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DEFINITION: (noun) A peevish, irascible person; a grouch. SYNONYMS: crank, grouch, grump, churl. USAGE: He was known to all as a crosspatch, but all that changed with the birth of his first grandchild.

Quevedo was a Spanish satirist and novelist and one of the great writers of the Spanish Golden Age. His Los sueños is a brilliant and bitterly satiric account of the inhabitants of hell. Other major works include the philosophical treatise Providencia de Dios, the political essay Política de Dios y gobierno de Cristo, and the picaresque novel La vida del Buscón. Quevedo was a determined opponent of Gongorism. Who was Luis de Góngora?

Sweden's loss of the Finnish War (1808-09) marked the end of its significance as a monarchical military power in the region and the beginning of constitutional reform in the country. As part of the terms of the ensuing treaty, the Swedish government was forced to cede about one-third of its easternmost territory to Russia. The territories in question were declared semi-autonomous, but Russian influence there would be widely felt for the next 190 years. What was the Porvoo Diet?

Sharm el-Sheikh is a resort city overlooking the Strait of Tiran, near the southern tip of Sinai at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. Strategically important, it was captured by Israel during the Sinai conflict of 1956 and restored to Egypt in 1957. During the 1967 Six Day War, Israel recaptured the city, returning it in 1982. Today, Sharm el-Sheikh's major industry is tourism, due to the city's dramatic landscape, pleasant climate, and beautiful beaches. What happened there on July 23, 2005?

A team at the Korea National University of Education in Cheongju discovered 100 fossilized webbed footprints of birds on Changseon Island, 270 kilometers (162 miles) south of Seoul. The prints are believed to be 110 million years old, having been made during the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era. At present, Haenam County, 180 kilometers west of the island, boasts the world's oldest fossilized webbed bird prints, from 94 million years ago.