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Oh, what a beautiful moaning

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Inhabitants of the town of Moodus, CT, have for centuries been disturbed by unexplained moaning and other eerie sounds that gave rise to many ghostly legends. It was not until 1981 when resident Catherine Wilson and Boston College determined the sounds were caused by minute, low-level earthquakes.

Author: Zimmerman, Andrea
Publisher: Yankee Publishing, Inc.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 1995
Environmental aspects, Connecticut, Earthquakes, Seismological research, Moodus, Connecticut

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Beautiful losers

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Many talented actors and actresses have never managed to win an Oscar. Many, such as Al Pacino, Deborah Kerr, Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole have been nominated 6 or more times. Other also-rans include Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, Barbara Stanwyck and Cary Grant.

Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1993
History, Achievements and awards, Academy Awards (Motion pictures), Motion picture actors and actresses, Movie actors

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A beautiful mind

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John Forbes Nash Jr's spontaneous recovery from schizophrenia is considered by his family, colleagues and friends as a miracle. The mathematics genius, who received the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994, had suffered from the disease since 1959.

Author: Nasar, Sylvia
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1998
Care and treatment, Behavior, Gifted persons, Schizophrenia, Nash, John Forbes

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