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Charleston (dance)
charleston social dance of the United States popular in the mid-1920s. The charleston is characterized by outward heel kicks combined with an up-and-down movement achieved by bending and straightening the knees in time to the syncopated 4/4 rhythm of ragtime jazz . The steps are thought to have... Read more |
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Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier , 1888-1972, French singer and film actor. He made his debut in 1900 singing and dancing at the Casino de Tourelles, Paris. As the dancing partner of Mistinguett and as the star of several Paris music halls, he won his public by his charm and inimitable smile; by 1928 his... Read more |
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charleston
charleston social dance of the United States popular in the mid-1920s. The charleston is characterized by outward heel kicks combined with an up-and-down movement achieved by bending and straightening the knees in time to the syncopated 4/4 rhythm of ragtime jazz . The steps are thought to have... Read more |
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Hugh Jackman
Jackman, Hugh October 12, 1968 • Sydney, Australia Actor By the mid-2000s, the press was calling Australian actor Hugh Jackman a jack-of-all-trades. American moviegoers lined up to see him in the X-Menblockbusters, in which he played the ultimate... Read more |
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syncopation
syncopation [New Gr.,=cut off ], in music, the accentuation of a beat that normally would be weak according to the rhythmic division of the measure. Although the normally strong beat is not usually effaced by the process, there are occasions (e.g., the second theme in the final movement of... Read more |
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Charles Major
Major, Charles (1936– ),born in Atlanta, received degrees from SUNY at Albany and the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, has taught English at the University of Colorado since 1977. His very full literary career began with Love Poems of a Black Man (1965), poetry continued in... Read more |
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Business expansion
Business Expansion The economy is notoriously cyclical. It expanded forcefully in the 1990s reaching a peak growth of 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 1999. Growth then dipped to 1 percent in the Q1 of 2000 and hit a negative growth rate of −0.5 percent by Q3 of that year. Growth... 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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syncope
syncope The technical term for fainting. The immediate cause of loss of consciousness is failure of oxygen supply to the brain, because of failure of adequate blood flow, due in turn to a severe fall in blood pressure. Syncope usually refers to a ‘vaso–vagal’ episode, in which... Read more |
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