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Rip Torn
TORN, Rip 1931– PERSONAL Full name, Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.; born Febr... Read more |
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Rip Current
Rip current A rip current is a narrow, river-like channel of water moving away from the surf (breaking) zone and back toward sea. Rip currents can travel up to 3 mph (4.8 kph) and stretch 100 ft (30.5 m) wide. Some cease just past the breaking surf; others extend a thousand feet offshore. In some... Read more |
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Maelstrom
maelstrom, a term commonly accepted as meaning a whirlpool, or a great storm. In fact, it is a strong current which rips past the southern end of Moskenaes Island in the Lofoten group off the west coast of Norway. Also known as the Maskenstrom, it is marked on a map of the area which appears in the... Read more |
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William Bayle Bernard
Bernard, William Bayle (1807–75), dramatist who helped popularize the stage type of the eccentric rural American. Among the 100 successful plays that he wrote were The Dumb Belle (1831); The Kentuckian; or, A Trip to New York (1833), a revision of Paulding's Lion of the West; His Last Legs... Read more |
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George Whitefield Chadwick
George Whitefield Chadwick 1854-1931, American composer, b. Lowell, Mass., studied in Germany. In 1882 he joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, of which he was director from 1897 until his death. His chief compositions are the overtures The Miller's Daughter (1884) and Rip... Read more |
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Till
Till Till is the general term for any sediments that were deposited solely by glacial ice . Till is distinguished from other glacial deposits formed by forces other than ice, such as glaciofluvial (or glacial melt water ) deposits. A similar term is moraine, but it connotes more specific... Read more |
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David Dubinsky
DUBINSKY, DAVID 1892-1982 P RESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION Leadership In the early months of 1933 the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) stood virtually in ruins. Internal factionalism had ripped the union apart. By the end... Read more |
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R. Crumb
Grunge Grunge fashions, inspired by the look of popular Seattle-based rock bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, were a fashion sensation of the early to mid-1990s. The casual street look eventually became incorporated into the designs of high fashion. The term grunge was originally a slang term for... Read more |
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National Beverage Corp
National Beverage Corporation One North University DriveFort Lauderdale, Florida 33324U.S.A.Telephone: (954) 581-0922Fax: (954) 473-4710Web site: http://www.nbcfiz.com Public Company Incorporated: 1985Employees: 1,400Sales: $516.8 million (2006)Stock Exchanges: AmericanTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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`SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH'; Rip Torn; Putting His Accent on the Bigot Boss
...play the part," said Rip Torn of his role in Tennessee...met her years ago when Richard Burton and I had worked with...1962 movie directed by Richard Brooks, Paul Newman got...Maureen Dean, he played Richard Nixon. He has gathered... |
 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Where Tom Jones sang and Michael Sheen swam ... Future of leisure facility...
Byline: Robin Turner RICHARD BURTON'S brother was its first manager...Talbot-born Hollywood film star Richard Burton, was in charge of the Afan...at the lido. "In fact my brother Richard came to look at the lido a few times... |
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film favourites
...Lily Tomlin and John Malkovich. (1992, b and w) Where Eagles Dare Friday, BBC1, 11.25pm Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood head the cast of this rip-roaring, nail-biting adventure about a British-American paratrooper team's mission... |
 "Daily Mail (London)")
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Whip me beat me ..... beat me just don't touch the hair! After vodka for...
...Parish, Rufus Sewell and Donald Sutherland, the semi-naked bishop positions himself in front of a church altar and proceeds to rip apart his torso with the tip of his whip. 'It was four hours in the make-up chair, the addition of dozens of bloody scars... |
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John Rhys-Davies hails Welsh blood
...distinguished Welshmen such as Richard Burton and Dylan Thomas. Currently...Irishmen Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris grow testy when...says was the custom of Burton and such other landsmen...hostage, he would probably rip out your jugular ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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STAYING IN FILMS ON TELEVISION
...Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Sean Connery and several...appealing performance. Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor...tongue-in- cheek Jaws rip-off, Piranha has a...nude, knowing cameos by Richard Dreyfuss and Christoph |
 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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UCONN WINS AT BUZZER HAMILTON PICKS UP LOOSE BALL AND SINKS DECISIVE BASKET...
...the man they call ``Rip'' ripped the heart out...the NCAA Tournament. Richard ``Rip'' Hamilton, the Big...Connecticut forward Richard Hamilton goes up for a...to block it. By Chuck Burton / Associated Press. |
 "The People (London, England)")
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101 TESTING TELLY TEASERS; It's been the TV year that's seen Raquel stun...
...Witness? a) Amanda Barrie; b) Richard Burton; c) Amanda Burton. Who played Elizabeth I in an...Branson. Suzanne Burden and Richard Hawley returned as the docs with...struggled for laughs in which rip-off of an American series called... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Box set sizzles with playwright Williams' work
...debut) who uses her to get revenge. Rip Torn also makes his film debut here...Ed Begley, who won an Oscar). Rip Torn, also repeating his Broadway...alcoholic, defrocked clergyman (Richard Burton) working as a tour guide in Mexico... |
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SNEED
...Watch for Ald. Robert Shaw to try to rip the state-operated lottery machines...Atta boy. Stuff 'em: Actress Kate Burton is telling the Brit press author...s allegation that her father, Richard Burton, had beaten Elizabeth Taylor, her... |
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