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Eugene Field
Eugene Field 1850-95, American poet and journalist, b. St. Louis. After working on several Midwestern newspapers, in 1883 he became a columnist for the Chicago Daily News (later the Record ). His urbane and witty column, "Sharps and Flats," which appeared until his death, was a potpourri of... Read more |
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overture
overture instrumental musical composition written as an introduction to an opera, ballet, oratorio, musical, or play. The earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces of orchestral music and were called sinfonie. Jean Baptiste Lully standardized the French overture, using an opening... Read more |
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Cyril Connolly
Cyril Connolly , 1903-74, English critic and editor, b. Coventry, England. After attending the Univ. of Oxford, he began his career as a journalist. With Stephen Spender he founded Horizon (1939-49), a small literary magazine that reflected Connolly's own iconoclastic and mordant attitudes... Read more |
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Robert Greene
Robert Greene 1558?-1592, English author. His short romances, written in the manner of Lyly's Euphues, include Pandosto (1588), from which Shakespeare drew the plot for A Winter's Tale, and Menaphon (1589). His best plays, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1594) and The Scottish History of... Read more |
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Henry Miller
Henry Miller 1891-1980, American author, b. New York City. Miller sought to reestablish the freedom to live without the conventional restraints of civilization. His books are potpourris of sexual description, quasi-philosophical speculation, reflection on literature and society, surrealistic... Read more |
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Treasure Island
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The Earthly Paradise
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treasurer
treasurer. The official who guarded the Norman treasure at Winchester in the reign of William I seems to have been more of a custodian than a minister or counsellor. The modern office has been traced back to the reign of Henry I, c.1126, and quickly established itself as of major importance. When... Read more |
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Potpourri
...Cuisine, $65; April 22, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Celebrate Earth Day with a Vegetarian Feast, $45; and April 30, 6:30...Going Green, $75; April 23, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Treasure Hunting With Trader Joe's in Lake Zurich, $75; April 29... |
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Patriots Potpourri.
...daughter, Brandi 3 Hobbies: Golf, Reading What do you treasure most in life? My Family What is the best advice you ever received...Blaine Hair School. COMMUNITY SERVICE: Aveda Give to the Earth Foundation. CAREER AMBITION: To become a theatrical hair... |
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Web page potpourri--checklists: a column devoted to informative alternative...
...http://www.printablechecklists.com/ This is a real treasure-trove as well.... Below I list just a tiny subset of...Checklist Book for Living Longer and Better and Helping to Save the Earth. Checklists.com is very well-designed; I encourage a... |
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Happy hamlets: Trio of burgs offers low-key shopping with lots of options
...Saharan Africa. Our last stop in Kentfield is Treasures of the Earth, the largest crystal, gem and mineral gallery in...arrangements, there are small gift items, as well: potpourri, perfumes by Terra Nova, picture frames, small... |
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Treasure trove of Indian handicraft
...Foong New Straits Times 06-14-2002 Treasure trove of Indian handicraftByline: Barbara...with wood, as in the candleholders, potpourri containers, photo frames, wall brackets...clay at all. A mixture of Fuller's earth, quartz, sodium sulphide and raw glaze...Uttar Pradesh, ... |
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Hidden treasure - Look beneath the surface in British Columbia to find a...
...lemonade, as well as cookies, jelly, bath scents, soap and potpourri. Not far away at the Jammery, you can watch the jam-making...as they are called locally, to built a kukuli, a native Earth house, in a corner of the vineyard. The house, which resembles... |
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EARTH FEST IS SATURDAY AT COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
...Monday through Friday.CROWN POINT - Earth Fest, a day-long series of environmentally...include a day-long toy exchange, a treasure hunt for children under 12 at 11 a.m...call 933-2100 or (708) 891-9111. Potpourri of kids' programs MUNSTER - Munster Parks... |
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas From Anne Salcedo, Director of Retail at Montage...
...WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR, SAY, A SOPHISTICATED EARTH MOM? In Treasures, we have an antique armoire full of jewelry. One...sheets and a room reed diffuser -- a modern-day potpourri if you will -- by Antica Farmacista, an Italian... |
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The Eruption of Mount St. Helens -- Remembering May 18, 1980 -- Book Arises...
...s a different matter. It's there she keeps her volcano treasure trove. If it has to do with the eruption, she either has...setbacks and unforeseen hurdles. "Mount St. Helens Ash Potpourri - Yakima's Story" is filled with personal stories, numerous... |
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TOURING THE ZODIAC
...for real stargazers, a potpourri of light-hearted zodiac...kill every animal on Earth. To prevent this calamity...restore the fertility of earth and sea. AQUARIUS...the slow wobble of the Earth's axis, the sun is...stargazer's subtle ... |
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