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51levity — /lev i tee/, n., pl. levities. 1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness. 2. an instance or exhibition of this. 3. fickleness. 4. lightness in weight. [1555 65; < L levitas lightness, frivolity,… …
52performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
53Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria — born June 21, 1839, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. died Sept. 29, 1908, Rio de Janeiro Brazilian poet, novelist, and short story writer. Machado began to write in his spare time while working as a printer s apprentice. By 1869 he was a successful man of… …
54Satie, Erik — orig. Eric Alfred Leslie Satie born May 17, 1866, Honfleur, Calvados, France died July 1, 1925, Paris French composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire (1879–82) but dropped out. From 1888 he played piano at the café Le Chat Noir; he became… …
55Creeley, Robert — ▪ American poet in full Robert White Creeley born May 21, 1926, Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. died March 30, 2005, Odessa, Texas American poet and founder of the Black Mountain movement of the 1950s (see Black Mountain poets).… …
56Themba, Can — ▪ South African writer byname of Daniel Canadoise Dorsay Themba, also called Can Von Themba born 1924, Pretoria, Transvaal, S.Af. died 1969, Manzini, Swaziland South African journalist and short story writer associated with a brilliant… …
57Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin …
58Polish Literature — • Of the literature of Poland before the advent of Christianity (965) very few traces indeed are extant . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Polish Literature Polish Literature …
59Luther — Martin Luther † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. His father, Hans, was a… …
60Martin Luther — Martin Luther † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546. His father, Hans, was a… …
