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Brewer's: Magnalia Christi

Cotton Mathers's book, mentioned in Longfellow's May-flower. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MagnanimousMagna Charta A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Corpus Christi

[body of Christ ]. A festival of the Church, kept on the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in honour of the eucharist. There are colleges both at Cambridge and Oxford so named. Source…

Christy Turlington Biography

Christy Turlington modelBorn: 1/2/1969Birthplace: San Francisco At the age of 16, Turlington became a Ford model, going on to grace the cover of Italian Vogue and to attain supermodel status.…

Julie Christie Biography

Julie ChristieactressBorn: 4/14/1941Birthplace: Chukua, Assam, India Academy Award-winning actress (Darling, 1965) who was a leading star of the 1960s and 1970s. Her films include Dr. Zhivago (1965…

Christie Brinkley Biography

Christie Brinkley model, actressBorn: 2/2/1954Birthplace: Malibu, California American supermodel whose 20-year contract with Cover Girl (1976–96) was the longest-running contract in the…

Mallowan, Max Edgar Lucien

(Encyclopedia) Mallowan, Sir Max Edgar Lucien, 1904–78, British archaeologist, educated at Oxford. He participated in the British Museum–Univ. of Pennsylvania excavations at Ur (1925–30) and Nineveh…

Glyndebourne Festival

(Encyclopedia) Glyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne Festivalglīnˈdəbərn, glīnˈbôrn [key], opera festival given each summer since 1934 on the estate of John Christie at Glyndebourne, near Lewes, Sussex,…

July 2017 Current Events: U.S. News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | World News There's always something going on in the United States, and trying to keep track of it all can be a nightmare. Luckily,…

Donner, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Donner, Richard, 1930-2021, American film director, b. Bronx, N.Y., as Richard Donald Schwartzberg. Donner came from a Russian, Jewish…