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Amphitryon
Amphitryon , in Greek mythology, son of Alcaeus. While betrothed to Alcmene, he accidentally killed her father, Electryon. Alcmene and Amphitryon fled to Thebes, but she demanded that he defeat Pterelaos, her father's enemy. This Amphitryon did, but on the night of his return Zeus took Amphitryon's... Read more |
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Atreus
Atreus , in Greek mythology, the son of Pelops and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. He vied with his brother Thyestes for the throne of Mycenae. When Thyestes seduced Atreus' wife, Aerope, in order to attain the golden ram whose possession signified kingship, Atreus, in retaliation, murdered... Read more |
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Generation Gap
293. Generation Gap Fathers and Sons Turgenev novel depicts conflicts of politics and generations. [Russ. Lit.: Benét, 341] Pontifex, Theobald domineering father disinherits his unworldly son. [Br. Lit.: Butler The Way of All Flesh in Magill I, 1097] Wynne, Hugh never wins the... Read more |
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Son of David
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Son of Man
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Regression analysis
Regression Analysis SPECIFICATION ERRORS CATEGORICAL VARIABLES TOBIT MODEL CAUSALITY BETWEEN TIME SERIES VARIABLES BIBLIOGRAPHY The term regression was initially conceptualized by Francis Galton (1822-1911) within the framework of inheritance characteristics of fathers and sons. In his... Read more |
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Theodoric I
Theodoric I or Thierry I , d. 534, Frankish ruler, son of Clovis I . On his father's death (511) he shared equally with his brothers, Clodomer, Childebert I , and Clotaire I , in the division of the Frankish kingdom. His capital was at Reims. With Clotaire he subjugated the Thuringians. He... Read more |
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James Caan
CAAN, James Nationality:American. Born:Queens, New York, 26 March 1939. Education:Attended Rhodes High School, Manhattan; Michigan State University; Hofstra College, Long Island; studied acting with Wynn Handman of the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York. ... Read more |
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Muhammad I
Muhammad I or Mehmet I (Muhammad the Restorer), 1389?-1421, Ottoman sultan (1413-21), son of Beyazid I. By defeating his brothers he reunited most of his father's empire. He consolidated his authority and thus renewed Ottoman power. His son, Murad II, succeeded him.... Read more |
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Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat , In the Bible, king of Judah (c.873-849 BC), son and successor of Asa 1. He continued his father's religious reforms. He was an ally of Ahab, who was king of Israel, and his successors, and he was the first king of Judah to make a treaty with the kingdom of Israel. He was... Read more |
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It's hard to live down being the Spawn of Satan .. even my car repair bill...
...glad he turned his back on show...as satan's son in the 1976 chiller...happily married father who prefers a...exclusively at his home in Kent...with Damien, spawn of Satan. It...it. "I know every joke there is...developer ... |
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Father's life revisited in baseball book
...little about his father's unfulfilled...That is, until his father, Gene...for details on his father's invitation...get to see a bit about the whole...an idea really spawns into a ... |
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Bit of deja vu is all the rage from Hollywood.(Arts & Entertainment)
...Have You Heard," "Every Word Is True" and...society women who broke his heart (Hope Davis...the president's spawn seemed like a swell...1988)/"Like Father Like Son" (1987)/"18...meeting and the next day every studio in town ... |
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This spoilt junkie has no one to blame but himself; JAN MOIR Are you thinking...
...court to see his son given a five...Douglas, a DJ, bit-part actor...all worried fathers, be they millionaires...shadow of his own father, Kirk. He had just had his first major...Unfortunately, ... |
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This spoilt junkie has no one to blame but himself.(Features)
...court to see his son given a five...Douglas, a DJ, bit-part actor...all worried fathers, be they millionaires...shadow of his own father, Kirk. He had just had his first major...Unfortunately, ... |
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Author's visit gives dose of history
...little about his father's unfulfilled...That is, until his father, Gene...for details on his father's invitation...get to see a bit about the whole...an idea really spawns into a ... |
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Ugly duckling takes flight in 'Honk!'.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
...to be with his own kind...embraces her son, defending his uniqueness...them move a bit ducklike...s supposed father, tease the...to make Ugly his most bountiful...poignant "Every Tear a ... |
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Theater; The House Undivided
...Gower has set his comedy of the...a nap. The father, nursing a...covers over his head. The bratty...himself from his bed of sloth...the prodigal son, has just returned...coverage it helped spawn.) That these...that tells us ... |
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Lost in space-time.(36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of...
...Theoretical physics spawns obsessions that...whose young son turns out to...to sacrifice his mathematical vocation to assume his father's pastoral...grabbing food from his dinner plate...subplot is just a ... |
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Shad available in Rappahannock, but you better get an early...
...Minutes later the father-son fishing team...Jim said as his son wasted no...Rappahannock to spawn when trees sprout...the river. His father, meanwhile...high it touched his elbows ... |
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