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A Tale of Two Cities
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Jachin and Boaz
Jachin and Boaz The names of two symbolical pillars of King Solomon's Kabalistic temple. They were believed to explain the mystery of the meaning of life. One was black and the other white, representing the powers of good and evil. It was said that they symbolized the need of "two" in the world.... Read more |
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Mariah Carey
MARIAH CAREY Born: Long Island, New York, 27 March 1970 Genre: Pop, Disco, Rock Best-selling album since 1990: Music Box (1993) Hit songs since 1990: "Hero," "Dreamlover," "Fantasy" As one of the most successful artists of the 1990s, Mariah Carey has reached the same pop star status as other... Read more |
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Brooks Dunn
Brooks & Dunn Country vocal duo, songwriters For the Record… Selected discography Sources Mixing two elements can sometimes cause an explosive reaction that results in something completely new, something greater than the sum of its parts. When Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn teamed... Read more |
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971), a musical comedy by John Guare (book, lyrics), Mel Shapiro (book), Galt MacDermot (music). [St. James Theatre, 627 perf.; Tony, NYDCC Awards.] This updated, musicalization of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona was given a rock score when presented by the... Read more |
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Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh 1898-1954, American painter and illustrator, b. Paris. Both his parents were artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He worked as an illustrator for Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and the New York Daily News, and later he was a scene... Read more |
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Anaphase
anaphase A stage that occurs once in mitosis and twice in meiosis and that involves the separation of chromosomal material to give two sets of chromosomes which will eventually form part of new cell nuclei. The separation is controlled by the spindle. In anaphase of mitosis and anaphase II of... Read more |
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New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889 as a college. It became New Mexico State Univ. of Engineering, Agriculture, and Science in 1958 and adopted its present name in 1960. The school also has two-year branches at... Read more |
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Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat 1969– Novelist “Death Was Always Around Us” Degrees from Barnard, Brown National Book Award Nominee Selected writings Sources “Image not available for copyright reasons” Edwidge Danticat is one of only a handful of contemporary novelists of... Read more |
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Paul Creston
Paul Creston 1906-85, American composer, b. New York City as Guiseppe Guttoveggio. Creston was largely self-taught in composition. His music is generally tonal and conservative. Among Creston's many works are six symphonies (1940-81), Two Choric Dances (1938) for orchestra, two violin concertos... Read more |
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Surf's Up: Japanese New Wave spins New West at the 7th Annual SF Butoh Festival
...Japanese New Wave spins...emerging artists from Japan...Coming from Mexico, Diego Pinon...window with two extreme solos...Between these two poles of...Waveof next-generation artists gave a Bay Area ... |
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DREAM WEAVER; Something new is growing at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum,...
...branches into a two-story...internationally known artist from North...effort will debut Saturday...last about two years before...museums from New York City to Honolulu...built them in Mexico, Japan ... |
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Forging a community.(Editor's Bookshelf)(Forjando Una Comunidad: A History of...
...Michigan from Mexico in the 1910s...its fourth generation, is among...is forging new territory...broadcast debut on Detroit...withstood two devastations...began to move to el norte...the Motor City. By ... |
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WITH DEFECTIONS, CUBAN ACCENT INFUSES BALLET WORLD.(ARTS-EVENTS)(Dance review)
...Moscow or New York City. Principal...in Miami City Ballet...Madrid, to Mexico City, from...and instead move smoothly...world by artists fleeing Castro...since her own debut in ... |
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All the right moves: after a lifetime in dance, Debbie Allen comes full...
...big-screen debut more than...actors at the New York City High School...earned her two Tony Award...mentors a new generation of young people...nominated artist, poet, playwright...bound for ... |
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WAY DOWN UPON THE LIU YANG RIVER.(Pasatiempo)
...SMITH I THE NEW MEXICAN Pianist...year-old artist, who entered...Orchestra debut at 16, starts...She then moves on to the...performs two Chinese folk...phone from Mexico City, where she...with the ... |