Earhart, Amelia

[ (air-hahrt) ]

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An aviator of the twentieth century. Earhart was the first woman to pilot an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared in a flight over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.

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Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in New South Wales.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea|Amy Zimmerman|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The house decays around Amelia and Samuel, their world narrows and becomes mad, undealable with.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Amelia says some truly terrible things to Sam, supposedly inhabited by the Babadook but really consumed in grief.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just as in real life, you can come to live with grief, so Amelia and Sam do at the end of the film.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You can accord it a place, and then—hopefully—like Amelia and Sam find a way to get on with your life.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This little girl was christened Amelia, after her mother, who taught and trained her both wisely and well.
The Childhood of Distinguished Women|Selina A. Bower
During his absence, his wifes maid introduces the lover into her mistress chamber while Amelia sleeps.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Amelia stabs herself, but the confession of her maid reveals her innocence, and her wound is pronounced not mortal.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Amelia, at the news of the victory, became still more agitated even than before.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
To the south was a headland, which our skipper informed us was the north end of Amelia Island.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston

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