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Pied Piper of Hamelin Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pied Piper of Hamelin legendary figure of Hameln, Germany. He rid the town of its rats and mice by charming them away with his flute playing. When the citizens refused to pay him the price they had agreed upon, he charmed away their children out of revenge. Allegedly this occurred in 1284. Among... Read more
Piper Piper
Piper (family Piperaceae) A genus of herbs, slender climbers, shrubs, and small trees in which the twigs have swollen nodes, the leaves have stipules, commonly tri-nerved, and the flowers are held in spikes, are hermaphrodite, and have no sepals or petals. The fruit is a berry. Pepper is the fruit... Read more
Arthur Mitchell Arthur Mitchell
Arthur Mitchell 1934— Choreographer, dancer Members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem call Arthur Mitchell the "Pied Piper of Dance." Mitchell, one of the first blacks to succeed in the field of classical ballet, founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1969 in an effort to provide minority... Read more
Arnold Palmer Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer 1929-, American golfer, b. Latrobe, Pa. The son of a professional golfer, he won three regional titles in his youth. Turning professional after winning the 1954 U.S. amateur championship, he won the 1955 Canadian Open. Palmer won the Masters tournament in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964,... Read more
Nevil Shute Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute (Nevil Shute Norway), 1899-1960, English novelist, b. Ealing, Middlesex, grad. Oxford, 1922. After serving in World War I, he was manager of a construction company until 1938. He fought also in World War II and emigrated to Australia in 1950. Shute wrote 26 novels and was one the... Read more
Eskimo Pie Corp Eskimo Pie Corp
Eskimo Pie Corporation 901 Moorefield Park DriveRichmond, Virginia 23236U.S.A.(804) 560-8400Fax: (804) 330-3537Web site: http://www.eskimopie.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1922Employees: 185Sales: $74.1 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 2024 Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts; 6794... Read more
Bagpipes Bagpipes
Bagpipes Background The bagpipe is a wind instrument with a number of pipes and a bag. The melody pipe, or chanter, has finger holes that are played to produce the tune. Three other pipes, called drones, have bass and tenor pitches (with one bass and two tenor drones). They... Read more
pie pie
pie meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetables baked with a crust of pastry , or pastry shells filled with custard or pudding. The pies of the Romans, especially at banquets in the days of the empire, were often elaborate concoctions, such as the showpieces in which were enclosed live birds. In... Read more
Iamblichus Iamblichus
Iamblichus , d. c.330, Syrian philosopher, a leading exponent of Neoplatonism . A pupil of Porphyry, he was deeply impressed by the doctrines of Plotinus. In his own teachings he combined with Plato's ideas many of those of Pythagoras and much that was mystical and even magical, derived from Asia.... Read more
John Paul Corigliano John Paul Corigliano
John Paul Corigliano , 1938-, American composer, b. New York City. The son of New York Philharmonic first violinist and concertmaster John Corigliano, he attended Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1959) and the Manhattan School of Music and studied with Paul Creston . While Corigliano's compositions are far... Read more

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