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cocker spaniel cocker spaniel
cocker spaniel breed of small sporting dog developed from English cocker spaniels brought to the United States in the 1880s. It stands from 14 to 15 in. (35.6-38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 25 lb (11.3 kg). Its silky, flat, or wavy coat is moderately long and forms fringes, or... Read more
Joe Cocker Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker Singer Powerful, raw, and full of anguish, Joe Cocker's voice is perfectly suited to sing the blues, and it was by doing so that he became well known in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Personal and professional problems rivalling those described in any blues song have plagued him over... Read more
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Pulp Pop group The English pop band Pulp soldiered away in obscurity through the 1980s and part of the 1990s, before achieving fame in their home country and some measure of recognition elsewhere. Fronted by the flamboyant Jarvis Cocker, the band merged everything from classic pop melodies to... Read more
Joanna Southcott Joanna Southcott
Joanna Southcott , 1750-1814, English religious visionary. Uneducated, even illiterate, she spent her earlier years in domestic service. She began c.1792 to claim the gift of prophecy; her "revelations" attracted many followers. Later she announced that, as the woman in Revelation 12, she would... Read more
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ark in the Bible. 1 Boat of Noah , which he built at God's command to preserve his family and certain creatures from the Deluge . 2 Ark of the Covenant, the sacred wooden chest of the Hebrews, representative of God or identified with Him. It was overlaid with gold inside and out and was... Read more
Affair of the Diamond Necklace Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Affair of the Diamond Necklace scandal that took place at the court of King Louis XVI of France just before the French Revolution. An adventuress who called herself the comtesse de La Motte duped Cardinal de Rohan , the grand almoner, who was out of favor with Queen Marie Antoinette , into... Read more
Dorothy Osborne Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne , later Lady Temple, 1627-95, English letter writer. The daughter of a royalist, she became engaged to Sir William Temple against the wishes of her family. Her letters to Temple, both through their long engagement and after their marriage in 1655, show her as a woman of wit,... Read more
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NATION, CARRY 1846-1911 T EMPERANCE ADVOCATE Background Carry Nation was the most famous prohibition activist during the 1900s. Born poor in Garrard County, Kentucky, Carry had little education and married young. Soon she discovered that her husband was an... Read more
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Nosegay Sweet smelling flowers, herbs, and perfumes enhanced a person's scent throughout the eighteenth century. The infrequency of bathing made nosegays, or small bouquets, essential for any well-dressed woman. Nosegays could be attached to an outfit or carried. When flowers were pinned or held in... Read more
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Pygmalion . 1 In Greek mythology, king of Cyprus. He fell in love with a beautiful statue of a woman. When he prayed to Aphrodite for a wife like it, the goddess brought the statue to life and Pygmalion married her. In one version of the legend, the statue becomes Aphrodite; another states that... Read more

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