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picturesque
picturesque term used in 18th-century England to refer to a landscape that looked as if it had come out of an academic painting. Used as derogatory criticism of such painting, the picturesque was considered pretty rather than beautiful.... Read more |
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Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) ¦ LEE W. LERNER PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, is a security software application used for the encryption and decryption of data. In 1991, Philip R. Zimmermann wrote PGP for the purpose of sending secured data across an insecure network, such as the... Read more |
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James Collinson
Collinson, James (b Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 9 May 1825; d London, 24 Jan. 1881). English painter. He was one of the original members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848, but he left it in 1850 because he felt it was incompatible with his Roman Catholic faith and in 1852 began training to... Read more |
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Judith Blegen
Judith Blegen Operatic singer For the Record … European Career Metropolitan Opera Selected discography Selected videography Sources As a leading soprano in the New York Metropolitan Opera, Judith Blegen earned a reputation as the singer whose appearance was as pretty as her... Read more |
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Linda
Linda ♀ Of relatively recent origin and uncertain etymology. It is first recorded in the 19th century. It may be a shortened form of Belinda, an adoption of Spanish linda ‘pretty’, or a Latinate derivative of any of various other Germanic female names ending in -lind meaning... Read more |
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Al Young
Young, Al[bert James] (1939–), Mississippi born novelist and poet, long resident in California, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (1969), and a teacher of creative writing at Stanford. His first, brief novel, Snakes (1970), is the story of a black jazz musician; Who Is... Read more |
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Earl Carroll
Carroll, Earl (1892–1948), producer and lyricist. He began his theatrical career as a program seller in his native Pittsburgh. After several years as a seaman, he settled in New York where he took up lyric writing. One of his earliest efforts, “Isle d'Amour,” with music by Leo ... Read more |
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Alexander Scammell
A SOLDIER'S LOVE LETTER (8 June 1777, by Alexander Scammell) Alexander Scammell was the scion of a prominent Massachusetts family, a general in the Continental Army, and popularly the first patriot officer to bring down a British "Jack." In this letter, he wrote to his love Abigail Bishop to... Read more |
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soprano
soprano [Ital.,=above], female voice of highest pitch. The three basic types of solo soprano are coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. The coloratura has a great range and impressive vocal agility; the lyric soprano has a light, pretty voice; and the dramatic soprano has a sustained power suitable for... Read more |
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Ruben Blades
Rubén BladesSalsa singer Rubén Blades has three very distinct careers that rarely, if ever, meet. As a Grammy Award-winning musician and salsa singer, Blades has released several salsa albums, including Buscando America, Escenas, Mundo, and Siembra, one of Latin music's most popular albums. As a... Read more |
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