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• Tam o' Shanter (Burns poem) — Tam o Shanter is considered to be one of Robert Burns finest poems. It was written in 1790, and at about six A4 pages is one of his longest. The poem, first published in 1791, uses a mixture of Scots and English.Many consider it one of the best… …   Wikipedia

• Siege artillery in the American Civil War — Siege artillery is heavy artillery primarily used in military attacks on fortified places. At the time of the American Civil War, the U.S. Army classified its artillery into three types, depending on the gun s weight and intended use. Field… …   Wikipedia

• Bass Rock — Infobox Scottish island | latitude=56.08 longitude= 2.64 GridReference=NT602873 celtic name= norse name= meaning of name=Uncertain area= 3 ha area rank= highest elevation=107 m Population=0 population rank= main settlement= island group=Islands… …   Wikipedia

• Greeley, Colorado — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Greeley, Colorado other name = native name = nickname = James Michener s Home in the West, The 970, G Town settlement type = City motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image… …   Wikipedia

• Sermo Lupi ad Anglos — The Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ( The Sermon of the Wolf to the English ) is the title given to a homily composed in England between A.D. 1010 1016 by Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York (died 1023), who commonly styled himself Lupus , or wolf after the… …   Wikipedia

• Sound mass — In contrast to more traditional musical textures, sound mass composition minimizes the importance of individual pitches in preference for texture, timbre, and dynamics as primary shapers of gesture and impact. Developed from the modernist tone… …   Wikipedia

• Second Boer War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Anglo Boer War partof=the Boer Wars caption=Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War date=11 October 1899 ndash; 31 May 1902 place=South Africa casus belli=The Jameson Raid, 1895 96 [Thomas Pakenham,… …   Wikipedia

• Connie Willis — For the politician, see Constance H. Williams. Connie Willis Connie Willis at Clarion West, 1998 Born Constance Elaine Trimmer December 31, 1945 (1945 12 31) …   Wikipedia

• Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) — Romeo and Juliet is a musical work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, subtitled Overture Fantasy . Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare and by Shakespeare s play of the same name.Musical… …   Wikipedia

• Economy of Colombia — Tourism in Riohacha, the capital of La Guajira Currency Colombian peso Fiscal year …   Wikipedia