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Exeter
Exeter , city (1991 pop. 88,235) and district, Devon, SW England, on the Exe River. It is the market, transportation, administrative, and distribution center for SW England. Manufacturing predominates, with metal and leather goods, paper, and farm implements as Exeter's chief products. The fort town... Read more |
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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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Exe
Exe , river, c.55 mi (90 km) long, rising in the Exmoor, Somerset, SW England, and flowing S across the Cornwall peninsula, past Exeter to the English Channel at Exmouth. Salmon and shellfish are taken from the river; many waterfowl are found along its narrow estuary.... Read more |
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Devon
Devon , county (1991 pop. 1,008,300), 2,591 sq mi (6,711 sq km), SW England. The county town is Exeter . Devon is bounded on the N by the Bristol Channel, on the S by the English Channel, and on the W by Cornwall. It is a land of rolling hills, dominated by Dartmoor and Exmoor , upland areas of... Read more |
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Exmouth
Exmouth , town (1991 pop. 28,037), Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Exe River. It is a port and a popular summer resort. In 1347, Exmouth provided 10 ships for the siege of Calais .... Read more |
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Redhead
Redhead (1959), a musical thriller by Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David Shaw (book), Dorothy Fields (book, lyrics), Albert Hague (music). [46th Street Theatre, 452 perf.; Tony Award.] In Victorian London, Essie Whimple ( Gwen Verdon) fashions figures at the Simpson Sisters' Waxworks but... Read more |
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The Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom, The (1932), a comedy by Philip Barry. [Broadhurst Theatre, 183 perf.] Tom Collier ( Leslie Howard) has summoned his father ( Fredrick Forrester) and his friend Owen Arthur ( G. Albert Smith) to his home to announce his intention to marry Cecelia Henry ( Lora Baxter). Owen... Read more |
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rock n roll
ROCK 'N' ROLL Restless Blood and Jungle Rhythms At a time when America's most serious domestic problem in the minds of many people was the integration of schools, when federal integration laws were being defied across the nation, when angry parents were rioting in the streets to protest being... 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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