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Lincoln (England)
Lincoln (Roman) was a legionary fortress, then the colonia of Lindum, where the river Witham flows east through the ridge of the Lincoln Edge. The earliest known fortress, under the later town, was constructed by legio IX Hispana c.60, but there may have been earlier military occupation south of the... Read more |
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton 1946-, country singer, songwriter, and actress, b. Sevier County, Tenn. Among the most popular country singers of the 1970s and 80s, Parton is known for her Nashville-style flamboyance, talent for self-parody, and intelligent and witty approach to popular, country, and bluegrass music.... Read more |
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Helene Schjerfbeck
Schjerfbeck, Helene (1862–1946). Finnish painter, born in Helsinki, where she began her training at the Finnish Fine Art Association's Drawing School as a precious 11-year-old. In the 1880s she travelled widely, working mainly in France but also in St Ives (see ST IVES SCHOOL) and St... Read more |
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Gus Van Sant
VAN SANT, Gus Nationality:American. Born:Louisville, Kentucky, 24 July 1952. Education:Studied painting, then switched emphasis to film, and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. Career:Began making films using a Super-8 camera, 1964; worked ... Read more |
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Brazil
Brazil , Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. By far the largest of the Latin American countries, Brazil occupies nearly half the continent of South America, stretching from the Guiana... Read more |
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Chuck Close
Chuck Close (Charles Thomas Close), 1940-, American painter, b. Monroe, Wash., grad. Univ. of Washington (B.A., 1962), Yale Univ. (B.F.A., 1963; M.F.A., 1964). After studying in Vienna (1964-65), he moved (1968) to New York City. Since then Close has specialized in huge, coolly expressionless... Read more |
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Murmansk
Murmansk , city (1989 pop. 468,000), capital of Murmansk region, NW European Russia, on the Kola Gulf of the Barents Sea. It is the terminus of the Northeast Passage and the world's largest city N of the Arctic Circle, with a polar research institute. For many years this ice-free port was a... Read more |
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Hayward
Hayward city (1990 pop. 111,498), Alameda co., W Calif.; settled 1851, inc. 1876. It is an important commercial and distribution center for farm products. Manufactures include wire, plastics, metal and paper products, textiles, machinery, and motor vehicles. Hayward grew with the development of the... Read more |
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Layton
Layton city (1990 pop. 41,784), Davis co., N Utah, between the Wasatch Range and Great Salt Lake. In an irrigated farm area served by the Weber basin project, it produces fruits and vegetables. Cattle and sheep are raised, there is dairying, and bakery goods and computer software are produced.... Read more |
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Lilongwe
Lilongwe , city (1994 est. pop. 395,500), S central Malawi, in a fertile agricultural area. The capital of Malawi since 1975, it is an administrative and commercial center. The city was founded in 1947 as an agricultural marketing center. Largely a planned city, government programs in the 1970s and... Read more |
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Tiger Brings Asian Grindhouse To The UK; A rare opportunity to catch...
...golden era of the 70s and early 80s are making it back to the big screen at...second consecutive year for its cutting edge image and exceptional sense of taste and style. It is one...International Awards Gold Medal, making ... |
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A CABLE TITAN SHOWS HINTS OF DECLINE FANS ARE GRUMBLING, RATINGS ARE SAGGING,...
...lost its epic sense of inspiration...obsessed with being cutting-edge that it too often...up only being cutting. "Sex and the...Vaughn has been making, weighing her...in the early '80s against the increasingly...opposed to ... |
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Glassmakers go cutting edge
...2009 Glassmakers go cutting edge -- Focusing on...so we see this as making sense."The investment...decade by customized cutting and finishing...are lifted onto a cutting bed with a suction...manufacturer in the ... |
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Dark alternative Born of punk, Neo's gone gothic - and house, industrial and...
...That music - its rough edges softened - has moved...alternative that DJs play is cutting edge. "They (DJs) are...stream of patrons is making its way into the club...it varies from early '80s new wave to house and...following and in that ... |
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RIVERS KEEPS HER CUTTING EDGE COMIC DISMISSES CARSON'S SNUB, SAYS HER...
...substitute host in the early '80s and rumors persisted she might...offered 15 times the money I was making there," she said. "What...All comedy has to have an edge and that's where I get it...in her new beginnings. In a sense, she did get the last laugh... |
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MASTER QUILTER MADISON QUILTMAKER TRAVELS THE WORLD SHARING HER CUTTING-EDGE...
...Speckmann, who cut her teeth on making Barbie clothes, as well as...a part of having stuff make sense to people.'' Invitations...coming Speckmann's way in the '80s, and she found herself lecturing...still like getting together and making quilts for wall ... |
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The dynamic duo behind a cutting-edge boutique.
...alley fabulous?' " Paige: "It was the '80s. We put mirrors down both sides." IT...says Tuni, who is the neat, list-making member of the team. "This end of the...money." Mother and daughter have a sixth sense for fashion and an adventurous spirit... |
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Transferred to Chelsea
...plunged over the edge into inner city...wacky, arty, cutting edge image. There is still the sense that the area...there's still a cutting edge. It's...going in the early 80s, when galleries...s Wake or The ... |
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Miami news: Art Basel's outpost in Florida is brash, hedonistic,...
...Convention Center failed to ignite a sense of being at the cutting edge of contemporary art. They were...like South Beach in the 70s and 80s. yet full of energy now the artists...claimed to be serving artists and 'making taste rather than ... |
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BIG-SCREEN ACTORS OF '80S CUT TO SIZE IN FALL TV SHOWS.(ENTERTAINMENT)
...long tradition of TV stars making the leap to the big screen...itself, and several '80s movie actors are carrying...Memphis Belle'' and ``The Cutting Edge.'' Lea Thompson: Perhaps...it. Still, you get a sense of the charm Thompson would... |