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nutation
nutation in astronomy, a slight wobbling motion of the earth's axis. The causes of nutation are similar to those of the precession of the equinoxes , involving the varying attraction of the moon on the earth's equatorial bulge. However, the period of the motion is only 18.6 years, the same as... Read more |
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A Journal of the Plague Year
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John I. Goodlad
John Inkster Goodlad Researcher and prophet John Inkster Goodlad (born 1917) was one of the chief movers in American education during the last half of the 20th century. John Goodlad, one of two boys born to William James and Mary (Inkster) Goodlad, spent the first nine years of his life on... Read more |
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Robert Shaw
SHAW, Robert Nationality:British. Born:Westhoughton, Lancashire, 9 August 1927. Education:Attended Truro School, Cornwall; Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. Family:Married 1) the actress Jennifer Bourke, 1952 (divorced), four daughters; 2) the... Read more |
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Lizette Woodworth Reese
Lizette Woodworth Reese , 1856-1935, American poet, b. Waverly, Md. She taught school for 45 years, 21 of them at the Western High School in Baltimore. Her poetry, remarkable for its intensity and concision, has been compared to that of Emily Dickinson. She is probably best remembered for the sonnet... Read more |
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THE YEAR DISCS TRIUMPHED OVER TAPES
...video rental of last year - the Michael Douglas...DVD alone, but you get the funniest of the...movies, too. ($26.98) "Band of Brothers...Coronets," "The Lavender Hill Mob," "The Man in the...among others. ... |
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Britain's top 100 films
...Steps, made four years before the master...Ladykillers and The Lavender Hill Mob all make the top...Boulting)16. Get Carter (1971, Mike Hodges)17. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, ... |
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`Third Man' heads list of century's top British movies
...movies of past years.Films by the...time, Notting Hill, was released...and 1970s, 26 from the 1960s...and Notting Hill screenwriter...Boulting) 16 Get Carter (1971...Hodges) 17. The Lavender Hill ... |
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THE YEAR DISCS TRIUMPHED OVER TAPES.(U)(Review)
...video rental of last year - the Michael Douglas...DVD alone, but you get the funniest of the...movies, too. ($26.98) ``Band of...Coronets,'' ``The Lavender Hill Mob,'' ``The Man...among others. ($26.99) ... |
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Ross gets his dream as face of Film 99.
...Film 99. The 38-year-old presenter...It doesn't get any better." Norman...BBC earlier this year, frustrated at the...time slot, ending a 26-year relationship with...Kurosawa's Ikiru. The Lavender Hill ... |
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Strutting His Hour Upon the Literary Stage [ Corrected: 10/21/03 ]
...1953, Kenneth Tynan, then 26, wrote of Noel Coward...for himself and was not to get. And he must have been...as the villain in "The Lavender Hill Mob"; John Osborne mocked...by his critics when, 20 years after his death, his ... |