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Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian Stokes Mitchell 1957– Actor At a Glance… Returned to Theatre Earned a Tony Award Nomination Sources Brian Stokes Mitchell is an actor and singer with a varied career in television and theater. Mitchell’s dramatic and vocal abilities are well displayed in the... Read more |
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Glastonbury
Glastonbury , town (1991 pop. 6,751), Somerset, SW England. It has a leather industry, but Glastonbury is famous for its religious associations and many legends. One legend tells that St. Joseph of Arimathea founded the first Christian church in England there. On Wearyall Hill he rested his staff,... Read more |
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Arad
Arad , in the Bible, royal town in the Negev, the modern Tell Arad (Israel), S of Hebron. The "king Arad" in the Book of Numbers is a mistranslation for "king of Arad." It is the only tell (mound) in the Negev and indicates the existence of a fortified town in the Bronze Age.... Read more |
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William Tell
William Tell legendary Swiss patriot. According to legend, Tell was a native of Uri, one of the Swiss forest cantons. Gessler, the canton's Austrian bailiff, decreed that Swiss citizens must remove their hats before his hat, which he had posted on a stake in the canton's largest town. Tell refused... Read more |
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Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth Inchbald , 1753-1821, English author. The daughter of a farmer, Joseph Simpson, she went to London in 1772 to seek her fortune on the stage. The same year she married a fellow actor, Joseph Inchbald. In 1784 she turned from acting to writing. Her plays, moral and sentimental, include I'll... Read more |
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Mark Helprin
Helprin, Mark (1947–), novelist. A native of Ossining, N.Y., after graduation from Harvard, Helprin served in the Israeli army. His fiction has been called “moral fantasy.” Ellis Island and Other Stories (1981) mixes realism with fantasy, as do the stories in A Dove of the East... Read more |
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Tea Bag
Tea Bag Background Tea has existed as a beverage since 2000 B.C.The brewing, serving, and drinking of tea are time-honored rituals throughout the world. While there is general agreement that the tea trade began in China, both China and India lay claim to discovering... Read more |
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Cross-Examination
CROSS-EXAMINATION During a trial, virtually all evidence is presented to the fact finder (usually a jury in criminal cases, but sometimes a judge) through witnesses called by each party during that party's case. The party that has called a witness first has an opportunity to elicit testimony from... Read more |
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia [Gr.,=between rivers], ancient region of Asia, the territory about the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, included in modern Iraq. The region extends from the Persian Gulf north to the mountains of Armenia and from the Zagros and Kurdish mountains on the east to the Syrian Desert. From the... Read more |
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Days Without End
Days Without End (1934), a modern miracle play by Eugene O'Neill. [Henry Miller Theatre, 57 perf.] John Loving is two men simultaneously: John ( Earle Larimore), his generous, idealistic half, and Loving ( Stanley Ridges), his baser self. Embittered at life, he has abandoned religion and made a... Read more |
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