Susan Lee Sontag was an American writer and critic. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964. Her best-known works include the critical works Against Interpretation (1966), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978) and Regarding the Pain of Others (2003), the short story "The Way We Live Now" (1986) and the novels The Volcano Lover (1992) and In America (1999).

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1933Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (born 1867)^[†]

Bekir Sami Bey was a Turkish politician of Ossetian origin. He served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey during 1920–1921.

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500 POLICE ENABLE COSGRAVE TO TALK; Eject interrupters for Two Hours as He Addresses 50,000 in Dublin. ASKS TREATY ACCEPTANCE Holds It Only Road Toward Irish Unity -- De Valera Is Acclaimed in the West. 500 POLICE ENABLE COSGRAVE TO TALK

CHINA FORCES JAPAN TO RUSH UP TROOPS; Bases of Drive on Jehol Are Strengthened as Irregulars Hamper Advance. ITALIAN COURIER SLAIN Rome Is Believed Likely to Ask Indemnity of Nanking -- Chinese Reds Offer Aid. FOE COMPELS JAPAN TO RUSH UP TROOPS

Will Raise $100,000 Fund For the Roosevelt Inaugural

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