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Flag Day
Flag Day anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in 1777. It is celebrated on June 14 but is not a legal holiday. ... Read more
Memorial Day
Memorial Day holiday in the United States observed in late May. Previously designated Decoration Day, it was inaugurated in 1868 by Gen. John A. Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of Civil War veterans and has since become a day on which all war dead are commemorated. ... Read more
Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday day before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent ). In the Latin countries it is the last day of the carnival, called by the French Mardi Gras . ... Read more
ember days
ember days in the Western Church, traditionally the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following the first Sunday in Lent; Whitsunday; Sept. 14 (Exaltation of the Cross); and Dec. 13 (St. Lucy's Day). They were days of fasting to sanctify the season, and the ember Saturdays were considered especially ... Read more
holiday
holiday [altered from holy day], day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Holidays are often accompanied by public ceremonies, such as parades and carnivals, and by religious observances; they may also be simply a time for relaxation. Days of commemoration are observed throughout ... Read more
holiday
holiday [altered from holy day], day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Holidays are often accompanied by public ceremonies, such as parades and carnivals, and by religious observances; they may also be simply a time for relaxation. Days of commemoration are observed throughout ... Read more
Rogation Days
Rogation Days in the calendar of the Western Church, four days traditionally set apart for solemn processions to invoke God's mercy. They are Apr. 25, the Major Rogation, coinciding with St. Mark's Day; and the three days preceding Ascension Day, the Minor Rogations. The processions are Christian a... Read more
day
day period of time for the earth to rotate once on its axis. The ordinary day, or solar day, is measured relative to the sun, being the time between successive passages of the sun over a stationary observer's celestial meridian . The length of a solar day varies during the course of a year, so f... Read more
April Fool's Day
April Fool's Day or All Fool's Day, holiday of uncertain origin, known for practical joking and celebrated on the first of April. Prior to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1564, the date was observed as New Year's Day by cultures as varied as the Roman and the Hindu. The holiday is con... Read more
dog days
dog days name for the most sultry period of summer, from about July 3 to Aug. 11. Named in early times by observers in countries bordering the Mediterranean, the period was reckoned as extending from 20 days before to 20 days after the conjunction of Sirius (the dog star) and the sun. In the lati... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " Doris Day"

Day, Doris
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Day, Doris (1924– ) US singer and film actress. Her recordings, such as “Sentimental Journey” (1945) and “... Read more
Doris Lessing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Doris Lessing Doris Lessing (born 1919) was a South African expatriate writer...of her native land. The heroines who populate the work of Doris Lessing belong to the avant garde of their day. Leftist, fiercely independent, feminist, her characters...they know what she knows. The daughter of an ... Read more
Randall Robinson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Maxie Robinson and his wife Doris, was born on July 6, 1941, in...Maxie Robinson taught history by day and coached athletics in the evening, while Doris was a full-time homemaker. Robinson...Maxie Robinson and 18-year-old Doris Jones had met in Richmond, Virginia...at Virginia Union University. ... Read more
Same Time, Next Year
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...George ( Charles Grodin), a businessman from New Jersey, and Doris ( Ellen Burstyn), a California housewife, meet and enjoy one...plays forced on the theatre by the crushing economics of the day. Bernard SLADE (b. 1930) was born in St. Catharines, Ontario... Read more
Brief for the Petitioners
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA BRIEF FOR THE PETITIONER Louis M. Loeb T. Eric Embry Marvin E. Frankel Ronald S. Diana Doris Wechsler Lord, Day & Lord Beddow, Embry & Beddow OF COUNSEL Herbert Brownell Thomas F. Daly 25 BROADWAY NEW YORK 4, NEW YORK... Read more
Red Mill, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...in a mill to prevent her eloping with a sea captain, Doris Van Damm ( Joseph M. Ratliff). But the two Americans...New York. Notable songs : Because You're You; Every Day Is Ladies' Day with Me; The Isle of Our Dreams; Moonbeams; The Streets... Read more
Fleming, Peggy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...was born on July 27, 1948, in San Jose, California, to Al and Doris Fleming. The family, which would eventually grow to include four...The sheer embarrassment of it all gave me a jolt. From that day on I was serious about every competition I entered." Two weeks... Read more
Edith Hamilton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Pond. Montgomery, Edith Hamilton's father, who never worked a day in his life, was a voracious reader and an educated man but...Alice says of her in Edith Hamilton: An Intimate Portrait, by Doris Fielding Reid, "Edith had intense emotions. She had her times...elderly professor offered to see her through it on ... Read more
Jack Lemmon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...it?' I said I did, and he said, 'Okay, good. Because when the day comes that I don't find romance in a loaf of bread, I'll quit...Operation Mad Ball and It Happened to Jane, the latter co-starring Doris Day. Lemmon's friendship with Kovacs was so close that in his L Read more
Ross, Nellie Tayloe
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...the election by 8,000 votes. Ross's victory came on the same day that Miriam ("Ma") Ferguson was elected governor of Texas. Because...American Women's Landmarks. New York: Times Books. Weatherford, Doris. 1994. American Women's History. New York: Prentice-Hall. Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Doris Day"

