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Charles Chesnutt, an octoroon under the American law of one drop of blood
The American writer Charles Chesnutt (1858-1932) was classed as an octoroon, by virtue of the peculiar "one-drop rule". Octoroon (or octaroon) is a racial term adopted in the United States for persons with one-eighth African blood, that is, 12%, as in the case of Alexander
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Thank you for your service, sirrrr
Churchill and the cat
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Princess Diana at the funeral service for the fashion designer Gianni Versace in Milan Cathedral, the Duomo, 22 July 1997
Books · People · Humour
Elizabeth Jane Howard on her giftedness and her skill at sleeping late
"I'm not lazy. I'm simply very gifted, but instead of being good at music or mathematics, I am skilled at sleeping late" Elizabeth Jane Howard, writer, actress and model
Cinema · Heritage · People
A memorial plaque on house No. 72, Chkalov Street, in the city of Rybinsk commemorates the sons of Khaim Shmuilovich Shenker, a clerk at the Rybinsk office of the Volga River Steamship Company, Joseph and Nicholas, who emigrated with their family to the U
A memorial plaque on house No. 72, Chkalov Street, in the city of Rybinsk commemorates the sons of Khaim Shmuilovich Shenker, a clerk at the Rybinsk office of the Volga River Steamship Company, Joseph and Nicholas, who emigrated with their family to the USA in 1893, when they were 15
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Betty Ford, wife of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, dances on a table in the White House in 1977
I meant to be indignant and to write that it is unthinkable for a figure of such rank to dance on tables, but then I recalled the photograph of Galina Brezhneva dancing on a table, not in the White House, admittedly, but in her own flat, at a private gathering
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Henri Cartier-Bresson's Famous Photograph of Young People Gazing at a Ceiling Was Taken Not in the Louvre but in the Rotunda of the American Capitol in 1957
Henri Cartier-Bresson's famous photograph of young people gazing at a ceiling was taken not in the Louvre but in the Rotunda of the American Capitol in 1957. The young people are looking not merely at a ceiling but at one of the most beautiful domes in the
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Artist Valery Yurlov recalls the crush at Stalin's funeral in Moscow
And then, when Stalin was being buried, I walked past the coffin. There was a terrible crush, and I reached the coffin only because I walked over people's heads. Quite literally. I was with a friend, a former soldier, who knew the area very well, since he lived
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The decision to dissolve the Russian Oscar Committee must be taken by the cinematic community
The decision to dissolve the Russian Oscar Committee must be taken by the cinematic community. This opinion was expressed to TASS by Mikhail Shvydkoy, the Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation. "This is a question that the filmmakers themselves must decide," he said, stressing
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Perhaps this is what we seek in life, only this: unbearable pain, so as to become ourselves before we die
"Journey to the End of the Night", Louis-Ferdinand Céline. In the photograph, Céline in front of his house in Meudon in 1955
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Yesterday the West Wing of the New Tretyakov opened "Experiments in Contemplation", an exhibition by Valery Yurlov, the living patriarch of Soviet nonconformism
Yesterday the West Wing of the New Tretyakov opened "Experiments in Contemplation", an exhibition by Valery Yurlov, the living patriarch of Soviet nonconformism. The works on show include, for instance, pieces from 1957 and 1958. The retrospective of Yurlov's career spans more than 70 years. But