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Alphonse Legros
Alphonse Legros , 1837-1911, French etcher, painter, and sculptor. Legros's draftsmanship was similar to that of Ingres, but his approach was sentimental. He moved to England in 1863 and became a professor of fine arts at the Slade School of Art, London. Best known as a graphic artist, he depicted... Read more |
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United Kingdom. Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
English Heritage, the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, was set up under the National Heritage Act, 1983. Responsible for the care and maintenance of many ancient monuments, historic buildings, and sites, this role includes making grants and giving assistance towards the... Read more |
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Saint Austell
Saint Austell , town (1991 pop. 36,639), Cornwall, SW England, at the mouth of the Fowey River on St. Austell Bay. China clay (discovered there c.1755) is produced and exported, and tourism and fishing are important. The Eden Project has indoor and outdoor horticultural displays. Neighboring Fowey... Read more |
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Benjamin Britten Baron Britten of Aldeburgh
Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh 1913-76, English composer. Britten is considered the most significant British composer since Purcell . As a youth he composed instrumental works, displaying technical brilliance and colorful orchestration. One example, The Young Person's Guide to the... Read more |
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Liquid Crystal Display
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Background Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) consist of liquid crystals that are activated by electric current. They are used most frequently to display one or more lines of alpha-numeric information in a variety of devices: fax machines, laptop... Read more |
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Outdoor Systems Inc
Outdoor Systems, Inc. 2502 N. Black Canyon HighwayPhoenix, Arizona 85009U.S.A.(602) 246-9569Fax: (602) 433-2482 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1980Employees: 1,490Sales: $471 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: OSISICs: 7312 Outdoor Advertising Services The largest outdoor... Read more |
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Lauren Child
Child, Lauren 1965-PersonalBorn November 29, 1965, in Berkshire, England; father an artist and art teacher, mother an infant and primary teacher. Education: Attended Manchester Polytechnic, 1985-86; studied decorative arts with City and Guilds London, 1987-88. Hobbies and other interests: Movies,... Read more |
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revue
revue a stage presentation that originated in the early 19th cent. as a light, satirical commentary on current events. It was rapidly developed, particularly in England and the United States, into an amorphous musical entertainment, retaining a small amount of satire and partaking increasingly of... Read more |
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CRICKET: Embarrassed England put in the 'naughty boy nets'.(Sport)
...Antigua. The embarrassing display prompted coach Peter...Swann and Anderson, England's humiliation would...was given lbw. The England captain clearly believed...first-class match. England had been warned about...tone for England's ... |
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Abject England crushed.
...embarrassing for England. Facing, on paper...Twenty20 matches, England produced a dismal display with the bat...which would have embarrassed Zimbabwe, and...it smacked on a desperate lack of concentration. England won the ... |
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Cricket: Colly out to end his personal nightmare; England star desperate to...
...and that is what you have to keep believing." England's lethargic batting display, which saw the Black Caps dismiss them for 120...remaining before the best-of-three finals. "Embarrassed is the wrong word to use, we were pretty disappointed... |
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England: A grovelling apology.
...been wrong to knock England's World Cupwinning...campaign against England hero Jonny Wilkinson...T- shirts had embarrassed Aussies and amused...laughed at the ' desperate tactics'. The...and a continued display of deadly accuracy...trying to ... |
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Football: PREMIERSHIP COUNTDOWN 2 DAYS TO GO: Humiliated and subbed: It's the...
...with a nightmare display. The Frenchman...Barthez was in desperate need of a commanding display to prove to Fergie...s strike which embarrassed David Seaman and sent England crashing out of...shirt vacated by England skipper ... |
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Cricket: ENGLAND WIN UGLY; WORLD CUP SUPER 8S: BANGLADESH v ENGLAND, FROM THE...
...Nixon (20) saw England home, but in reaching...way. Luckily for England the equation remains...and we were just desperate to get the two points...it was a nervous display because we were...there were shades of England's spluttering...a mile. ... |
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Football: TAM COWAN: PARENTAL GUIDANCE RECOMMENDED; Motherwell are the champs...
...Motherwell must be due to play England at cricket. I'll tell you...see Karl conned his way into England's Test cricket side over...s impressive second-half display at Rugby Park has already been...stand. I FEEL ashamed and embarrassed. Perhaps even unclean, ... |
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Must we really wait until next June before Eriksson is made to walk? Swede at...
...Eriksson's new England, nettled by recent...a horror show. England, for the fourth...explore the flanks, desperate at the finish...Copenhagen. Since then, England's confidence has...incompetent of sides have embarrassed Beckham and ... |
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Double trouble for England
...match, despite England still having another...matches in charge, England have lost just four...the FA would be embarrassed over his departure...but the Poles lead England by two points...Baltic nation are desperate for success as ... |
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NOW JUMP UP A LEVEL; England must show they can win from the front.(Sport)
...reports from Cape Town ENGLAND played their best...ago after being embarrassed in Jamaica and won...because he knows England have been at their...their superlative display in durban has left...Kingsmead, can England scale another ... |
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