Day, Doris
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DAY, Doris Nationality: American. Born: Doris von Kappelhoff...x2013; 73 — star of TV series The Doris Day Show ; late 1960s-1970s — involved...animal causes; 1985 — host of TV show Doris Day and Friends . Films as Actress: 1948 Romance... Read more
Doris
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Doris ♀ From the classical Greek ethnic name meaning ‘...account for a tribal name of obscure origin. In Greek mythology, Doris was a minor goddess of the sea, the consort of Nereus and...1880 to about 1930, and was borne by the American film star Doris Day (b. 1924 as Doris ... Read more
Ingram, Rex
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Air Force (wounded in action), 1918. Family: Married 1) actress Doris Pawn, 1917 (divorced 1920); 2) Alice Terry, 1921. Career: Immigrated...Terror (+ sc) 1918 His Robe of Honor ; Humdrum Brown 1919 The Day She Paid 1920 Under Crimson Skies ( The Beach Comber ); Shore... Read more
Lantz, Walter
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Student League, New York. Family: Married 1) Doris Hollister (divorced 1940), 2) the actress...Nipped ; A Wet Knight ; A Jungle Jumble ; Day Nurse ; The Athlete ; The Busy Barber...Dinner ; Gopher Trouble ; Knights for a Day 1937 The Golfers ; House of Magic ; Everybody... Read more
Arbuckle, Roscoe ("Fatty")
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Durfee, 1908 (divorced 1925); 2) Doris Deane, 1925 (divorced 1929...Mabel's New Hero (Sennett); Fatty's Day Off (Wilfred Lucas); Mabel's...Nichols); A Rebecca's Wedding Day (George Nichols); A Robust Romeo...Incompetent Hero (+ d); Fatty's Jonah Day (+ co-d); Fatty's Wine Party... Read more
Postlethwaite, Pete
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The Duellists (Scott) (credited as Peter Postlethwaite) 1978 Doris and Doreen ( Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Doris and Doreen ) (Frears — for TV) 1979 Afternoon Off...is the most improbable of movie stars. Yet he's rarely had a day out of work since he took up acting in 1970, his screen presence... Read more
Carradine, John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Christopher, John, and the actors Keith Ian and Robert Reed; 3) Doris Rich, 1957 (died 1971); 4) Emily Cisneros, 1975. Career: Pre...Commandments (Gasnier and Schorr) 1933 The Invisible Man (Whale); This Day and Age (DeMille); The Story of Temple Drake (Roberts) (as trial... Read more
dictator
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...autocratic way or who determines behavior in a particular sphere: the prewar era was a period whose apple-cheeked dictator was Doris Day. ∎  (in ancient Rome) a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency. 2. a machine that... Read more
Frears, Stephen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Three Men in a Boat (for TV); Sunset across the Bay (for TV) 1978 Doris and Doreen (for TV); Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (for TV); A Visit from Miss Protheroe (for TV) 1979 One Fine Day (for TV); Afternoon Off (for TV); Bloody Kids (for TV) 1981 Going... Read more
O'Sullivan, Maureen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as Joyce Moore); The Big Shot ( The Optimist ) (Murphy) (as Doris) 1932 Tarzan, the Ape Man (Van Dyke) (as Jane Parker); Fast Companions...Parker); The Devil Doll (Browning) (as Lorraine Lavond) 1937 A Day at the Races (Wood) (as Judy); The Emperor's Candlesticks (Fitzmaurice... Read more

