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Rip Torn
TORN, Rip 1931– PERSONAL Full name, Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.; born Febr... Read more |
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William Bayle Bernard
Bernard, William Bayle (1807–75), dramatist who helped popularize the stage type of the eccentric rural American. Among the 100 successful plays that he wrote were The Dumb Belle (1831); The Kentuckian; or, A Trip to New York (1833), a revision of Paulding's Lion of the West; His Last Legs... Read more |
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William J. Casey
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Rip Current
Rip current A rip current is a narrow, river-like channel of water moving away from the surf (breaking) zone and back toward sea. Rip currents can travel up to 3 mph (4.8 kph) and stretch 100 ft (30.5 m) wide. Some cease just past the breaking surf; others extend a thousand feet offshore. In some... Read more |
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Washington Irving
Washington Irving 1783-1859, American author and diplomat, b. New York City. Irving was one of the first Americans to be recognized abroad as a man of letters, and he was a literary idol at home. Early Life and Work While he studied law, Irving amused himself by writing for periodicals such essays... Read more |
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James Henry Hackett
Hackett, J[ames] H[enry] (1800–71), actor and manager. Born in New York, he studied law and went into business before making his acting debut at the Park Theater in 1826 as Justice Woodcock in Love in a Village. Not until he essayed Dromio of Ephesus later that year did he win widespread... Read more |
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Julia Marlowe
Marlowe, Julia [née Sarah Frances Frost] (1866–1950), actress. Born in England, at the age of four, she was brought by her mother to America where the family assumed the name of Brough. It was as Fanny Brough that she made her stage debut in 1879 in one of the many juvenile troupes of... Read more |
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Maelstrom
maelstrom, a term commonly accepted as meaning a whirlpool, or a great storm. In fact, it is a strong current which rips past the southern end of Moskenaes Island in the Lofoten group off the west coast of Norway. Also known as the Maskenstrom, it is marked on a map of the area which appears in the... Read more |
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George Whitefield Chadwick
George Whitefield Chadwick 1854-1931, American composer, b. Lowell, Mass., studied in Germany. In 1882 he joined the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, of which he was director from 1897 until his death. His chief compositions are the overtures The Miller's Daughter (1884) and Rip... Read more |
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Star wars // Reagan rips book as lies
...had pressured for the firing of the late CIA director, William J. Casey. "Never happened," the president said. He said that, knowing Casey would never again be able to function as CIA director... |
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North rips panel, blames Congress
...authorized by John M. Poindexter, former national security adviser, and often encouraged by the late CIA Director William J. Casey. North's charismatic manner, his flair for the dramatic and his articulate exposition of administration policy... |
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Reid, Pelosi rip Iraq buildup; Bush shakes up 'forward' team.(PAGE ONE)
...administration still values his counsel. Adm. William J. Fallon will replace him at Central Command. Meanwhile, Gen. George Casey will be moved from commander of U...Photo by Associated Press] Adm. William J. Fallon will head Central |
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Landslide: the Unmaking of the President.
...For Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and the late CIA Director William J. Casey, successive shipments of arms to Iran quickly turned into a cash bonanza...him had cancer. Surgeons removed the offending length of intestine. RIP cancer. |
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Dreamcatcher. (Film Review).(Movie Review)
...producers, Stephen Dunn, Casey Grant, Jon Hutman. Directed...Kasdan. Screenplay, William Goldman, Kasdan, based...d unit director, E.J. Foerster; second unit...written by Kasdan with William Goldman. Third encounter...angry serpentine intruder ... |
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All-Mountain State Athletic Conference
...Tommy Hayhurst, Rip.; Aaron Dunlap...Warner, Park; C.J. Huffman, Hurr.; John Ullom, Rip.; Jerry Harris...James, St. Albans; William Gardner, Princeton...Kelsey Waybright (Rip), Lindsey Goodman...Wolford (Prince), Casey Faber ... |
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PROPERTY TRANSFERS
...Vista E.: Debra J. Hall from Scott...Mina, No. 409: Rip H. Walker from Deutsche...Brian D. Fisher from J. Kirk Johnston...Lafayette Circle: Casey M. O'Rourke from...Andrews Fairway: J. Kirk Johnston from...Andrews Fairway: ... |
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PUBLIC FORUM
...jobs, and retain rip-off farm subsidies...nothing but a fraud. - WILLIAM P. MOUZIS Lake Balboa...Anthony, Simpson Re "Casey Anthony is no O.J. Simpson" (Friendly...Ofari Hutchinson. Casey Anthony can't hold a candle to O.J ... |
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NO KID GLOVES FOR JETS' YOUNG LINEMEN
...the summer and the season that William Roberts, who played in three...pulling technique -- "dip and rip," he calls it -- and with...rookie right guards Thomas and J.P. Machado beside him and...late Monday, led by linebackers Casey Dailey and Olrick Johnson. ... |
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Sports in 60 seconds.(Sports)
...opportunities for students." Saban rips agents: Nick Saban didn't pull...disappointing." Red Stars forward Casey Nogueira had several scoring opportunites...Trust, New York-based attorney William J. Dockery, said in a statement Wednesday... |