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Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams 1969–Actor, singer Famous for roles in such television shows as Melrose Place and Showtime's Soul Food, Vanessa Williams has become a prominent actress in Hollywood. Sometimes confused with Vanessa L. Williams, the former Miss America, Williams, who registered her name with the... Read more |
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Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar 1922-, American comedian, one of the stars of the 1950s "golden age of live television," b. Yonkers, N.Y. While performing in a World War II military show he met the producer Max Liebman who, impressed with Caesar's comic abilities, later sponsored him in club gigs and had him host... Read more |
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combine painting
combine painting. A term coined by Robert Rauschenberg for a type of work he created—a very radical form of collage—in which a painted surface is ‘combined’ with various real objects, or sometimes photographic images, attached to it. Rauschenberg first showed such works... Read more |
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peep-show box
peep-show box. An enclosed cabinet with scenes painted on the interior surfaces in such a way that when viewed through a small opening or eyepiece they give a strong illusion of three-dimensional reality. Alberti may have been the inventor of the peep-show box, for some such device is ascribed to... Read more |
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Evander
Evander , in Greek religion, a minor deity worshiped in Arcadia in connection with Pan. In Roman religion, he was said to have introduced the worship of Faunus and to have founded the festival of Lupercalia . In Vergil's Aeneid, Evander shows Aeneas the site on which Rome will be built.... Read more |
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Selaginella
Selaginellaceae A family of the Pteridophyta in the wide sense, or of the Lycopsida in the narrower sense, of plants similar to the clubmosses (Lycopodiaceae), but showing heterospory, with megasporangia, each containing usually only 4 large megaspores (which germinate into female gametophytes), and... Read more |
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outbreeding
outbreeding Mating between unrelated or distantly related individuals of a species. Outbreeding populations usually show more variation than inbreeding ones and have a greater potential for adapting to environmental changes. Outbreeding increases the number of heterozygous individuals, so... Read more |
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Young Contemporaries
Young Contemporaries. Exhibition of works by British art students held in London since 1949 on a roughly annual basis (lack of funds or organization—they are generally arranged by the students themselves—has sometimes prevented the shows taking place). The first Young Contemporaries... Read more |
 "San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA)")
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Busy Bears Quilt Guild Info: (909) 585-5670 www.busybearsquiltguild.com...
...for its annual show held the weekend...Busy Bears Quilt Guild of Big Bear...California Council of Quilt Guilds comes to critique...enter as many quilts as they choose...members of the guild. ... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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QUILTS: SML GUILD SHOW HAS THEM COVERED
...Lake Quilters Guild is gearing...semi-annual show at Trinity...display of quilts (more than...impressive quilt not only will...Jamestown Quilt are available...will also have 15 antique quilts (at least...SML ... |
 "Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)")
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MIAMI VALLEY QUILT GUILD PLANS SHOW MAY 17-19
...Quilter's Guild, it's...the 2002 Quilt Show at the Montgomery...elaborate new quilts that range...We usually have 300 or more...clothing. "We have a really...Most quilts will only...a special ... |
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A doll of a Quilt show; The Hello Dollies will add a new touch to the...
...Besides the art quilts, quilt judging and appraising...Car Quilters' Guild Quilt Show, will...biennial quilt show by the 150-member...accessories. "Dolls have come into national and regional ... |
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QUILT GUILD OFFERS GIFTS STRAIGHT FROM THE ART.(News)
...books at the show. Hines wrote...The quilt show, held bi-annually...fundraiser for the guild so that members...project at the quilt show. Donors to the Quilts For Soldiers project will have ... |
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QUILT GUILD OFFERS GIFTS STRAIGHT FROM THE ART
...books at the show. Hines wrote...The quilt show, held bi-annually...fundraiser for the guild so that members...project at the quilt show. Donors to the Quilts For Soldiers project will have ... |
 "The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)")
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Covering soldiers -- Millington guild sends quilts to military hospitals
...Millington Quilters Guild members, made...patterns. The quilts are typically...t send naked quilts," Troutman joked...to finish a quilt. Jane Fear of...has made five quilt tops. Ficociello...do something to show ... |
 "Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME)")
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Raffle, demonstrations, vendors at St. Croix guild's quilt show
...International Quilters Guild will hold a quilt show, Autumn Splendor...Croix organization, guilds throughout Maine...will feature antique quilts. Ten vendors from...throughout the state will have quilting related...two ... |
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Quilt guild plans bicentennial show
...Needles Quilt Guild is hoping to...in its coming show. The annual quilt show, which...Hundreds of quilts are expected...Grandmother's Quilts." The centerpiece...Bicentennial Quilt, which ... |
 "The Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado)")
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History stitchers: Pride City Quilt Guild members pay tribute to past.
...Pride City Quilt Guild members have made a quilt for...Austin's block shows the Royal Gorge...just honored to have it." The history quilt can be seen during...City's annual quilt ... |
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