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Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders 1945-, German filmmaker, b. Düsseldorf. During the late 1960s he attended film school and worked as a film critic in Munich. Wenders first attracted attention with The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1971), a film whose themes of alienation and rootlessness are subsequently... Read more |
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The Dictator
Dictator, The (1904), a farce by Richard Harding Davis. [Criterion Theatre, 64 perf.] Believing he has fatally struck a cab driver in a fight over a fare, Brooks Travers ( William Collier) and his valet ( Edward Abeles) take the first boat for Porto Banyos, where revolutions are weekly events. The... Read more |
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Digital map services
RESEARCH SHARING The International Journal of Geographical Information Science is a scholarly publication that brings together the latest information on GIS technology from around the globe. The publication is geared to professionals involved in GIS applications, and... Read more |
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn , 1606-69, Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden. Rembrandt is acknowledged as the greatest master of the Dutch school. Early Life A miller's son, Rembrandt attended a Latin school and spent part of one year at the Univ. of Leiden, leaving in 1621 to study... Read more |
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Michael Bolton
MICHAEL BOLTON Born: Michael Bolotin; New Haven, Connecticut, 26 February 1953 Genre: Rock, Pop Best-selling album since 1990: Time, Love, and Tenderness (1991) Hit songs since 1990: "How Am I Supposed to Live without You," "Love Is a Wonderful Thing," "When a Man Loves a Woman" Michael... Read more |
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Perpendicular
Perpendicular. Third and latest of the English Gothic architectural styles, also known as Third Pointed or Rectilinear, it followed from the previous Decorated or Second Pointed style. The Perp. style first emerged in designs of c.1332 for the chapter-house and cloisters of old St Paul's Cathedral,... Read more |
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hippy
hippy especially in the 1960s, a person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair and wearing beads, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs. The name comes from hip meaning ‘following the latest fashion,... Read more |
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Louis Antoine Godey
Louis Antoine Godey , 1804-78, American publisher, b. New York City. He was joint founder in 1830 of the Lady's Book (known after his partner's withdrawal as Godey's Lady's Book ), the first successful women's magazine. The magazine, which featured articles by famous authors and colored plates of... Read more |
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Rejuvenation
rejuvenation Resistance to the process of ageing is a perennial preoccupation that refuses to die out. From legends of the Fountain of Youth, and the account of the rejuvenation of Aeson in The Golden Fleece, to the latest wonder drug, without fail science, magic, and medicine have pandered to the... Read more |
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Shopping
SHOPPING Shopping involves the purchasing of products by consumers, all of which fall into various shopping product categories that are based on the way consumers think of them and purchase them. The two main categories are convenience goods and shopping goods; two lesser categories are specialty... Read more |
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