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Lady Macbeth
Macbeth, Lady a remorseless or melodramatic woman, especially one leading or assisting a weak man, with allusion to the scene in Shakespeare's Macbeth in which Macbeth balks at returning to the room in which he has murdered Duncan to replace the daggers with which he killed the king, and so ensure... Read more |
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The Girl I Left Behind Me
Girl I Left Behind Me, The (1893), an “American Drama” by David Belasco and Franklin Fyles. [Empire Theatre, 208 perf.] When American soldiers disrupt a Blackfoot Indian religious ceremony, the Native Americans, led by Jack Ladru or Scar Brow ( Theodore Roberts), plan their revenge.... Read more |
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Wild West Show
Wild West Shows Sources Colorful Effects.From 1883 to 1916 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show enjoyed a place as the “National Entertainment.” Ownership and the show’s title changed several times, but the show always contained cowboys performing feats of skill and... Read more |
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Marie Antoine Careme
CARÊME, MARIE ANTOINE CARÊME, MARIE ANTOINE. Marie Antoine Carême was born into a working class family in Paris in.... Read more |
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touch-me-not
touch-me-not common name for any plant of the genus Impatiens of the jewelweed family. I. balsamina is also called balsam.... Read more |
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kelp
kelp large seaweed XIV; calcined ashes of seaweed XVII. ME. culp(e), of unkn. orig.... Read more |
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Menarche
Menarche The word menarche is derived from the Greek words me– Read more |
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Battle of Steenkirk
Steenkirk, battle of, 1692. William III, defending Brussels against the French, launched a surprise attack on 3 August on Marshal Luxembourg, who was separated from Boufflers. William made use of a discovered spy to gain a temporary advantage but Boufflers's troops joined in at the end of the... Read more |
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Children's author has a soft spot for misfits.(The Dallas Morning News)
...both feelings." That insight produced ``Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth'' (Aladdin, $4.99, ages...children that year. And ``Jennifer, Hecate, ... |
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Deaths Elsewhere
...1968 Newbery Medal, and "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth," which was...reinforced by U.S. Army units. William S. Street Seattle Business Executive William S. ... |
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TITLE PLAY
...Consider the diverse format for titles. They can be short like Holes (Sachar) or long like Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (Konigsburg). The title No, David! (Shannon) refers to a command while ... |
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Marylander Wins Caldecott Medal; Wisniewski's `Golem' Awarded; Konigsburg...
...she took an honor prize for "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth." She is the...reinforcement. Someone has told me that I can really write...speechless is when someone asks ... |