The 45th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 23, 2003.Record:“Don't Know Why,” Norah JonesAlbum:Come Away with Me, Norah Jones Song:“Don't Know Why…
(Encyclopedia) Hindenburg, Paul vonHindenburg, Paul vonhĭnˈdənbûrg, Ger. poul fən hĭnˈdənb&oobreve;rk [key], 1847–1934, German field marshal and president (1925–34), b. Poznan (then in Prussia).…
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(Encyclopedia) Woolf, Virginia, 1882–1941, English novelist and essayist, b. Adeline Virgina Stephen; daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen. A successful innovator in the form of the novel, she is…
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