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Hiram I (Hebrew: חִירָם high-born; Standard Hebrew Ḥiram Tiberian vocalization Ḥîrām Modern Arabic: حيرام) according to the Hebrew Bible was the Phoenician king of Tyre. He reigned from 980 to […]

Alvin Carl Plantinga (/ˈplæntɪŋɡə/; born November 15 1932) is an American analytic philosopher the John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the inaugural […]

James Ronald (Jim) Ryun (born April 29 1947) is an American former track athlete and politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 […]

Sandra Bernhard (born June 6 1955) is an American comedian singer actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often […]

Tom Tomorrow is the pen name of editorial cartoonist Dan Perkins. His weekly comic strip This Modern World which comments on current events appears regularly in over 90 newspapers across […]

Claudia Schiffer (German pronunciation: [ˈklaʊ̯dɪa ˈʃɪfɐ]; born 25 August 1970) is a German model and creative director of her own clothing label. Schiffer rose to popularity and became a household […]

Ada Ace Vélez (born September 15 1970) is a Puerto Rican female professional boxer who lives in Hollywood Florida. Vélez was brought into boxing by former women’s boxing world champion […]

Posidonius (Greek: Ποσειδώνιος Poseidonios meaning of Poseidon) of Apameia (ὁ Ἀπαμεύς) or of Rhodes (ὁ Ῥόδιος) (ca. 135 BCE – 51 BCE) was a Greek Stoic philosopher politician astronomer geographer […]

Shalmaneser III (Šulmānu-ašarēdu the god Shulmanu is pre-eminent) was king of Assyria (859 BC – 824 BC) and son of the previous ruler Ashurnasirpal II.His long reign was a constant […]

Sharon Christa McAuliffe (née Corrigan; September 2 1948 – January 28 1986) was an American teacher from Concord New Hampshire and was one of the seven crew members killed in […]