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Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon
Antony Armstrong Jones see Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of .... Read more |
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The Old Maid
Old Maid, The (1935), a play by Zoë Akins. [Empire Theatre, 305 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] When Charlotte Lovell ( Helen Menken) has an illegitimate daughter, her married cousin, Delia Ralston ( Judith Anderson), agrees to raise her as her own. Delia also prevents Charlotte from marrying her... Read more |
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Cleopatra
Cleopatra , 69 BC-30 BC, queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely used in the Ptolemaic family; there were many earlier Cleopatras. The daughter of Ptolemy XI, she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family custom) to her younger brother Ptolemy XII .... Read more |
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Saint Margaret Mary
Saint Margaret Mary 1647-90, French nun of the Visitation Convent of Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire dept., France. Her family name was Alacoque. Jesus appeared to her in a number of visions. In one of the visions she experienced Jesus requested she inaugurate devotion to his Sacred Heart.... Read more |
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Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones 1909–2000 Jazz trumpeter Influenced by Louis Armstrong Gillespie Blamed for Jones Spitball Notched Strong Album Sales Selected discography Sources It was a rare collection of recorded instrumental music in the 1950s and 1960s that did not include one or more samples of trumpeter... Read more |
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Antony Hewish
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Vanessa Bell Armstrong Singer Career Took Off Continual Spiritual and Artistic Growth An Enduring Classic Selected discography Sources Singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong has been praised for her r–b-flavored contemporary gospel music and has met with success in both the gospel and secular realms.... Read more |
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Margaret Fleming
Margaret Fleming (1891), a play by James A. Herne. [Palmer's Theatre, 1 perf.] Philip Fleming ( E. M. Bell), a successful and seemingly happily married manufacturer, is dismayed to learn that he has fathered a child by one of his mill girls. He resolves to keep the knowledge from his wife,... Read more |
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Marion Jones
Marion Jones 1975- American track and field athlete Marion Jones is widely considered to be today's greatest female athlete and one of the greatest athletes of all time. She became the first woman to win five medals in a single Olympics when she won three gold and two bronze medals in the 2000... Read more |
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Welshman who won her heart; Margaret's wedding to Antony Armstrong-Jones was...
...Princess Margaret's marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones in the summer...the core, Margaret always made...expressing her individuality...flat in the heart of London's East End...live televised wedding in history... |