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  2. Anna Akhmatova - Wikipedia

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    Anna Andreyevna Gorenko [Notes 1] (23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, [Notes 2] was a Russian poet, one of the most significant of the 20th century. She reappeared as a voice of Russian poetry during World War II.

  3. Time - Wikipedia

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    Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. [1] [2] [3] It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events (or the intervals between them), and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the ...

  4. De Brevitate Vitae (Seneca) - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, there are two known periods when Paulinus could have served as praefectus annonae, 48–55 and 62–71 AD, and scholars prefer the earlier period. A date of 49 AD has previously been suggested because Seneca writes in §13.8 "that Sulla was the last of the Romans who extended the pomerium " (the boundary of Rome ).

  5. Bob Dylan and Joan Baez's real-life relationship was short ...

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    Bob Dylan and Joan Baez are played by Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro in "A Complete Unknown." The two folk singers met in the early '60s and quickly became close collaborators.

  6. AP Photos: A tumultuous life, a turn toward faith and ... - AOL

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    Decades ago, back when he was a political science major at the University of Southern California, and later in law school, Timothy Walker would vote. Cocaine addiction took hold of him and he ...

  7. May you live in interesting times - Wikipedia

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    The curse is sometimes presented as the first in a trilogy. Comedic author Terry Pratchett stated: . The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for."

  8. Book excerpt: "Time to Thank: Caregiving for My Hero" by ...

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    After a time, he turned to me. "Here, you light some," he said. "I've got an extra Zippo." I started slow, lighting the wick and then running as I dropped them on the ground. But I saw my father's ...

  9. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...