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Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks 1956-, American film actor famous for his roles as an amiable American everyman, b. Concord, Calif., as Thomas Jeffrey Hanks. In 1980 he acted in his first film, and in 1980-82 he co-starred in a television sitcom. Hanks subsequently appeared in numerous Hollywood comedies, among them ... Read more |
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Loch Ryan
Loch Ryan , inlet, 9 mi (14.5 km) long and 3 1/2 mi (5.6 km) wide, at the mouth of the Firth of Clyde, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. The port of Stranraer is at the head of the sheltered loch.... Read more |
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Ryan White
Ryan White Ryan White (1971-1990) contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion when he was 13 and worked to educate people about the disease until his death at age 18. As a result of his efforts, and those of his mother Jeanne, Congress passed the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency... Read more |
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg 1947-, American film director, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Spielberg began his career as a television director, admired for his understanding portrayal of human character. His film Jaws (1975) was the first to earn more than $100 million, a record he surpassed first with E.T. (1983)... Read more |
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Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan (Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr.), 1947-, American baseball player, b. Refugio, Tex. A right-handed pitcher with a blazing fastball, he played with the New York Mets, the California Angels, the Houston Astros, and the Texas Rangers while in the major leagues (1967-93). He had 324 career wins,... Read more |
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Ryan Seacrest
Seacrest, Ryan December 24, 1974 • Atlanta, Georgia Entertainer Ryan Seacrest's career did not begin on American Idol,but the popularity of the televised talent search contest on Fox helped make him a household name by 2003. Before taking the American... Read more |
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Meg Ryan
RYAN, Meg 1961– PERSONAL Original name, Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; born November 19, 1961, in Fairfield, CT; daughter of Harry Hyra (a mathematics teacher) and Susan Hyra Jordan (an actress, casting director, and teacher; maiden name, Ryan); married Dennis Quaid (an actor), February 14,... Read more |
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Ryan Cabrera
Ryan CabreraJuly 18, 1982 • Dallas, TexasSinger, songwriter, musicianIn the mid-2000s there was a slew of young musicians climbing their way to the top of the music charts. Some were studio-created products, but others were serious musicians who penned their own songs, played their own instruments,... Read more |
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Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham , 1515-68, English humanist and scholar, b. Yorkshire. Ascham was a major intellectual figure of the early Tudor period. His Toxophilus (1545), an essay on archery, proved him a master of English prose; in it he urged the importance of physical recreation for students and scholars.... Read more |
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James Connolly
James Connolly 1870-1916, Irish nationalist and socialist. An advocate of revolutionary syndicalism , he went (1903) to the United States, where he helped to organize the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Returning to Ireland, he became an organizer of the Belfast dock workers. He helped... Read more |
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Spielberg, Steven
...director Academy Award for Schindler's List (1993), a harrowing document of the Holocaust. Other films include Saving Private Ryan (1998), for which he won the 1999 Academy Award for best director. |
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Hanks, Tom
...1996 he made his directorial debut with That Thing You Do! He was acclaimed for his role in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998). Other films include Road to Perdition (2002). |
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Private Spielberg // The director takes us behind the scenes on his new movie...
...ironic math. But "Saving Private Ryan," Spielberg's new...s worth dying for. "Saving Private Ryan" is a film...slips in between them. "Saving Private Ryan" goes on...artist. ... |
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Guts & glory; Brilliant yet flawed, 'Saving Private Ryan' will shake you to...
"Saving Private Ryan." Rated R. At the Cheri and suburban...stars Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" is the best, if also the most...II," served as a consultant on "Saving Private ... |
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Saving Private Ryan
...most people are aware that "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's new...mission. (BEGIN AUDIO CLIP, "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN") TOM HANKS, ACTOR: Sometimes...about the media response to Saving ... |
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VETERANS AND "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN"
...was Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan." Hailed as perhaps the most...TOM HANKS: (clip from "Saving Private Ryan") Primaries, fire! BETH...Although the realism of "Saving Private ... |
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SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Makes Highly Anticipated DVD Debut Day-And-Date With...
...Limited Edition" of Saving Private Ryan, debuts on DVD November...grossing film last year, Saving Private Ryan went on...quarter." SAVING PRIVATE RYAN DVD FEATURES The ... |
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"Saving Private Ryan" hit for Spielberg
...screen in his latest film, "Saving Private Ryan".Spielberg is known for his...been a little too good. Saving Private Ryan is an extremely gruesome...depressing subject matter."Saving Private ... |
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'Saving Private Ryan' worth watching if you can stomach blood
...and save their Oscar hopeful "Saving Private Ryan" amid overwhelming publicity...talk with the unflinching Private Ryan, telling him to "earn this...make for him. In the end, "Saving Private ... |
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Is Saving Private Ryan the greatest movie of all time?(Features)
SAVING Private Ryan, released tomorrow, is being hailed...that is why, good film though it is, Saving Private Ryan is just another movie. IAN HISLOP...they ask whether it is worth saving ... |
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[Saving Private Ryan]
THERE'S A POIGNANT moment near the end of Steven Spielberg's film, Saving Private Ryan, when Private James Ryan (Matt Damon) confesses to Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) that he cannot remember the faces of... |
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Private Ryan saves war. (criticism for film 'Saving Private Ryan' which fails...
...me in the theater audience), I was drawn to see Saving Private Ryan. I had volunteered for the Air Force at the age of...My tailgunner was eighteen. Every death in Saving Private Ryan reminded me, as it must have reminded ... |
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