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Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan Considered to be one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, Harry Callahan (1912-1999) helped to bring photography into the mainstream of the art world. He was one of the few photographers who worked as well in color as he did in black and white. Born... Read more |
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limbo
limbo in Roman Catholic theology, an afterlife realm between heaven and hell where there is no punishment but where souls are denied the presence of God. Never part of Catholic dogma, the concept of limbo was developed during the Middle Ages, and came to be seen as two places. One was the home of... Read more |
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blackout
blackout was imposed in every belligerent country in 1939–40, as a necessary precaution to protect homes and factories from air attack. From a civilian's point of view, it was an infernal nuisance. It meant that several minutes had to be taken up, twice a day, with putting up and taking down... Read more |
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Rochin v. California
ROCHIN V. CALIFORNIA In Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165, 72 S. Ct. 205, 96 L. Ed. 183 (1952), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for police to pump a criminal suspect's stomach and use the resulting evidence at trial. The Court held that such conduct was "shocking to the... Read more |
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Main Street
Main Street, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1920 and dramatized in 1921 by Harvey O'Higgins and Harriet Ford.Carol Milford, a girl of quick intelligence but no particular talent, after graduation from college meets and marries Will Kennicott, a sober, kindly, unimaginative physician of... Read more |
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Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 1969– Novelist “Death Was Always Around Us” Degrees from Barnard, Brown National Book Award Nominee Selected writings Sources “Image not available for copyright reasons” Edwidge Danticat is one of only a handful of contemporary novelists of... Read more |
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Actual Cash Value
ACTUAL CASH VALUE The fair or reasonable cash price for which a property could be sold in the market in the ordinary course of business, and not at forced sale. The price it will bring in a fair market after reasonable efforts to find a purchaser who will give the highest price. What property is... Read more |
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Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men (1937), a play by John Steinbeck. [Music Box Theatre, 207 perf.; NYDCC Award.] Farm laborer Lennie ( Broderick Crawford) is a loving but infantile giant who has often killed pets accidentally with his crushing embrace. His buddy and fellow migrant worker, George ( Wallace Ford),... Read more |
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