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currach
currach or curragh, a boat peculiar to Ireland, especially its western coast. It is of great antiquity, contemporary with, and very similar to, the coracle, being originally constructed of animal skins attached to a wicker frame. Like the coracle it was often nearly circular in shape and was... Read more |
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caboose
caboose, also camboose, from the Dutch, a defunct term used to describe the galley, or cookhouse, of a small vessel. It was normally built on deck, and in shape resembled a sentry box. It was originally a wooden box or covering of the galley chimney where it came through the deck, hence probably... Read more |
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Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan Julia Morgan (1872-1957), California's first licensed female architect, designed both institutional buildings and private homes in the San Francisco area. She preferred to use indigenous materials and carefully designed for often topographically difficult sites. Julia Morgan was... Read more |
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Jo Mielziner
Jo Mielziner , 1901-76, American theatrical scene designer, b. Paris. Mielziner made his Broadway design debut in 1924 with The Guardsman. He designed sets, and usually the lighting, for more than 200 productions, including Strange Interlude, Carousel, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a... Read more |
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amoeba
amoeba (ameba) Any single-celled eukaryote that is naked and changes shape due to the irregular extension and retraction of pseudopodia.... Read more |
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Southern Cross
Southern Cross, a constellation in the form of a cross visible in the southern hemisphere. It is of no particular significance for navigation, as is, for example, the northern constellation of Ursa Minor which contains the Pole Star or Polaris. However, the last sight of it was a sign for the crews... Read more |
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Sea squirts
Ascidiacea (sea squirts; subphylum Urochordata) A class of sea squirts, most of which inhabit shallow waters where they attach themselves to such structures as rocks, pilings, the bottoms of ships, and coral reefs. Deep-water species inhabit soft substrates and are known to occur at depths exceeding... Read more |
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gallows
gallows. 1. A raised wooden frame consisting of two uprights and a cross-piece on which the skid booms of a square-rigged ship rested. See also booms. 2. A temporary wooden structure, also known as a boom crutch, erected on the counter of small fore-and-aft-rigged sailing craft on which the main... Read more |
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National League
National League, a nationalist organization formed in October 1882 as a replacement for the suppressed Land League. Few of the former controlling members of the Land League were on the executive of the new body, while local branches tended to have a wider social mix than their Land League... Read more |
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Theatre: Seasick but ship-shape Under The Whaleback Royal Court Upstairs...
...convict, Magwitch, is a chasm scattered with wooden boxes. At home, Pip's terrifying relatives stare down from a dining table...s directing isn't first class, with lame mock- balletic interludes. Magwitch's arch-enemy arrives on a wobbly trolley for... |
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...recipients who are opting for home improvement over exotic climes...like the blueprint drawing of a ship actually sets out the shape and dimensions of a lemon. There...this show makes a perfect summer interlude. Postcards, if not from the... |
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A trip on Dylan's magic swirling ship
...magic swirling ship" early and stayed...consolation.'' Dylan's ship is still in full...him, the "masked shape-changing American...Early, Later, Interlude and Recent. Wilentz...Paul Brady all found homes in his tower of song...Pilgrimout of ... |
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vintage Portugal; This summer Lisbon hosts Euro 2004. Lydia Slater just hopes...
...Henry the Navigator, built in the shape of a huge ship and dazzlingly white against the...the city below. After a brief interlude watching an ant-sized fisherman...much how it tasted. One suspects home cooking might have been one of... |
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'August Wilson's 20th Century' Is Teeming With Rich Portrayals
...chairs suggest the interiors of homes. And true to the billing of...the industrial North is taking shape, is a vibrant portrait of displacement...The play's most theatrical interlude propels Citizen on a hallucinatory journey to the slave ships and a kind of ... |
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AT LONGWOOD, HIDDEN FOUNTAINS AND A BENCH FOR WHISPERING
...the original Peirce home, and a massive conservatory...them to their new home in America. Fireworks...shrubs into specific shapes) is a garden art...fleet of sailing ships for his master...where geometric shapes are the norm, there...within ... |
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Who's the biggest Who? ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
...one, come in all shapes and sizes. Chris...and served on the home circuit for 20 years...s Armada of 130 ships, carrying 20,000...Elizabeth I's 34-ship fleet off Gravelines. Forty-four ships were lost in battles or during the flight ... |
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Queen of Peek-a-boo; The incredible story of the beauty who became our first...
...and, of all things, a table-tennis interlude in which a refugee Hungarian champion...Surbiton's honour. Her father was a ship's steward, then a dining car attendant...she met the first Svengali who was to shape her life. Wallace Parnell was a showman... |
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`Treasure Planet'.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
...treasure map. And when Jim leaves home to search the universe for the...dog-type creature, and the ship's no-nonsense feline captain...protoplasmic, Tinkerbell-type shape-changing creature, battle...rivals with a sky-surfing interlude that is just as ... |
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How to survive wedding season: got five this month? We feel your pain. We...
...with a makeup artist. I jumped ship--sent her calls to voice...aisle. Like any other difficult interlude in our relationship--including...them might even try to take you home.--Leuren Iannotti Bonus...This inevitable coupling takes shape on the dance floor ... |
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