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Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer1993— Actor, singer Keke Palmer starred in the 2006 movie Akeelah and the Bee, an appealing underdog tale about a middle-schooler from a rough part of Los Angeles who dreams of winning the National Spelling Bee. Just thirteen years old when the movie was released, Palmer had already... Read more |
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spell
spell word, formula, or incantation believed to have magical powers. The spell can be used for evil or good ends; if evil, it is a technique of sorcery. Many authorities believe that the spell was the precursor of prayer. In Teutonic lore, the spell was a form of exercising occult power and was... Read more |
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George Eliot
George Eliot pseud. of Mary Ann or Marian Evans, 1819-80, English novelist, b. Arbury, Warwickshire. One of the great English novelists, she was reared in a strict atmosphere of evangelical Protestantism but eventually rebelled and renounced organized religion totally. Her early schooling... Read more |
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Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt 1927– Singer, dancer, actress Moved to Harlem Won Spot in Dance Company Launched Recording Career Unlucky in Love Caused a Stir in the Press Cast in Timbuktu Selected recordings Selected writings Sources Eartha Kitt’s life story is one of show business’s most... Read more |
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Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen , pseud. of Baroness Karen Blixen, 1885-1962, Danish author, who wrote primarily in English. In 1914 she married Baron Blixen and went to live in British East Africa, on a coffee plantation. She was divorced in 1921 and took over the management of the plantation where she lived... Read more |
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Linda Eder
LINDA EDER Born: Tucson, Arizona, 3 February 1961 Genre: Vocal Best-selling album since 1990: It's No Secret Anymore (1999) Hit songs since 1990: "Something to Believe In," "This Is the Moment," "Someone Like You" Sporting a four-octave range, singer Linda Eder steadily elevated her career... Read more |
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John Middleton Murry
John Middleton Murry 1889-1957, English critic and editor. In 1919 he became editor of the Athenaeum and in 1923 founded his own review, the Adelphi, with which he was associated until 1948. He was friendly with many literary personalities, notably T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, and Virginia... Read more |
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Isis
Isis , nature goddess whose worship, originating in ancient Egypt, gradually extended throughout the lands of the Mediterranean world during the Hellenistic period and became one of the chief religions of the Roman Empire. The worship of Isis, combined with that of her brother and husband Osiris ... Read more |
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