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The Bell Jar
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Bell
bell1 hollow cup-shaped metal body producing a resonant musical sound when struck. OE. belle = MLG., MDu. belle (Du. bel); perh. rel. to BELL2.... Read more |
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Henry Bell
Bell, Henry (1767–1830). Bell was apprenticed as a millwright, but spent part of his career as the proprietor of a hotel in Helensburgh, where he conceived the idea of a steamboat to bring his clients more easily from Glasgow. Another Scotsman, William Symington, had already demonstrated... Read more |
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Bells
42. Bells campanarian Rare. concerned with bells or the manufacture of bells. campanile a tower for peals of bells or a carillon, usually freestanding. Also called campanario. campanist one who plays a campanile or carillon; a carilloneur. campanology the science or art of bell... Read more |
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Adam Bell
Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough (or Clym of the Cleugh), and William of Cloudesley, three noted outlaws, as famous for their skill in archery in northern England as Robin Hood and his fellows in the Midlands. Clym of the Clough is mentioned in Jonson's The Alchemist, i. ii; and in D'Avenant's The... Read more |
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Belle Starr
Belle Starr Legendary American outlaw Belle Starr (1848–1889) developed a reputation as a "Bandit Queen" of the Old West. Though she was an expert rider who could handle a gun, and who was associated with famous outlaws such as Frank and Jesse James, many accounts of her life contain more... Read more |
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John Bell
John Bell 1797-1869, American statesman, b. near Nashville, Tenn. A leading member of the Nashville bar, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1827-41), was speaker in 1834, and for a few weeks in 1841 was Secretary of War under President William Henry Harrison. At first a Jacksonian,... Read more |
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Robert R Williams Jr
Williams, Robert R. (1886–1965) American chemist; crystallized thiamin (vitamin B1) 1933 and synthesized it in 1935. The vitamin research was conducted in his spare time; he was employed as a chemist by the Bell Telephone Company.... Read more |
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William Bell Scott
Scott, William Bell (b Edinburgh, 12 Sept. 1811; d Penkill Castle, Ayrshire, 22 Nov. 1890). Scottish painter and poet. He was head of the Government School of Design in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1843–64, and his best-known works are near Newcastle, at Wallington Hall, Northumberland: a series... Read more |
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Clive Bell
Clive Bell 1881-1964, English critic of art and literature. He was a member of the Bloomsbury group . His works include Art (1914), Since Cézanne (1922), Landmarks in Nineteenth-Century Painting (1927), and Proust (1929). His wife, Vanessa (Stephen) Bell, 1879-1961, was a painter... Read more |
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Courts
...jail 24 hours. Justin M. Bell, 21, no residence listed...dismissed; obstructing report of crime, dismissed; disorderly conduct...without license, $200. Barry Duane Hartford, 33, Northfield...possessing liquor, $200. William C. Merchat, 27, Jonesport... |
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VITAL STATISTICS
...27, same address. Bell, Gary C., 34, 8014...Ferguson, Stephanie A. and William A. III. Hancock, Ralph...to Veden. Honeycutt, Duane H. and Carol L. Honeywell...Chamberlain. PETITIONS FILED Bell, Debra P. and Steven...published for the following ... |
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20 questions for concert pianist Christopher O'Riley
...soundtracks. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was...retrospect, the mirth. And William Shatner, you had me...Interspersing lighter fare (crime novels by Donald E...Abbott, Jason Starr, Duane Swierczynski, Allan...Palahniuk, Dawn Powell, ... |
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NEWSMAKERS
...Laslo, 1st Summit Bank; William Latoff, DNB First; Hugh...Luzerne Bank; John Soroko, Duane Morris; Rick Stipka...Department, the Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Probation...Rosenberg, Pa. Commission on Crime and Delinquency; Amy...Business & Industry; ... |
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Dog owner earns swat with paper
...That Gus Johnson turned down a Duane Hagadone offer of a flight to...former, were on hand at PAC Bell Park in San Francisco Aug...until the end." Parting shot William Arthur Bown's missus stormed...The enormity of hubby's crimes? Unh-uh. She was upset that... |
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Employees charged with thefts from businesses in Columbia, Neffsville
...identification, Officer Daniel Bell said. Dickason managed the...Manheim Township police Detective William Sindorf has filed theft charges...police said. Several other theft crimes remain under investigation...grabbed the items, Officer Duane Oleszczuk said. ... |