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Jean Racine Jean Racine
Jean Racine , 1639-99, French dramatist. Racine is the prime exemplar of French classicism . The nobility of his Alexandrine verse, the simplicity of his diction, the psychological realism of his characters, and the skill of his dramatic construction contribute to the continued popularity of his... Read more
Jean Racine (French playwright) Jean Racine (French playwright)
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Racine Racine
Racine , industrial city (1990 pop. 84,298), seat of Racine co., SE Wis., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Root River; inc. 1848. It is a port of entry, and its manufactures include farm machinery, automobile parts, stitching machines, tools, corrugated containers, waxes and polishes, and... Read more
Thomas Otway Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway 1652-85, English dramatist, educated at Winchester and at Oxford. After failing as an actor, Otway wrote his first play, Alcibiades, produced in 1675. Later plays include the rhymed heroic tragedy Don Carlos (1672); an adaptation of Racine, called Titus and Berenice, (1676); and... Read more
alexandrine alexandrine
alexandrine , in prosody, a line of 12 syllables (or 13 if the last syllable is unstressed). Its name probably derives from the fact that some poems of the 12th and 13th cent. about Alexander the Great were written in this meter. In French, rhyming couplets of two alexandrines of equal length,... Read more
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux , 1636-1711, French literary critic and poet. He was the spokesman of classicism , drawing his principles from his contemporaries, among them his friends Racine, Molière, and La Fontaine. His critical precepts are embodied in L'Art poétique (1674), a... Read more
Twin Disc Inc Twin Disc Inc
Twin Disc, Inc. 1328 Racine StreetRacine, Wisconsin 53403U.S.A.(414) 638-4000Fax: (414) 634-1989Web site: http://www.twindisc.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1918 as the Twin Disc Clutch CompanyEmployees: 1,200Sales: $168 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 3566 Speed Changers, Drives... Read more
Lake Michigan Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan 22,178 sq mi (57,441 sq km), 307 mi (494 km) long and 30 to 120 mi (48-193 km) wide, bordered by Mich., Ind., Ill., and Wis.; third largest of the Great Lakes and the only one entirely within the United States. Its surface is 581 ft (177 m) above sea level, and the lake is 923 ft (281... Read more
Ted Hughes Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes (Edward James Hughes), 1930-98, English poet, b. Mytholmyroyd, Yorkshire. Hughes's best poetry focuses on the unsentimental within nature. His poems are marked by controlled diction and style, which create a sense of order and meaning in violent or passionate natural events, often in the... Read more
Andromache Andromache
Andromache , in Greek mythology, Trojan princess, wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax. After the Trojan War she was carried away by Neoptolemus , whose father, Achilles, had slain her husband. She later married Hector's brother Helenus and they jointly ruled Epirus. She is a noble figure in the ... Read more

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OBITUARIES
Newspaper article from: Lake Villa Review (IL) ...sisters, Fern (Emery) Ruth of North Newton, Kan...recently of Antioch, formerly of Zion, died Feb. 9...born April 10, 1947 in Racine, Wis., the daughter...two sisters, Pearl G. (David) Zahnle of...recently worked for Watlow Gordon Company in ...
Obituaries.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) ...of St. Charles, formerly of Forest Park...Wildwood since 1951 and formerly of Chicago, will...April 30, 1918, in Racine, Wis., Mrs. Berntsen...Gurnee and Glenn (Ruth) Berntsen of Lindenhurst...seamstress for B&G Garment ...

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