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longevity
longevity , term denoting the length or duration of the life of an animal or plant, often used to indicate an unusually long life. The average human life-span of threescore and ten years cited in the Bible has been attained only in recent years in areas of the world where man has been largely freed... Read more |
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Jules Dupre
Jules Dupré , 1811?-1889, French landscape painter of the Barbizon school. He excelled in portraying dramatic and tragic aspects of nature. A frequent and honored exhibitor at the Salon, Dupré spent his last years at L'Isle-Adam, where some of his best work was done. His On the Road ... Read more |
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Documenta
Documenta. A large international exhibition of contemporary art held every four or five years since 1955 at Kassel, Germany. The first Documenta exhibition, the brainchild of Arnold Bode (1900–77), a teacher at the Kassel Academy, signified Germany's reacceptance of avant-garde art, which had... Read more |
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Hogmanay
Hogmanay in Scotland, New Year's Eve, and the celebrations that take place at this time. Also, a gift of cake etc. demanded by children at Hogmanay. The word is recorded from the early 17th century, and perhaps comes from an Anglo-Norman French form of Old French aguillanneuf ‘last day of... Read more |
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Susanna Haswell Rowson
Susanna Haswell Rowson , 1762-1824, American author and actress, b. England. She was brought to America as a young child, but after the Revolution, the family returned to England. Her first novel, Victoria, appeared in 1786, the same year she married William Rowson. Having acted for a short time... Read more |
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Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann , 1884-1950, German painter. A member of the Berlin secession from 1908 to 1911, he was impressionistic in his early style. A subsequent expressionistic phase was altered c.1917 by the savage new objectivity of George Grosz . Beckmann developed a richer, more personal, more... Read more |
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Philander Chase
Philander Chase The American clergyman Philander Chase (1775-1852) was a pioneer Episcopal missionary in the early years of westward expansion and the first Episcopal bishop in both Ohio and Illinois. Philander Chase was born on Dec. 14, 1775, at Cornish, N.H., the last of 15 children. He... Read more |
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November
November the eleventh month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of autumn. Recorded from Old English, the name comes from Latin, from novem ‘nine’, being originally the ninth month of the Roman year.November is used allusively with reference to... Read more |
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Jewish
Jewish Jewish calendar a complex ancient calendar in use among Jewish people. It is a lunar calendar adapted to the solar year, normally consisting of twelve months but having thirteen months in leap years, which occur seven times in every cycle of nineteen years. The years are reckoned from the... Read more |
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Cornish, Maine, handbag maker keeps former owner on staff as designer.
...When 10-year-old Maddy...company for 36 years. Milburn...Based in Cornish, AU designs...15 to $150. Customers...I'm not good at the business...flat for the last three years and lost a...percent ... |
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THE FOLKS WHO LIVED ON THE HILL.(HomeGarden)
...that experience last month when we...Historic Site in Cornish, N.H...first came to Cornish in 1885, buying...turned into a year-round home...today. Over the years, a lively art colony sprang...Gardens of the ... |
 "The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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`FIGGYHOBBIN' IS NEW TO CORNWALL KIDS BRITISH VISITORS SPEND SOME TIME IN...
...school is 150 years old...authentic'' Cornish foods served...that the Cornish miners could...They're best eaten right...program began last year, when Mineral...mines (the Cornish have ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Pop music: The greatest show on earth What better way to spend next month's...
...season, and this year will see more...pounds 85; or, best of all, an...only pounds 150. All include...Shaker in a Cornish field. Even...mythology. For years it was claimed...000 saw the last British shows...back again this ... |
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DIFFERENT STROKES LOCAL TRIO BRING OWN STYLES TO SPORTS ART.(Sports)
...broken glass art;'' and yet...with a style best described as...space for $150,000 per year. This is a...concept of mural art is centuries...Seattle and the Cornish School of the Arts on Capitol...focus. At ... |
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IF YOU STOP BY FOOD AS ART YOU COULD HAVE A QUICKIE.(Life and Arts)(Column)
...are those good looks what makes...s Food as Art event at Bell...Forum for the Arts, sold out last year. For one...uninitiated. At last year's Food as Art, the reaction...in Tacoma 20 ... |
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PERFORMING ARTS.(Special Section)
...saves some of its best offerings for...Over the past few years, the orchestra...spring. This year it is titled...production with Cornish College of Kurt...conductor. The last, devoted to Wagner...are heard. This year, ... |
 "Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)")
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Retooling at top frees creative juice ; With the current owner focusing on...
...When 10-year-old Maddy...company for 36 years. Milburn...Based in Cornish, AU designs...15 to $150. Customers...I'm not good at the business...flat for the last three years and lost a...percent ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Honoring a sculptor's enduring legacy
...portraiture and public art.In "The Sculptural...Historic Site in Cornish. "Instead...Gaudens is best known for his...home of his last work with trips...sculptor named his Cornish estate. The...Gaudens' last major ... |
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GIFT FROM ACKERLEYS IS A BIG BOOST FOR CCA ENDOWMENT.(What's Happening)
...more than last year, said...the fiscal year on June 30...couple of years, CCA has...FM; this year that amounts...Foundation gave $150,000 to CCA...less this year from the National...also said ... |
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