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Home
Home Home refers to the geographic region, place, or dwelling that family members identify as a familiar residence to which they can return. Home is not a physical structure, but a complex symbolic concept. The symbols of home are constructed from references to physical, temporal, and affective,... Read more |
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American Conservatory Theatre
American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco). Popularly known as ACT, the company was founded in Pittsburgh in 1964 by William Ball, who remained its general director until 1986. The company moved in 1965 to Stanford University, then a year later took up residence at the 1,040‐seat Geary... Read more |
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domestic system
domestic system. The organization of production by entrepreneurs not in a specialized workplace, but in the homes of workers. The method began in the Middle Ages when almost all manufacturing was carried out within the home whether in town or country. However, when markets grew rapidly, some... Read more |
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Betty Grable
Betty Grable Born December 18, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri Died July 2, 1973 Santa Monica, California Model, actress A Hollywood movie studio dubbed the 1943 pinup of actress Betty Grable "the picture that launched a million dreams." The term "pinup" was coined to describe the... Read more |
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Young Mrs. Winthrop
Young Mrs. Winthrop (1882), a play by Bronson Howard. [Madison Square Theatre, 190 perf.] Douglas Winthrop ( George Clarke) is as preoccupied with business as his wife, Constance ( Carrie Turner), is with playing the social game. When Douglas, claiming the call of business, asks his wife not to... Read more |
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Idun
Idun In Norse* mythology, Idun (Iduna) was the goddess of spring and rebirth. She and her husband, Bragi, the god of music and poetry, lived in Asgard, the home of the gods. Idun took care of the magic apples the gods ate to remain immortal. The Prose Edda,a... Read more |
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Isaac Butt
Isaac Butt 1813-79, Irish politician and nationalist leader. A member of both the Irish and the English bar, he was a noted conservative lawyer and scholar and an opponent of Daniel O'Connell . After the Irish famine experience of the 1840s, however, he became increasingly liberal, defended... Read more |
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One more Marine coming home; Missing soldier's family has waited since WWII...
...Larson was among 19 Marines whose remains were found last...Makin Atoll. All 19 Marines, who were left...veterans of the Marine Raiders - found...with individual Marines of the 2nd Raider...Returning to home port The raid ... |
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WWII VETS HONORED BEFORE TRIP TO D.C.
...But to the 130 WWII veterans who donned...trip to visit the WWII memorial and Arlington...the state's WWII veterans. The...received a salute coming on base and that...Newland, a former Marine pfc., his memories...journey at sea still ... |
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NETO'S TUCSON: History project documents Latinos' WWII contributions
...Europe and Asia was coming to an end. Carrillo...Armando Carrillo, remains perplexed at the...American soldiers, Marines, sailors, aviators and Merchant Marine and Coast Guard...the success of WWII. The U.S...it makes the ... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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WWII VET SAYS RUNNING HELPS HIM DEAL WITH HORRORS OF IWO JIMA.(Local)(Column)
...closed doors in their homes. But he is also...American soldiers and Marines returning from Iraq...young men and women coming home from a war where...among the American Marines who landed on the...month. Six thousand Marines ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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WWII RELIC'S RETURN HELPS HEAL DIVIDE.(MAIN)
...SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Marine Edward Catallo claimed...flag to a fellow Marine. Last week, the...Day in 1943. The Marines charged the airstrip...the jungle. The Marines wiped out most of...something to take home as a reminder of...had a harder ... |
 "The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Poetry helps heal veteran's WWII wounds.(City/Region Columnist)
...the history of the Marine Corps. Of 6,821...931 of them were Marines. "When I visited...won, but we were coming home without many of...fates. We must remain, but you are free...reunion of the 5th Marine Division, of ... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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WWII-era plane recovered from lake Solid piece of history.(News)
...Station. About 80 planes remain in the lake from that era...bags and towed it to Larsen Marine, where the recovery took...of naval aviation history coming up," Wegge said. "It...see an aircraft like this coming home." |
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VOA NEWS: WWII VET LEADS EFFORT TO CLEAN UP SOUTH PACIFIC BATTLE SITE
...the landing craft that took Marines to the beaches of what Americans...the areas where the boats were coming in, fortunately not mine...memories of his fallen comrades remain vivid and in order to pay tribute...for one congressman from his home state of ... |
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After 63 years, WWII hero's dog tag returned.(Main)
...Germany. In addition, a Merchant Marine cargo ship and a U.S. Army barracks...It's like a piece of Bernard is coming home." According to the 1945 Medal of...initially buried on the battlefield. His remains were later moved to a cemetery in... |
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Obituaries.(entertainment industry deaths)(Obituary)
...died Wednesday at his home near Reading, west of...were adamant that CBS remain independent. In 1987...CBS for years. Before coming to CBS, Wyman did stints...He served with the Marine Corps in WWII, then joined Triangle...when he rejoined ... |
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