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Character
CHARACTER. The word character, when applied to persons, has two sources, distinguished lexically in ancient Greek by the terms êthos and charakt Read more |
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Tom
Tom male personal forename.Tom and Jerry names of the two chief characters in Egan's Life in London, 1821, and its continuation, 1828; whence in various allusive and attributive uses, especially as name of a compound alcoholic drink, a kind of highly-spiced punch.Tom and Jerry are also the names... Read more |
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temple
Temple, family name of characters in the Leather‐Stocking Tales and other novels of Cooper.... Read more |
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Jerome Weidman
Weidman, Jerome (1913–), New York author, known for his frank, unpleasant portraits of Jewish characters, whose novels include I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1937) and its sequel, What's in It for Me? (1938), about an unscrupulous New Yorker's dress‐manufacturing business; I'll Never... Read more |
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alphanumeric
alphanumeric or alphameric , the set of letters and numbers. When used in reference to computer input and output, the set usually is expanded to include the upper- and lower-case alphabetic characters (A-Z, a-z), the numeric characters (0-9), and special characters (such as the symbols $, #,... Read more |
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homoplasy
homoplasy The similarity of a particular character in two different, yet often related, groups of organisms that is not the result of common ancestry. Such a similarity may arise due to convergent evolution, parallel evolution, or an evolutionary reversal, and is therefore potentially misleading... Read more |
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qualitative inheritance
qualitative inheritance Inheritance of a character that differs markedly in its expression amongst individuals of a species (i.e. variation in that species is discontinuous). Such characters are usually under the control of major genes. A principal example is gender. Compare QUANTITATIVE... Read more |
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Ganzhou
Ganzhou, Jiangxi/China Nankang, Ganxian Settled as a county c.200 bc, it was renamed Nankang county in 600 and Ganxiang ‘Gan county’ in 608. The city lies at the confluence of the Zhang and Gong Rivers so the place was named Gan. The character is composed of two parts: the... Read more |
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stunts
...life, the kinds of characters that they portrayed...skilful, and fearless characters to be employed to perform...sequence when an actor/character appears to carry out...Last Crusade, the character ‘Indy’ (played...of breaking a leg or ... |
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Marchand, Nancy
...theatre who later developed into a favorite character actress. She was born in...Carnegie Tech before going into stock in 1946. Marchand made...on and off Broadway before getting noticed as the cold‐hearted...1960). Usually playing ... |
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Combat Trauma
...life‐threatening character of modern warfare. Some medical...of the United States into the war in April 1917...psychiatrist Thomas Salmon into the Allies' methods...shocked veterans back into society and lobbied...no such thing as ‘getting ... |
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Glance at New York, A
...out of their scrapes, and once or twice unwittingly getting them into trouble, is a handsome, rugged fireman, Mose ( Frank...played in numerous other sequels written around the character of Mose. A Glance at New York was revived Off Broadway... |
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masks
...so naturally the great Humour of a Character, it can never suit with the Variety...guardian spirits of Buddhism. Entering into an almost trance-like state, the artistry of the mask-maker lies in getting under the skin of the mask. The Japanese... |
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myths and the Earth sciences
...their principal characters are gods or animals...and the heavens came into being out of chaos...conquered and banished into the nether regions. Zeus prevailed...the Atlantic to flow into the Mediterranean, or...prevent Atlantic monsters ... |
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touch
...in the appearance or character of (something): the trees were...typically one's hand, into contact with someone or something...act of asking for and getting money or some other commodity...something successfully: getting caught looks so incompetent...in ... |
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king
...obsession resembling that of Dickens's character ‘Mr Dick’ in David Copperfield...Memorial; but he had been constantly getting into it, and was there now.’King...32) of Napoleon I, who had gone into exile as a child with his mother... |
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Getting into characters; Three new CD-ROM programs let kids interact with...
...And then I sailed into another sea adventure...delighted to find, is still getting shipwrecked on the same...familiar children's characters on CD-ROM can be captivating...lets you throw pizza into pirates' faces doesn...build up whole scenes of ... |
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Getting in character, after a movie
...06-24-2000 Getting in character, after a movieByline...is imitating the characters in the fantasy...likable or inspiring character, viewers tend...when I wandered into his room. Stephen...a television character is that the ... |
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Gillian Anderson: Getting into character for X-Files movie was harder than...
Gillian Anderson says getting back into Dana Scully's character for "The X-Files: I Want...different as possible from the character. "When I was faced with...I like doing up houses and getting into the architecture," she told... |
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Getting into character!
GETTING into character are the cast of Hippodrome Youth Theatre...s youngsters have been out and about getting to know some of the animals they will...Simon is really enjoying playing a big character role, and he and his little froglets... |
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Getting in character Local actors mix with New York professionals for "Tony...
...while playing the title characters during the rehearsal...either. If actors start into their resumes, they...nonprofessional actors grow into their roles. "We see...days," she said. Getting to know the characters Alexander said the ... |
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A PLAY IS BORN; Getting into character; With world premier less than a month...
...to create and define their characters and go through the process...socializing for a bit and getting more information from Kuch...knowledge, freedom and how characters are controlled and stifled...subtext will get to what these characters really want," she ... |
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Development and vitality.('Getting into Character')(Brief article)
...Spectator, Allan Massie published "Getting into Character." He questioned E. M. Forster...distinction between flat and round characters. Suggesting that vitality is...Unlike one of Forster's round characters, Anthony never develops, but... |
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Spread the word by getting in character for World Book Day; EDUCATION...
...Book Day today. Pupils are dressing up as characters from their favourite books, storytelling and getting vouchers to help buy books. More than 50...Bridgend Hospitals have organised a Leap Into Your Library campaign including activities... |
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Getting Into Character: A Theater Photographer's Private Portraits
...Dundas, who played Laura, says the character portraits added another level of appreciation to her role. "I think of these characters as real people in Tennessee Williams...Center's press office, hopes Marcus's character portraits eventually can be exhibited... |
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Kids getting into character.(News)
...school made sure they really got into the characters of their favourite book - by...them. A host of favourite book characters came to life at Hallfield School...while dressed as their favourite characters. "We want to show children... |
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