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Nothing Sacred

ABCThursday 8:00–9:00 p.m.; moved to Saturday 8:00–9:00 p.m. spring seasonCast: Kevin Anderson, Brad Sullivan, Ann Dowd, Scott M. Campbell, Jose Zuniga, Bruce Altman and Tamara Mello…

Brewer's: Daphnaida

An elegy on Douglas Howard, daughter and heiress of Lord Howard. (Spenser, 1591.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DaphneDantesque A B C D E F G H I…

Gun Shy

Director/Writer:Eric BlakeneyHollywood Pictures; R; 102 minutesRelease:2/00Cast:Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Jose Zuniga, Sandra Bullock In Gun Shy Liam Neeson plays an aging DEA agent who's…

Brewer's: Daphnis

A Sicilian shepherd who invented pastoral poetry. Daphnis. The lover of Chloe in the exquisite Greek pastoral romance of Longos, in the fourth century. Daphnis was the model of Allan…

Brewer's: Bay

Supposed to be an antidote against lightning, because it was the tree of Apollo. Hence Tiberius and some other of the Roman emperors wore a wreath of bay as an amulet, especially in…

Sara Teasedale: Villa Serbelloni, Bellaggio

Villa Serbelloni, BellaggioThe fountain shivers lightly in the rain, The laurels drip, the fading roses fall, The marble satyr plays a mournful strain That leaves the rainy fragrance…

Pollaiuolo

(Encyclopedia) PollaiuoloPollaiuolopōl-läy&oomacr;-ôˈlō [key], family of Florentine artists. Jacopo Pollaiuolo was a noted 15th-century goldsmith. His son and pupil Antonio Pollaiuolo, 1429?–1498…

Wild Things

Director:John McNaughtonWriter:Stephen PetersDirector of Photography:Jeffrey L. KimballEditor:Elena MaganiniMusic:George S. ClintonProduction Designer:Edward T. McAvoyProducer:Steven A. Jones…

Araucanians

(Encyclopedia) AraucaniansAraucaniansəroukänˈēən [key], South American people, occupying most of S central Chile at the time of the Spanish conquest (1540). The Araucanians were an agricultural…