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dark horse
dark horse in U.S. politics, a person unexpectedly chosen by a major party as a candidate for public office, especially for the presidency. A presidential dark horse is usually chosen at a party national convention and often has acquired only a local or limited reputation at the time of his... Read more |
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Darkness
110. Darkness See also 47. BLACKENING and BLACKNESS ; 292. NIGHT . achluphobia an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia . fuliginosity 1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky. 2. soot or smoke. |
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Blackwater
Black Watch or Royal Highland Regiment, Scottish infantry regiment. The first companies were raised in 1725 to watch the rebellious Scottish highlands and keep the peace, and the regiment was formed 1739-40. It became known as the Black Watch because of the dark colors of the regimental tartan.... Read more |
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plagues of Egypt
plagues of Egypt in the Bible, the plagues and other troubles brought on Egypt by God through the hands of Moses, because Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go out of Egypt. The account, in the Book of Exodus, tells how Pharaoh relented each time until the plague was removed, then hardened... Read more |
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Sheol
Sheol According to Hebrew tradition, Sheol—which means the pit—was a realm beneath the earth where the spirits of the dead resided. It was in many ways the opposite of the world of the living. While light shone on the earth, darkness veiled Sheol. On earth the living... Read more |
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John A. Williams
Williams, John A[lfred] (1925–), Mississippi‐born author, reared in Syracuse, N.Y., from whose university he graduated after naval service in World War II. His novels include The Angry Ones (1960), a bitter book about Greenwich Village and the world of black musicians; Night Song... Read more |
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Pierre Soulages
Pierre Soulages Pierre Soulages (born 1919), a French painter, was one of the major abstractionists of the School of Paris. His work was characterized by broad strokes of paint that created a tonality of light and dark and by a subdued palette. Pierre Soulages was born on December 24, 1919,... Read more |
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The Marble Faun
Marble Faun, The, romance by Hawthorne, published in 1860. It was issued in England as Transformation.Kenyon, an American sculptor, Hilda, a New England girl, and the mysterious Miriam are friends among the art students in Rome. They become acquainted with Donatello, Count of Monte Beni, a handsome... Read more |
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Gloria Stuart
STUART, Gloria Nationality:American. Born:Gloria Finch in Santa Monica, California, on 4 July 1910. Education:Santa Monica High School, University of California at Berkeley. Family:Married Blair Gordon Newell on 21, June 1930, Divorced in 1934;... Read more |
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LIVING THE DREAM; RECORD SPORT ON DIVISION 3 CHAMPS: McDougall so proud to be...
...One to Three - although McDougall wasn't at Almondvale...along smoothly. And McDougall believes up-and coming...life in Division Two after being crowned champions...tier. Not surprisingly McDougall, who lives and breathes...is convinced those ... |
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Retired banker Bill McDougall was much loved
...party. William "Bill" McDougall's profile in the dark reminded her of actor Spencer...next 53 years. Phyllis McDougall was holding her husband's hand when he died the day after Thanksgiving. Bill McDougall was 86. "I talked to... |
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The legacy of Francis Thomas McDougall.(Biography)
...and 1834, meant that McDougall enjoyed an independent...accident than design, McDougall developed an interest...patron in 1841, and after two years at Magdalen...A. in 1845." (1) McDougall's mother was an evangelical...what they called "the ... |
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Executive dreams: David McDougall
...business. Eventually, after I had made a move into...My dream is that long after my colleagues and I sell...off from the sale, after which point I'd like...it is wet, cold and dark in Scotland. America...money on it.' David McDougall was ... |
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A first lady left in the shadows; Linda McDougall at last weeks Lib Dem...
Byline: LINDA MCDOUGALL IT'S strange watching a friend turn...behind him, and appeared before his party dark-suited and serious. But it was the...his side when they appear in public. After his speech on Thursday I watched my old... |
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I see her as being very wronged. She's put up with Robin Cook for 28 years...
LINDA McDOUGALL has lived with Labour MP...be made public'. Linda McDougall is sanguine about this saying...Edinburgh to Heathrow. 'After he dumped her, she didn...was prepared to hide in the dark would be, wouldn't they... |
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Sex, thighs and medical japes: a history of music hall; Arts Correspondent...
...middle-classes. One 1871 newspaper report, headlined "The Dark Side of Glasgow" - describes how a singer, apparently a local...that it stood for Merry Devil. Until the decline of music hall after the first world war, when cinema became more popular, The... |
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Freedom Just Around the Corner: a New American History 1585-1828.(Book Review)
...censure and celebration, McDougall portrays Americans as...pocket biographies. McDougall, like Boorstin, moves...exclusion less forgivable after three decades of new...Yet from the outset McDougall sees a dark side to unbridled ... |
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Freedom Just Around the Corner: a New American History 1585-1828.(Briefly...
...censure and celebration, McDougall portrays Americans as...pocket biographies. McDougall, like Boorstin, moves...exclusion less forgivable after three decades of new...Yet from the outset McDougall sees a dark side to unbridled ... |
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Football: Dens men rocked to the Four; AIRDRIE .......................4...
...control as they sent the Dark Blues crashing to their...side as further strikes after the break from Stephen...McPhee grabbed the opener after just 16 seconds to get...on the lively McPhee after 14 minutes as the home...in 26 minutes. Steven ... |
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