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John Arden
John Arden , 1930-, English playwright and novelist. In a manner reminiscent of Brecht, Arden's dramas employ songs, poetry, and visceral realism to make sharp, political points. His plays include Sergeant Musgrave's Dance (1959), The Island of the Mighty (1972), The Little Grey Home in the... Read more |
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Shemar Moore
Shemar Moore 1970– Actor At a Glance… Sources Over two million viewers a day tune into to watch Shemar Moore on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. Cast in 1994 to play a heartthrob photographer on the popular soap, Moore is a lanky, well-built former college... Read more |
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Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) was the world chess champion from 1894 to 1920, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Born in Berlinchen, Prussia on December 24, 1868, Lasker was the son of a Jewish cantor. When he was 11 years old, he was sent to... Read more |
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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 18th Baron Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, 18th Baron , 1878-1957, Anglo-Irish author. His life was spent as a soldier and sportsman. Often dealing with the fantastic and the supernatural, his works are frequently set in wholly imaginary worlds and involve myths and legends of his own making. Lord... Read more |
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Julian Eltinge
Eltinge, Julian [né William Julian Dalton] (1883–1941), actor and female impersonator. He was born in Newtonville, Massachusetts, and made his debut in Boston at the age of ten, playing a little girl. His appearance was so well received that he continued to develop his art and made his... Read more |
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Osgood Perkins
Perkins, Osgood (1892–1937), actor. Born in West Newton, Massachusetts, he was educated at Harvard, fought in World War I, and worked in films before making his late debut in a small part in Beggar on Horseback (1924). For a time thereafter he drifted between larger roles in short‐run... Read more |
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Computer chess
COMPUTER CHESS Video game technology has contributed to such monumental events as the Deep Blue Chess Competition. In 1997 IBM challenged then-current world chess champion Garry Kasparov to a match against the company's deep parallel supercomputer Deep Blue, to test the... Read more |
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mask
mask cover or partial cover for the face or head used as a disguise or protection. Masks have been worn from time immemorial throughout the world. They are used by primitive peoples chiefly to impersonate supernatural beings or animals in religious and magical ceremonies. Particularly notable are... Read more |
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make-up
make-up, or cosmetics, along with clothing fashions, jewellery, body piercing, tattooing, and hair adornment, is one of the many forms of body decoration regularly practised around the world. Like hairstyles and clothing fashions, make-up is usually a temporary form of adornment, one that can be... Read more |
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