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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Old Wives Tale
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Peter
Peter two letters of the New Testament, classified among the Catholic (or General) Epistles. Each opens with a statement of authorship by the apostle St. Peter. First Peter, the longer book, is addressed from "Babylon" to the Christians of the churches of Asia Minor. The work opens with a... Read more |
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Laura Riding
Riding, Laura (Laura Reichenthal) (1901–91), born in New York City, once associated with the group that published The Fugitive, was long expatriated in Mallorca and England before returning to the U.S. (1959) to live in Florida. Her early writings include Contemporaries and Snobs (1928) and... Read more |
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson 1929– Composer, saxophonist Life “Changed” by Charlie Parker Composed Tribute to Clifford Brown Returned to Live Jazz Playing Selected discography Sources When he was asked by the Irish Times whether he considered his composing or performing activities more... Read more |
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Zillah
Zillah ♀ Biblical name (from a Hebrew word meaning ‘shade’), borne by one of the two wives of Lamech (Genesis 4:19). The name was taken up in the first place by the Puritans, and again by fundamentalist Christian groups in the 19th century, partly because Zillah is only the... Read more |
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Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown (James Gordon Brown), 1951-, British politician. From 1975 to 1980 he taught at Edinburgh Univ. and Glasgow College of Technology; he then joined Scottish Television (1980-83) as a journalist. He ran unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1979 but won a seat in 1983. As a Labour party ... Read more |
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Jabesh-gilead
Jabesh-gilead , in the Bible, city of Gilead. After the affair at Gibeah, wives were provided for the Benjamites by sacking Jabesh. Later, Saul saved Jabesh, and at his death the grateful city buried him.... Read more |
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Laura Bush
Laura Welch Bush American first lady Laura Welch Bush (born 1946), the wife of United States President George W. Bush, has been one of the most low–key presidential wives in recent years, but supporters praise her for her quiet strength. Bush was reluctant about her husband's foray into... Read more |
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Romulus
Romulus , in Roman legend, founder of Rome. When Amulius usurped the throne of his brother Numitor, king of Alba Longa , he forced Numitor's daughter, Rhea Silvia, to become a vestal virgin so that she would bear no children. However, she became the mother of twin sons, Romulus and Remus, by the... Read more |
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GORDON BROWN'S MEDICAL ANGELS OF EDINBURGH: For the love of Jennifer; BABY...
...as Sarah Brown's girls...Chancellor's wife lost on a...shared in the Browns' sorrow, they are the first clinical...only tells half the tale...have only lived a few days...heartache for other parents...target ... |
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Taxpayers' cash for losing weight? The way our money is wasted we'll soon be...
...payments and other rewards for...on my poor wife, who remains...Cole. If Gordon Brown starts offering...and-a-half and 12 stone...s why Mr Brown is offering...belief in both the duty...when I ... |
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Tragedy overshadows Cook and Brown reconciliation
...political rival Gordon Brown. But the...with his new wife Gaynor looking...entrance half an hour later...affair but both couples posed...accident. Both men confined...complimenting each other while ... |
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OUR HOPE; 'We are very optimistic that advances being made in medicine will...
...Political Editor GORDON and Sarah Brown desperately...Chancellor and his wife, whose first child Jennifer...to make. Gordon and Sarah...help him and others." Four...fears. The Browns have kept...thinking of ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Cameron turns fire on Brown over expenses
...embarrass Gordon Brown over his...Street.Mr Brown has claimed...said. The other Tories likely...Whitehall. He lived rent-free...and-a-half years, moving...Ireland's First Minister, and his ... |
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Broon frae Troon: the modest legacy of a rugby giant
...every sense. Gordon Brown gave his...to earn in half a season...left to his wife, Linda, with whom he lived in a modest...his sport. Gordon's brother...games. The first year I was...my brother ... |
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Grace... but should they still be in favour?
...with his wife and three...may have other plans, though...Secretary, nor Gordon Brown, the Chancellor...though both have taken...Tories. "Gordon Brown will...would revert first to the ... |
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Israeli air attack kills leading Hamas official as Gaza offensive escalates;...
...two of his wives and four...children. This first assault on...Nizar Rayan lived drove that...Eleven other people...s four wives and four...up to four wives. Hamas leaders...two and a half years ... |
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Getting a Clegg up; The Liberal Democrat surge.(Nick Clegg)
...He and his wife, a Spanish...Neither Gordon Brown, the prime...surveys, and others show it in first place. Even if it loses half of this bounce...Britain's first hung parliament...smaller of the ... |
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New vision takes shape: Eatonville is one of the country's oldest black...
...it's a first home; for others, the setting...Theresa Brown was looking...happy," Brown said, standing...less than half the homes...homes, said Gordon Shaw, Florida...block and other new homes...safer than in ... |
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