Zayandeh Rud
Zayandeh Rud or Zaindeh Rud , river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the Zagros Mts., W central Iran, and flowing southeast through an agricultural district to a swamp W of Yazd; used for irrigation along its entire length. The Kuh-Rang Dam (built 1953) diverts water from the upper course of the Karun River through a 2-mi (3.2-km) tunnel into the Zayandeh Rud, where it is used to supplement irrigation in the Esfahan area. It is also spelled Zayinda Rud.
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The 18th century Al Capone; Chris Upton looks at the life and crimes of "Thief-Taker General", Jonathan Wild.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 6/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...Noddy Holder. And then there is Jonathan Wild. Not so much famous as infamous...you never got your hand back. Jonathan Wild was baptised at St Peter...have pocketed several. One of Jonathan's brothers was involved in petty...
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Narrative authority, critical complicity: the case of 'Jonathan Wild.' (novel by Henry Fielding)(Making Genre: Studies in the Novel or Something Like It, 1684-1762)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great has been largely dismissive. As John D. Baird writes: Jonathan Wild is a difficult book. Those...may find the radical ironies of Jonathan Wild too extreme for comfort...
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The 'Champion' and the chapter on hats in 'Jonathan Wild.' (Henry Fielding)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 9/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...s little chapter "Of Hats" in Jonathan Wild (2.6), "brief as it is...parallels between the chapter in Jonathan Wild and passages on hats in the...connection between the image in Jonathan Wild and the series of political...
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THEIR CREATIVE BOND IS TRULY SOMETHING WILD JONATHAN DEMME THINKS AUDIENCES WILL ADORE THANDIE NEWTON, THE ELEGANT STAR OF HIS NEW FILM, AS MUCH AS HE DOES DIRECTOR DEMME FINDS A RADIANT NEW MUSE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...as I always do, I asked Jonathan, `What are your ideas for...a retooling of "Something Wild" into an homage to French...says the actress, "and then Jonathan showed me `Charade' when...for example.' And he said `Jonathan, you have my blessings...
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SAN JOSE 5, WILD 1; Sharks keep Wild reeling; Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice and Minnesota again found little offense in suffering its 10th defeat in 13 games.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/26/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...you notes to the scores of Wild players leaving this ghastly...deserve a shot to be on the Wild's roster next fall. What...a season-high five goals. Jonathan Cheechoo, the Western Conference...TRIBUNE'S THREE STARS 1. Jonathan Cheechoo, Sharks: He was a...
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Scribes walk on 'Wild' side.(Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley to work on 'Cal of the Wild')(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 6/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have answered DreamWorks' "Cal of the Wild." The studio has tapped the scribes to pen the script, a comedy that riffs on the reality TV genre, especially such shows as...
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Seriously funny!; Jokers go wild as Jonathan referees comedy gong show.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 11/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...they step up to take their prizes. And Jonathan Ross will need all his charm to smooth...but I like to live dangerously," says Jonathan, who is fronting the orgy of backslapping...dressed in ringmaster's uniform, Jonathan pretended to mistake him for a wine waiter...
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Don't feed the animals Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the wild . . . Jonathan Young advises unwary travellers how to avoid being nibbled, bitten or swallowed
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/24/2000; ; 700+ words
; `I never leave my vehicle without my rifle," says Robin Hurt, a safari guide working in Tanzania. "Attacks can happen when you least expect them. My son, Derek, this year shot an unwounded buffalo off a client who had tripped when the animal charged. A split second's delay, or bad shooting, would
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Wild West Sheffield; Victim: Jonathan Matondo had become caught up in rival gun gangs.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...priest was murdered in a Wild Weststyleshootout between feuding gangs. Jonathan Matondo, a devout churchgoer...dark the youths - including Jonathan - ended up in a nearby park...laterwitnesses heard several shots and Jonathan collapsed to the ground...
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Jonathan Lambert, 9, of Grahamlooks on as Wilder takes charge of taking telegraph messages. Ryan says he would rather be acting the part of a Civil
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 6/15/1998; 227 words
; War soldier then spending time at home watching television. Photo by George Waymiree Ryan Wilder
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Jonathan Wild the Great, The Life of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Jonathan Wild the Great, The Life of, a short novel by H. Fielding , published as...Miscellanies , 1743, based on the life of a notorious thief-taker, Jonathan Wild , who was hanged in 1725. Fielding's hatred of hypocrisy here finds...
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Jonathan Wild
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jonathan Wild 1683-1725, English criminal. He maintained...hanged at Tyburn. Literary accounts of Wild's career, such as those of Fielding...Bibliography: See W. R. Irwin, The Making of Jonathan Wild (1941); G. Howson, Thief-Taker...
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Wild, Jonathan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Wild, Jonathan (?1682–1725), worked as a buckle-maker in London. He became head of a large...x2018;Life and Actions’ were related by Defoe (1725). For Fielding's satire, see Jonathan Wild the Great .
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Villainy
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Span. Lit.: The King, the Greatest Alcalde ] Wild, Jonathan ambitious knave, schemer, and robber, whose...x201D; is satirized. [Br. Lit.: Fielding Jonathan Wild the Great in Magill II, 516] Vindictiveness (See...
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Henry Fielding
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...developed into a great comic creation. He followed with Jonathan Wild (1743), the history of a superman of crime, which...masterpiece is Tom Jones (1749), a novel recounting the wild comic adventures of the good-hearted though highly fallible...
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