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My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady (1956), a musical comedy by Alan Jay Lerner (book, lyrics), Frederick Loewe (music). [Mark Hellinger Theatre, 2,717 perf.; Tony Award.] Coming from a performance at Covent Garden, Professor Henry Higgins ( Rex Harrison) meets a fellow scholar, Colonel Pickering ( Robert Coote), and a... Read more |
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Visions
V ISIONS A vision consists of something seen other than by ordinary sight. Throughout the centuries, mystics, prophets, and ordinary people from all religions have experienced visions from their deities or higher levels of consciousness that have informed... Read more |
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The Old Soak
Old Soak, The (1922), a comedy by Don Marquis. [Plymouth Theatre, 325 perf.] Clem Halsey ( Harry Beresford) is the village drunk and the bane of his wife, Matilda ( Minnie Dupree). She scolds him for having no willpower, but he responds, “What do you think kept me drinkin' if twasn't my... Read more |
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William Jefferson Hague
William Jefferson Hague hāg , 1961-, British politician, leader (1997-2001) of the Conservative party , b. Rotherham, Yorkshire. After graduating from Oxford, he worked briefly in industry, then (1989) won election to Parliament. In 1995, Conservative prime minister John Major named Hague... Read more |
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Delroy Lindo
Delroy Lindo 1952– Actor Moved Towards Acting Made Mark on Broadway Film Career Assisted by Spike Lee Scarce Roles for Black Actors Sources Delroy Lindo is a busy character actor more interested in challenging roles than in stardom. His self-annihilating performances in films such as Malcolm... Read more |
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Guardian angels
G UARDIANA NGELS A n old tradition says that guardian angels are appointed to children at the time of their birth. The seventeenth-century mystic Amos Komensky (1592–1670) declared that each child has an angel "given to him by God and ordained to be... Read more |
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Diogenes
Diogenes , c.412-323 BC, Greek Cynic philosopher; pupil of Antisthenes. He was born in Sinope and lived in Athens. He taught that the virtuous life is the simple life, and he dramatically discarded conventional comforts, living in a tub. He is said to have thrown away his last utensil, a cup, when... Read more |
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Geoffrey
Geoffrey (c.1153–1212). Archbishop of York. A reluctant archbishop who preferred dogs and horses to books and priests. An illegitimate son of Henry II, his father secured his election as bishop of Lincoln in 1173; he had no wish to be a priest and in 1182 resigned rather than be... Read more |
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Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown (James Gordon Brown), 1951-, British politician. From 1975 to 1980 he taught at Edinburgh Univ. and Glasgow College of Technology; he then joined Scottish Television (1980-83) as a journalist. He ran unsuccessfully for Parliament in 1979 but won a seat in 1983. As a Labour party ... Read more |
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Blair mustn't wobble over this gangster.(Column)
...world since 1945. Tony Blair seemed to recognise this in his instinctive...means that he might be proved hideously...option not open to him is to admit there...would humiliate him and Britain. MY part, I am ... |
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'I see Blair as a Cicero figure'
...that allowed him to take verbatim...today with the might of Washington...politics and my model was to imagine a Blair or a Bush...easy to see Blair as a Cicero...lawyers, though Blair never achieved...journalists to ... |
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I LUVYA, TONY; Blair's a charmer, says Bush as they meet to cement special...
...last night that Tony Blair had bowled him over with charm...and I informed him after this press...proudly so - and recognise that as our...Both of us recognise this is a special...protect." Mr Blair said: ... |
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Friend or Foe? or; Clear red water or on-the-surface differences? Martin...
...Morgan and Tony Blair were both educated...of people in my constituency...Cardiff West might possibly be...feelings towards him on the part...refusal to give him a ministerial...time, ``My sacking is...they ... |
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What I would do now if I were Tony Blair
TONY BLAIR'S humiliation...last result. My clients don...they were for my PR efforts...After all, my involvement in...the game. If I might give a piece...The first is to recognise what is increasingly...would ... |
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I had to learn to love my children again; The remarkable story of one woman's...
...she failed to recognise them or understand...She wouldn't recognise Tony Blair if he passed...I asked him lots of questions...accepted he was my husband. Even...husband to give him a warm, loving...Garry ... |
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I DIDN'T BOVVER BLAIR; Catherine resisted asking Tony for help when new film...
...to chat up Tony Blair for some extra...eventually drives him to distraction. "Look at my face. Bovvered...even though he might have made a...worried about him learning his...they don't recognise ... |
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WHY I SALUTE THIS HERO; And urge every woman in Britain to do their bit to...
...stand against Tony Blair in his own constituency...Election. He has my wholehearted...there is any way my determination...I'll will him to succeed...Reg Keys is in my imagination...mediaeval law might be ... |
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IRAQ? A lot of hassle TORTURE? It's just not an issue out there TORIES? If...
...entourage of Tony Blair, to which I...Congress. For him, no doubt...travel with him abroad. But...they have got him safely inside...room whom I recognise, and try to fix them in my mind's eye...even what you ... |
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IRAQ? A lot of hassle TORTURE? It's just not an issue out there TORIES? If...
...entourage of Tony Blair, to which I...Congress. For him, no doubt...travel with him abroad. But...they have got him safely inside...room whom I recognise, and try to fix them in my mind's eye...even what you ... |
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