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Much Ado About Nothing
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carpe diem
carpe diem , a descriptive term for literature that urges readers to live for the moment [from the Latin phrase "seize the day," used by Horace]. The theme, which was widely used in 16th- and 17th-century love poetry, is best exemplified by a familiar stanza from Robert Herrick's "To the... Read more |
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Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub Rock group "Rarely has a pop group come equipped with a more perfect name than Teenage Fanclub," wrote critic Steve Hochman of the Los Angeles Times, "not so much because it has teen fans, but because the group's members are fans of teens. Few bands have ever written with... 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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Myosotis
Myosotis (forget-me-not; family Boraginaceae) A genus of hairy herbs that have simple, alternate leaves, and curved (scorpioid) cymes of small flowers each with a 5-lobed calyx. The 5-lobed, wheel-shaped corolla may be pink at first, then blue. Forget-me-nots are much cultivated for their flowers.... Read more |
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Violence
VIOLENCE The public health approach to the study and prevention of interpersonal violence was given formal recognition in 1984 when Surgeon General C. Everett Koop stated: "Violence is every bit as much a public health issue for me and my successors in this century as smallpox, tuberculosis, and... Read more |
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Frederic Baraga
Frederic Baraga Slovenian-American Bishop Frederic Baraga (1797–1868) spent much of his career as a Roman Catholic priest and missionary to Native American populations in the Upper Midwest and Canada. He baptized thousands of new converts to Christianity, but appreciated the traditions and... Read more |
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age-and-area hypothesis
age-and-area hypothesis J. C. Willis suggested in 1922 that, all other things being equal, the area occupied by a taxon is directly proportional to the age of that taxon. Thus in a polytypic genus, the species with the smallest area of distribution would be the youngest in the genus. However,... Read more |
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Deion Sanders
Deion Sanders 1967– Professional football and baseball player A Cocky Freshman Proved Baseball and Football Prowess in College Offered Highest Salary for a Defensive Player Left Atlanta to Pursue Super Bowl Dream Returned to Baseball New Wife, New Life Sources Deion Sanders has been a... Read more |
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Nobody loved baseball more than 'The Tugger'; Former Phillies reliever Tug...
...Christenson called me and said (Tug...He never, ever said, 'Why me?' '' Bystrom...the universe, nobody's gonna care...got a hit off me or not.' "One...pitcher. "And nobody appreciated putting...leagues.' "He ... |
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HE WAS MY ROCK; KEANE'S EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS THAT WILL SHOCK HAUGHEY FAMILY...
...life. She said Haughey loved for them to share a home...rock, always there for me. "We loved each other so much, adored...tenderness and sweetness that nobody else ever saw." She also told...oil was running through me. I ... |
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The least loved lord of the ring; Nobody in the pit lane outside our team...
...prospect of becoming the least loved champion in sport. While...the Ulsterman. 'Believe me, before he went to Ferrari...What Schumahcer did to me in Argentina, overtaking on the grass and hitting me, was not sporting. There...most bizarre finish I have ... |
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Angels owner Autry loved his baseball
Nobody loved baseball more than Gene Autry and nobody had to keep on being reminded...lot in life. No team ever suffered more turmoil...a suicide. But Autry loved his team, loved being...That was just amazing to ... |
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ON PREPS; A legacy of lessons, laughs; Don Swanson loved a joke, but his...
...of anyone I've ever known," Youngdahl...Metrodome. Stolski saw me, nodded toward...in the game they loved. Mahoney -- learning...If you're ever passing through...Swanson's name. Nobody loved Minneapolis high...Swannie sent ... |
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Rugby union: We'll need to play better as a team than we have ever played...
...better than we have ever played before and...farewell to their loved ones. But nobody was sorry to see the...as great as we've ever known. After all...week tournament and nobody has any doubts that...rooms waiting for me to ... |
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Brown Great with Stick, Too ; Football legend maybe best ever at lacrosse
...sport lacrosse. "I loved the game," said...played because we loved it." And nobody played it quite as...century ago. Maybe ever. Regarded by many...you wrote and tell me?' He said, 'Jim...lacrosse player I've ever seen," the ... |
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The most moving story I've ever heard - Dad's life, in his own words; When we...
...they may be lost for ever. Every one of us...if indeed they ever actually existed...wondering how much you ever knew about Dad or...will interview your loved-one in depth about...s what he taught me. I hear my father...work for it, but ... |
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'We like the part when people say 'best band in the world'. But the 'nobody's...
...the best band nobody has ever heard of? TARA...who looks like me doing the singing...Ireland's much-loved minstrels are...greatest band nobody outside Ireland has ever heard of...But the 'nobody's ... |
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It is about speaking to the secret hearts of men and women. And nobody ever...
...cover of the Come Fly With Me album, we see Frank in...who lost the only broad he ever loved (Ava Gardner) - there...hearts of men and women. And nobody ever spoke to your secret heart...could shave, Sinatra taught me all I ... |