, June 28, 1926 – October 22, 1999) was a Japanese glassblower who worked at the University of Tokyo (1947–1960) and Kansas...

Mangal Raj Joshi (1920–2005) was the Royal Astrologer of Nepal, whose family worked for more than 20 generations for the Nepalese kings. Dr. Joshi holds...

Omoseye Bolaji (16 August 1964 – 22 May 2022) was a Nigerian writer who contributed to the growth of African literature in South Africa, especially in...

Merryweather was a late 1960s Canadian rock band that relocated to California in the autumn of 1968 and recorded for Capitol Records. The band was led...

Dee Robson (Dee Kelly) is a former costume designer for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Mrs. Robson was born in Liverpool, studied art at the...

Joe Strell is an American bass player and songwriter. He was a member of The Imports (1980–81) and ¡Ack-Ack! (1984–86). In 1986 he founded Dansbane Eländet...

Hassan Mohamed Hassan (1906–1990) (full name is Hassan Mohamed Hassan el-Feky, Arabic: حسن محمد حسن الفقى) was one of the pioneers of Egyptian modern art...

Gebchak Gonpa - also spelled Gecha Gon, Gechak, Gechag, and Gebchak Gompa - lies in the remote mountains of Nangchen, Eastern Tibet (Nangqian County, Qinghai...