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elegy
elegy in Greek and Roman poetry, a poem written in elegiac verse (i.e., couplets consisting of a hexameter line followed by a pentameter line). The form dates back to 7th cent. BC in Greece and poets such as Archilochus, Mimnermus, and Tytraeus. Later taken up and developed in Roman poetry, it was... Read more |
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Brenda Lee
Brenda LeeSinger Brenda Lee was one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1950s and 1960s. She began as a child star, making musical guest appearances on television variety shows and putting out hits like "I'm Sorry," "Sweet Nothin's," and the perennial holiday classic "Rockin' Around the... Read more |
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Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour , 1593-1652, French painter. By 1618 he was settled at Lunéville, in his native Lorraine. He bore the title of painter to the king in 1639. La Tour painted religious and genre pictures, many of which show the influence of Dutch modifications of Caravaggio's style. La Tour's... Read more |
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Tammuz
Tammuz , ancient nature deity worshiped in Babylonia. A god of agriculture and flocks, he personified the creative powers of spring. He was loved by the fertility goddess Ishtar , who, according to one legend, was so grief-stricken at his death that she contrived to enter the underworld to get him... Read more |
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Sheol
Sheol According to Hebrew tradition, Sheol—which means the pit—was a realm beneath the earth where the spirits of the dead resided. It was in many ways the opposite of the world of the living. While light shone on the earth, darkness veiled Sheol. On earth the living... Read more |
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Mourne Mountains
Mourne Mountains , in Down, Newry, and Mourne dists., SE Northern Ireland. Slieve Donard (2,796 ft/852 m) is the highest peak in Northern Ireland. The district is barren and sparsely populated; there are ruins of sacked castles. Granite and sand and gravel are quarried. Belfast receives its main... Read more |
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Alonzo Mourning
Alonzo Mourning 1970– Professional basketball player Early Basketball Career Learned About Life and Basketball Succeeded in the NBA Sickness Forced Early Retirement Off The Court Sources Alonzo Mourning has been called a prodigy and an enigma. Through hard work and dedication, he turned from... Read more |
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James Dean
James Dean (James Byron Dean), 1931-55, American film actor, b. Marion, Ind. After a few stage and television roles, Dean was chosen to play the moody, rebellious son in the film East of Eden (1953). He was further identified with restless, inarticulate youth in his second film Rebel without a... Read more |
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Black
black in western countries, black has traditionally been worn as a sign of mourning, and in figurative use the word has traditionally implied foreboding, evil, or melancholy.Black Act a severe law passed in the early 18th century against poaching and trespassing (poachers who blackened their faces... Read more |
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Newry
Newry town (1991 pop. 19,246), Newry and Mourne dist., SE Northern Ireland, on the Clanrye River and the Newry Canal. It has canal connections with Carlingford Lough, the Bann River, and Lough Neagh. Newry is a seaport with linen mills, tobacco and food processing, and varied manufactures. In the... Read more |
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QUEEN MOTHER 100 YEARS: THE RELUCTANT MONARCHS; They never really wanted to...
...QUEEN MOTHER: 100 YEARS KING George VI and Queen Elizabeth...she travelled the country visiting military hospitals...1948 Three Queens in mourning: Queen Mary, the Queen...and a father on the death of King ... |
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Rite of passage The mass mourning was extraordinary. But what, to a...
...phenomena as the reaction to Diana's death, or indeed anything to do with public...was Mass-Observation's study of King George VI's coronation in 1937 - May 12...observers" were posted about the country and instructed to note what they... |
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Racing mourning death of Costello; The World of Sport.(News)
...greatest characters and shrewdest judges of horse flesh the country has known. During much of a career, which spanned well...star 'products' was One Man, a champion chase and King George VI Chase winner. One of Costello's best training performances... |
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Nation in mourning for royal favourite; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,...
...first since the death of her husband King George VI, 50 years ago...noon as official mourning continued. The...resting in a small country chapel where members...interment at St George's Chapel, within...in ... |
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Queen Mother death: sunday mail OPINION; Queen of her century.(Sunday Mail...
...And the death of the Queen...husband, King George VI was nervous...united the country at its lowest...And the King will never...her husband George VI, she bought...went into ... |
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God save the Queen, God help rest of us..(Features; Opinion, Column)
...before breaking the news. Britain was in national mourning following the death of King George VI, the stammering monarch. My wife, six at the...conquering Everest. And there is no doubt that this country is unrecognisable ... |
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State Bell of St. Paul's Cathedral tolls mourning for Queen Mother;...
...much for this country." Although the death dominated news...her husband George VI in 1952. The...s father, King George VI, in 1952...said. "Our countries have come together...will remain in ... |
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Britons begin formal mourning for Queen Mother.(Opinion & Editorial)
...a period of mourning for the Queen...throughout the country on Monday...her mother's death, leading her...day at St. George's Chapel...beloved husband, King George VI, who died in...national period of ... |
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The Queen Mother 1900-2002: A week of public mourning before funeral
...passing in 1952 of King George VI, the Queen...churches across the country tributes were...Canterbury, Dr George Carey, gave...its kind since death of Queen Mother...King George ... |
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ROYAL RETREAT.
...Caithness in June 1952, while mourning the death of her husband, King George VI, that she first saw the castle...after the Queen Mother's death, the castle was opened to...steam-driven car into the country ... |
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