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61Latin profanity — is the profane, indecent, or impolite vocabulary of Latin, and its uses. The profane vocabulary of early Vulgar Latin was largely sexual and scatological: the abundance[1] of religious profanity found in some of the Romance languages is a… …
62Binnie Kirshenbaum — (born Yonkers, New York, 1964) is an American writer of both novels and short stories. Her work is most noted for its humorous and ribald prose which disguises the themes of human loneliness and sadness. Kirshenbaum attended Columbia University… …
63Timeline of zoology — A preliminary timeline of the history of zoology before the 1859 publication of Darwin s Origin of Species . Ancient world *28000 BC. Cave painting (e.g. Chauvet cave [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/] ) in Europe, especially …
64catch — catchable, adj. /kach/, v., caught, catching, n., adj. v.t. 1. to seize or capture, esp. after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse. 2. to trap or ensnare: to catch a fish. 3. to intercept and seize; take and hold (something… …
65short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …
66Amado, Jorge — born Aug. 10, 1912, Ferradas, near Ilhéus, Braz. died Aug. 6, 2001, Salvador, Bahia Brazilian novelist. Amado was born and reared on a cacao plantation. He published his first novel at age 20. His early works, including The Violent Land (1942),… …
67Ostade, Adriaen van — born Dec. 10, 1610, Haarlem, Neth. buried May 2, 1685, Haarlem Dutch painter and printmaker. Known for his Baroque genre paintings of peasant life, he also did religious subjects, portraits, and landscapes. The most important influence on his… …
68Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasyevich — ▪ Russian author born May 15 [May 3, Old Style], 1891, Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire died March 10, 1940, Moscow Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humour and penetrating satire. Beginning his adult life …
69French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
70Lyndsay, Sir David — ▪ Scottish poet Lyndsay also spelled Lindsay born c. 1490 died , before April 18, 1555 Scottish poet of the pre Reformation period who satirized the corruption of the Roman Catholic church and contemporary government. He was one of the… …
