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boathook
boathook. About the length of a broom handle, this has a two-pronged metal hook at the end, one prong larger than the other. A basic piece of equipment for all small vessels, such as yachts, launches, naval pinnaces, it is used in a harbour, marina, etc. to control a vessel coming alongside a... Read more |
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Mathew Saint Patrick
Mathew St. Patrick 1969— Actor When Mathew St. Patrick was a boy, he escaped from the rough streets of his neighborhood by watching film after film in the all-night theater near his home. Watching the actors on the screen, he often thought, "I can do that." Although all too often... Read more |
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls Rock band For the Record… New Beginnings Too Much Too Soon The End Epilogue for a Band Selected discography Sources Fusing the raw, rock n |
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John Phillips Marquand
John Phillips Marquand , 1893-1960, American novelist, b. Wilmington, Del., grad. Harvard, 1915. Most of Marquand's gently satirical novels examine life among the rich and socially prominent of New England. Often they concern people too hidebound by money or tradition to change their lives for the... Read more |
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The Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo, The (1951), a play by Tennessee Williams. [ Martin Beck Theatre, 306 perf.; Tony Award.] In a small village on the Gulf Coast, the passionate and devout Sicilian‐American, Serafina della Rosa ( Maureen Stapleton), lives with an idealized memory of her late husband, a truck... Read more |
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offing
offing, the distance that a ship at sea keeps away from the land because of navigational dangers, fog, or other hazards. The term is generally, though not necessarily, understood to mean that the ship remains in waters too deep for anchoring. To keep, or to make, a good offing is to lay a course... Read more |
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Lynne Thigpen
Lynne Thigpen 1948–2003 Actress Began Career as a Teacher Changed Rotes to Avoid Typecasting Became Popular Host and Voice Star Selected works Sources Called “probably the busiest Black Actress around” in a 1992 issue of Essence, Lynne Thigpen maintained an active presence on... Read more |
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Rachel Field
Rachel Field 1894-1942, American writer, b. New York City, educated at Radcliffe. Her books for children include The Cross-Stitch Heart and Other One-Act Plays (1927), Hitty: Her First Hundred Years (1929), and Calico Bush (1931). She also wrote several adult novels of which All This and... Read more |
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Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis 1951— Composer, pianist, educator At a Glance… An Early Interest in Jazz and Classical Music Created His Own Jazz Ensemble Created Opera About Malcolm X Selected works Sources In the 1980s and early 1990s Anthony Davis, an award-winning composer and jazz pianist, became... Read more |
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oyster
oyster edible bivalve mollusk found in beds in shallow, warm waters of all oceans. The shell is made up of two valves, the upper one flat and the lower convex, with variable outlines and a rough outer surface. Since the oyster spends most of its life (except for the free-swimming larval stage)... Read more |
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