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Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter 1615-91, English nonconformist clergyman. Ordained in 1638, he began his ministry at Kidderminster in 1641. He sided with Parliament when the civil war broke out and served (1645-47) as a chaplain in Cromwell's army, where he urged moderation in both religious and political opinions.... Read more |
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed , district (1991 pop. 26,400), Northumberland, NE England, at the mouth of the Tweed River. The district includes the Holy Islands and the Farne Islands and extends SW to the Cheviot Hills. The town of Berwick, located in the district, is a market town and seaport, famous for its... Read more |
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Baxter
Baxter ♂ Transferred use of the surname, which originated in the Middle Ages as an occupational name for a baker, Old English bæcestre. The -estre suffix was originally feminine, but by the Middle English period the gender difference had been lost; Baxter was merely a regional variant... Read more |
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Eye-hand coordination
Hand-eye coordination Definition Hand-eye coordination is the ability of the vision system to coordinate the information received through the eyes to control, guide, and direct the hands in the accomplishment of a given task, such as handwriting or catching a ball. Hand-eye... Read more |
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George Baxter
Baxter, George (b Lewes, Sussex, 31 July 1804; d Sydenham, Kent [now Greater London], 11 Jan. 1867). English engraver and printer. In 1835 he patented a method of making colour prints—the first commercially viable alternative to the hand-coloured print. The basic design, usually in aquatint,... Read more |
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman Singer, songwriter, guitarist For the Record… Selected discography Sources In an era when the label folksinger-songwriter does little to guarantee success, Tracy Chapman has seen her dreams come true. When Chapman takes the stage sporting short dreadlocks, blue jeans, and a... Read more |
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They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted (1924), a play by Sidney Howard. [Garrick Theatre, 192 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] Tony ( Richard Bennett), an aging Italian winegrower in the California Napa Valley, proposes by letter to a San Francisco waitress, Amy ( Pauline Lord), who waited on him once. Fearing she... Read more |
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samite
samite a rich silk fabric interwoven with gold and silver threads, used for dressmaking and decoration in the Middle Ages. In literary use, it is particularly associated with the story of King Arthur; when the sword Excalibur is finally thrown back into the lake, the arm that reaches out of the... Read more |
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Angharad
Angharad ♀ (Welsh) From the Old Celtic intensive prefix an- + cār ‘love’ + the noun suffix -ad. This was the name of the mother of the 12th-century chronicler Giraldus Cambrensis (‘Gerald the Welshman’). In the Mabinogi, Angharad Golden Hand at first... Read more |
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