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a history of a person's life
an unauthorized biography of the actor gave him some serious headaches
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Despite standard commemorations like biographies, building dedications, oral histories, and even a postage stamp, Perkins receded from memory by the late 20th century, becoming little more than a trivia answer.
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Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
On paper, the journey here looks like a long navigation, but the truth is Swept Away raced into existence through a coincidence of interests and biographies.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Voters can learn when judges were appointed, read their judicial performance reports and, for some judges, review short biographies.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Dava Sobel chronicles Curie’s life and work, and sketches biographies of many of the women who worked with her.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Related Stories So prodigious was Robeson’s talent and off-the-charts his virtuosity that memoirs, biographies, and documentaries chronicling his life tend to lean towards hagiography.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Today, Robeson is remembered as an ascendant figure in any cultural history of America in the twentieth century, the subject of thick biographies, the inspiration for academic conferences, and the topic of worshipful documentaries.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Zweig was a versatile writer, producing biographies, essays, plays, poems, short stories, novellas — an opera libretto for Richard Strauss (Die schweigsame Frau).
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
The husband of runner Camille Herron admitted to having altered the Wikipedia biographies of prominent ultrarunners.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
On paper, the journey here looks like a long navigation, but the truth is Swept Away raced into existence through a coincidence of interests and biographies.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Voters can learn when judges were appointed, read their judicial performance reports and, for some judges, review short biographies.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Dava Sobel chronicles Curie’s life and work, and sketches biographies of many of the women who worked with her.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Related Stories So prodigious was Robeson’s talent and off-the-charts his virtuosity that memoirs, biographies, and documentaries chronicling his life tend to lean towards hagiography.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Today, Robeson is remembered as an ascendant figure in any cultural history of America in the twentieth century, the subject of thick biographies, the inspiration for academic conferences, and the topic of worshipful documentaries.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Zweig was a versatile writer, producing biographies, essays, plays, poems, short stories, novellas — an opera libretto for Richard Strauss (Die schweigsame Frau).
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
The husband of runner Camille Herron admitted to having altered the Wikipedia biographies of prominent ultrarunners.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
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