Thesaurus entries related to " Doris Day"

willowy
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus willowy • adjective  as willowy as a young Doris Day synonyms : tall, slim, slender, svelte, lissome, sylphlike, long-limbed, graceful, lithe; informal slinky. Read more

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Creative Nail Design reported Doris Day dresses, fairy floss hair and candy-colored nails with half-moons.(Marketing news)
Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry; 6/1/2004; 30 words ; Creative Nail Design reported Doris Day dresses, fairy floss hair and candy-colored nails with half-moons, as well as rose thorn-like nails were popular during Australian Fashion Week in May. Read more
Former licensee Doris never had a single day off sick.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 12/13/2007; 141 words ; ...face in a Brighouse pub for more than 30 years has died aged 87. Doris Sampson moved to the town with her late husband, Peter, in the...shop and two pubs in Bradford, and was proud of never taking a day off sick during her working life. She lived near Cleckheaton... Read more
Nellie McKay: her new album may be called Get Away From Me, but Nellie McKay's unique blend of Doris Day Zing and Eminem irreverence is having the opposite effect.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 8/1/2004; ; 685 words ; As pop music struggles to find its way between Norah Jones's smoky croons and Britney's feral gyrations, 19-year-old Nellie McKay has blazed her own trail, melding jazz, rock, rap, and cabaret into her critically acclaimed, genre-defying debut album, Get Away From Me (Columbia). With her Read more
DORIS CELEBRATES HER CENTURY.
Newspaper article from: Mid Sussex Times (Haywards Heath, England); 12/18/2006; 209 words ; CENTENARIAN Doris Bayley celebrated her 100th birthday with a large slice of delicious cake...they would all make 100. But slowly, one by one, they have past away and Doris Bayley is all that is left. Mr Scrivens added that although Mrs Bayley... Read more
Doris enjoys double the fun to mark centenary.
Newspaper article from: Diss Express (Diss, England); 4/18/2008; 148 words ; Former dental nurse Doris Bevington had two parties to celebrate her 100th birthday this week. Mrs...actual birthday. She then enjoyed a lively do at The Limes the following day, complete with singing and pink champagne. Everything has changed since... Read more
Love at first sight for Petworth couple John and Doris - 60 years ago.
Newspaper article from: Midhurst and Petworth Observer (Midhurst, England); 3/28/2008; 216 words ; JOHN and Doris North are celebrating their...married 60 years ago to the day - although there will no doubt...brought up in Petworth, and Doris, who hailed from Portsmouth, met in l946 at the wedding of Doris' sister at The Stag pub in... Read more
Doris celebrates her 100th.
Newspaper article from: Evening Courier (Halifax, England); 8/16/2007; 256 words ; ...were distinctly unimpressed by the smoky mill town. But Doris, who was born in the town a few years after their arrival...different world really. Such is the scale of the change Doris's old school - Trinity School - and many of her previous...under the path of progress. Only Shroggs Vue Terrace, where ... Read more
Tonic helps Doris to her 100th.
Newspaper article from: Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England); 2/1/2008; 184 words ; ...lemon and honey every day is the secret to living...life - according to Doris Page who celebrated...great-grandchildren, spent the day with Doris. Her son Philip, 64...many gifts and cards, Doris enjoyed a large cake...commemorate the special day. Read more
Doris, 100, tells motorbike tales.
Newspaper article from: Suffolk Free Press (Sudbury, England); 4/24/2008; 372 words ; ...motorbike trials. That's what takes pride of place for Doris Westbrook, though. In the 1930s Doris, who was 100 on Monday, was out on the road in...in time trials through the country roads, said Doris, who has lived at the Long Melford home since... Read more
Doris celebrates 106th birthday.
Newspaper article from: Grantham Journal & Citizen (Grantham, England); 9/6/2007; 207 words ; Thursday, 9.15am - Doris Mapletoft has survived two world...Pensions started off her big day, followed by entertainment for...past. An independent woman, Doris lived alone at home in Witham...service to a family in the area. Doris was born in Great Ponton in...send your birthday greetings to ... Read more