Saturday, April 30, 2011

Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 30

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era.
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Mary Baker Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879 and was the author of its fundamental doctrinal textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. She also founded The Christian Science Monitor.
Both puzzles expire on May 6

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Friday, April 29, 2011

Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 29

Samuel Goldwyn was a well-known Hollywood motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios.
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Ambrose Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. He is most known for his dark, sardonic views, and his reputation was known to make or break a writer's career.
Both puzzles expire on May 5

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 28

Will Rogers was an American comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor.
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William Hazlitt was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt's writings and remarks on Shakespeare's plays and characters led many to christen him as one of the greatest English literary critics.
Both puzzles expire on May 4

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 27

The Holy Bible comprises the books known to Christians as the Old Testament (39 books) and the New Testament (27 books). It is the most widely circulated book in the history of the world.
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Jerome David Salinger is an American author best known for "The Catcher in the Rye." This story sympolized the major theme to his stories: The strong, delicate mind of disturbed adolescents, and their redemptive capacity.
Both puzzles expire on May 3

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 26

Cardinal De Richelieu was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. Richelieu's tenure was a crucial period of reform for France.
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Dorothy Fuldheim, known as the First Lady of Television news, is credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well to host her own television show.
Both puzzles expire on May 2

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 25

Roy L. Smith was a noted practical theologan. He wrote a series of bible studies called "The John Books / Know Your Bible" series.
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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, and served in many roles including Governor of New York, historian, naturalist, explorer, author, and soldier.
Both puzzles expire on May 1

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 24

Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.
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Erma Bombeck was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted American suburban home life. She also wrote several books and even had a TV comedy based on her life.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 30

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 23

Brian Tracy is a self-help author who has recorded many audio books. His talks and seminar topics include leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness, and business strategy.
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Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator. He is known for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism, and was one of America's first advocates of "freethought" and humanism.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 29

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 21

Confucius was a famous Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese life and thought.
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Colin Powell was the former US Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Military, and was the highest ranking non-judicial African-American in US history.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 27

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 20

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, and philosopher. Heis widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists, particularly noted for his masterpieces "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina."
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This Canadian-American chemist-inventor and author is credited with a wide range of inventions. He worked mostly with cellulose and other similar chemicals and helped develop modern prescription drug ingredients.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 26

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 19

Eric Hoffer was an American social writer. He drew confidence and inspiration from his modest roots and working-class surroundings, seeing in it vast human potential.
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Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia was a well-known Franco-Spanish painter and poet. Involved in the Dada movement earlier in his career, he broke away and developed in interest in Surrealist, then Figurative painting styles.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 25

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 18

John Mason is an anointed minister and nationally recognized speaker.
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James Weldon Johnson was a leading American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. An African-American, he is best remembered for his novels, poems, and folklore.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 24

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 17

Japanese proverbs are the direct reflections of wisdom, morals, and customs of Japan.
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Milton Friedman was an American economist and public intellectual who made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history and statistics while advocating laissez-faire capitalism.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 23

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 16

John Naisbitt is an American author and public speaker in the area of futures studies. He is best known for authoring the international bestsellers "Megatrends" and "Re-inventing the Corporation."
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Vince Lombardi was one of the most successful head coaches in the history of American football. Head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967, he led them to five NFL championships during his 9 year tenure.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 22

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 15

Ginger Rogers was an Academy Award-winning American film actress and singer. She is principally celebrated for her role as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre.
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Friedrich Nietzsche was an 18th Century German philosopher. He wrote essays explaining the orientation of cultural critique, challenging the culture lines advocated by antagonists Schopenhauer and Wagner. He wrote his novel "The Will to Power" and "The Antichrist" that started a divide in Germany that culminated by the end of WWII.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 21

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 14

Myrtle Reed was an American author, the daughter of Elizabeth Armstrong Reed and the preacher Hiram von Reed. She sometmes wrote under the pseudonym of Olive Green.
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François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 20

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 13

Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or "French New Wave."
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Colette was a French novelist. Her works included several operas and war novels throughout the first half of the 20th Century, and had a variety of affairs and marriages that added to her rich alliterative style not common with feminine writers of her era.
Both puzzles expire on Apr 19

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