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Harpy
Harpy in Greek mythology, winged women with sharp claws who snatched food, objects, or people.... Read more |
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Sharp Corp
Sharp Corporation 22-22 Nagaike-choAbeno-kuOsaka 545-8522JapanTelephone: +81-6-6621-1221Fax: +81-6-6627-1759Web site: http://www.sharp-world.com Public Company Incorporated: 1935 as Hayakawa Metal Industrial LaboratoryEmployees: 60,200Sales: Read more |
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James Sharp
James Sharp 1613-79, Scottish prelate. As a Presbyterian minister, Sharp became (1650) a leader of the moderate wing of the Scottish church called the Resolutioners. He was captured (1651) by Oliver Cromwell's forces and imprisoned until 1652. Sent (1657) to London to represent the interests of the... Read more |
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Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp 1735-1813, English reformer, scholar, and abolitionist. In 1772 he won a case establishing the principle that any slave would become free upon reaching British land. Sharp continued his abolitionist activities, notably the promotion of a colony of former slaves in Sierra Leone,... Read more |
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Sivrihisar
Sivrihisar, Turkey Justinianopolis Founded by, and originally named after, Justinian I† as a fortified garrison guarding the western approaches to Ancyra (now Ankara). It was subsequently renamed Sivrihisar ‘Sharp‐pointed Castle’ from sivri... Read more |
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William Sharp
William Sharp pseud. Fiona Macleod , 1855-1905, Scottish poet and man of letters. Under his own name he wrote literary biographies; poems, including the volume Earth's Voices (1884); and novels, notably Silence Farm (1899). With his wife he compiled the anthology Lyra Celtica (1896). Under... Read more |
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Sharpe James
Sharpe James1936— Politician, educator Sharpe James was the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1986 to 2006. During his tenure Newark was recognized with the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Most Livable City Award, the National Civic League's All-America City Award, and the Environmental Protection... Read more |
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visual acuity
visual acuity Sharpness of vision: the ability of the eye to distinguish between objects that lie close together. This hinges on the ability of the eye to focus incoming light to form a sharp image on the retina. Visual acuity depends on the cone cells, which are most densely packed in the fovea,... Read more |
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Brown Sharpe Manufacturing Co
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. 200 Frenchtown RoadNorth Kingston, Rhode Island 02852-2937U.S.A.(401) 886-2000Fax: (401) 886-2214Web site: http://www.bwnshp.com Public Company Incorporated: 1868Employees: 2,383Sales: $344.9 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 3545 Cutting... Read more |
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Somerset
...mines of Mendip as early as ad 49. The Fosse Way, from Lincoln to Exeter, bisected...grew up quickly. Ilchester, on the Fosse, was another important development. After...1184. Somerton and Ilchester were in sharp decline by Tudor times, but Taunton... |
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'Fosse' is sizzling tribute to dance legend.
...man inside those dancing shoes. Fosse is probably the only musical theater...borrowed from folk or classical dance, Fosse's sharp-angled moves are streetwise, savvy...the numbers around influences in Fosse's artistic life: "Chicago... |
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'FOSSE' REVUE HAS PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM.(LIVING)
...was the first revue he ever did.'' ''Fosse'' is a revue like ''Dancin' '' (1978). ''Fosse,'' the 1999 Tony Award winner for best musical, is three acts of the best of Fosse's sharp-edged, knock-kneeded, pelvis-swiveling... |
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All that style; In restaging 'Chicago', Ann Reinking remains true to Bob...
...Michael Bennett's "A Chorus Line." Fosse's innovative choreography for...Hart, won a Tony for re-creating Fosse's sharp-edged dances. (In the Boston...to her past. Reinking first met Fosse in 1981, when she auditioned for... |
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Theater; 'Fosse' a sizzling sensation.
...man inside those dancing shoes. Fosse is probably the only musical theater...borrowed from folk or classical dance, Fosse's sharp-angled moves are streetwise, savvy...the numbers around influences in Fosse's artistic life: "Chicago... |
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DVD REVIEW: Film version of 'Fosse' stumbles over awkward camera work,...
...The director destroys one of Fosse's trademark choreographic stylings...Dancin' Man." In this number, Fosse choreographed sharp stances outlined by perfect body...moves -- a subtlety important to Fosse's choreography. Technical shortcomings... |
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Celebrating a Broadway legend.(Entertainment)(Touring dance revue highlights...
...Center on Friday and Saturday. "Fosse definitely had a style of his own...formulate his own style." The lean, sharp, exaggerated Fosse style was a stark contrast to the...in vogue when he made his mark. Fosse (1927-87) was phenomenally... |
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'99 Tony winner `Fosse' shows no sign of slowing down.
...Heaven knows there are plenty of Fosse numbers (drawn from his film...from "Dancin'" of 1978_Fosse created dances that moved to...could also be a choreographer of sharp wit and gentle romance, and in "Fosse" we get a little of this aspect... |
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FILM: ALSO SHOWING CABARET BOB FOSSE (NC) KILLING ME SOFTLY CHEN KAIGE (18)...
...Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories are the springboard from which director-choreographer Bob Fosse launches a garish, droll, whip- sharp musical about a city raising merry hell on its way towards moral annihilation. It was innovative... |
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Bloomington knows `How to Succeed'; REVIEW: Director John Command was in the...
...quickly. The satire is not as sharp as it was in 1961, when the...touring company, directed by Bob Fosse, in the 1960s. He and Ruth...direction is fast-paced and sharp, full of sly touches that inspire...amusement. He re-creates Fosse's original ... |
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THE `FOSSE' FANTASTIC LEGENDARY CHOREOGRAPHER MOLDED THE MUSICAL THEATER IN...
...SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION Bob Fosse used to tell his dancers to...while on the outside you're as sharp and focused as a needle. Lynn...the Tony Award-winning ``Fosse'' -- which opens Tuesday...She toured with a revival of Fosse's ``Sweet Charity'' in... |
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