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Debbie Allen Biography
Debbie Allenactor, producer, director, choreographerBorn: 1/16/1950Birthplace: Houston, Texas Debbie Allen found fame as the demanding dance teacher Lydia Grant in the film Fame (1980), a…Death Row
The Question: How many people are on death row? The Answer: The number of prisoners on death row first topped 3,000 in 1995 and remains higher than that. For a…Brewer's: Row
(rhyme with now). A tumult. It used to be written roue, and referred to the night encounters of the roués or profligate bon-vivants whose glory it was to attack the “Charleys” and disturb…Shore, Jane
(Encyclopedia) Shore, Jane, or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of Edward IV of England. The wife of William Shore, a goldsmith, she became c.1470 mistress to Edward IV and exerted a great…vending machine
(Encyclopedia) vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or…Women on Death Row
(as of 1/1/2014) State Total White Black Latina American Indian Asian…Brewer's: Paternoster Row
(London) was so named from the rosary or paternoster makers. We read of “one Robert Nikke, a paternoster maker and citizen, in the reign of Henry IV.” Some say it was so called because…Brewer's: Rotten Row
Muster row. Camden derives the word from rotteran (to muster); hence rot, a file of six soldiers. Another derivation is the Norman Ratten Row (roundabout way), being the way corpses were…World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championshipsat Cologne, Germany (Sept. 6-13)MenEightsUnited States, 5:38.78Coxed PairsAustralia, 6:45.01Coxed FoursAustralia, 6:09.43Coxless PairsGermany, 6:22.32Coxless…Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
(Encyclopedia) Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793–1864, American ethnologist, b. near Albany, N.Y. He gave enormous impetus to the study of Native American culture and may be regarded as the foremost…Trending
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