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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Luke Fox 1586-1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage . He explored the southern shore of Hudson Bay, satisfied himself that there was no passage through it, and when scurvy struck his crew returned that same year to England. His Northwest Fox; or, Fox from the North-West Passage was published in 1635 (ed. by R. M. Christy, 1894). He gave many names to geographical features that are still used today; Foxe Basin and Foxe Peninsula were named after him. At about the time that Fox was in Hudson Bay, Thomas James was also conducting... Read more

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	Review those lessons in communication from 'Luke': 1967.(News)(Fox Valley columnist) ; ...convict in the 1967 prison film Cool Hand Luke, a screen classic passed from generation...is helpful to recall that while stubborn Luke remembered the line, he failed to get the...themselves again what happened to stubborn Luke in the end. Read more
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	Cinema: The spider who loved me; Spider-man 2 (PG, 127mins) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, Rosemary Harris, JK Simmons, Donna Murphy, Dylan Baker, Daniel Gillies. Rating: 9. 5/10 The Prince & Me (PG, 110mins) Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Ben Miller, James Fox, Miranda Richardson, Eliza Bennett, Alberta Watson, John Bourgeois. Rating: 6/10.(Features) ; `I HAVE been stung by fate. I am its prisoner; a prisoner of my own conscience. My love for the girl I want always to be with is locked within me, '' laments Peter Parker (Maguire) as he wrestles with his lifelong yearning for his beautiful next door neighbour Mary Jane Watson (Dunst). ``With me, Read more
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	Faulkner, Luke thrive in new roles.(SportsXtra) ; ...Kristi Faulkner and Ashley Luke were leading their teams Downstate...their games televised by ESPN or Fox Sports Chicago. In other words...developing through experience. Luke is waiting in the wings at No...was going to be learning, said Luke from the dorm room she shares...point guard. In the ... Read more
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