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Lundy's Lane

(Encyclopedia) Lundy's Lane, locality in S Ontario just W of the Niagara Falls, scene of a stubborn engagement of the War of 1812, fought July 25, 1814. The American forces commanded by Gen. Winfield…

Amadas, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Amadas or Amidas, PhilipAmadas or Amidas, Philipboth: ămˈədăs [key], 1550–1618, English navigator. With Arthur Barlowe he was sent by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 to explore the North…

A Walk on the Moon

Director: Tony Goldwyn Writer: Pamela Gray Miramax Films; R Release: 3/99 Cast: Diane Lane, Liev Schreiber, Viggo Mortenson, Anna Paquin and Tovah Feldshuh In the eighties…

The Glass House

Director:Daniel SackheimWriter:Wesley StrickColumbia Pictures; PG-13; 101 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgard Ruby (Leelee Sobieski) is a happy teenager…

Lane, Fitz Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Lane, Fitz Hugh, 1804–65, American painter and printmaker, b. Gloucester, Mass. A painter of ships and coastal panoramas, Lane is most notable as a leading figure in American luminism…

Kirkland, Lane

(Encyclopedia) Kirkland, Lane (Joseph Lane Kirkland)Kirkland, Lanekûrˈklənd [key], 1922–99, American labor leader, president (1979–95) of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial…

Wilder, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls

(Encyclopedia) Wilder, Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, 1867–1957, American author of the classic Little House series of children's books, b. Pepin, Wis. She and her pioneer family traveled (1869–79)…

Dian Fossey Biography

Dian Fosseyprimatologist and leading authority on mountain gorillasBorn: 1932Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. Fossey took an early and avid interest in animals. She entered college as a…

Brewer's: Dian's Worshippers

Midnight revellers. So called because they return home by moonlight. Dian means the moon. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DianoraDiana of Ephesus A B C D…

Diane Keaton Biography

Diane Keaton(Diane Hall)actress, directorBorn: 1/5/1946Birthplace: Santa Ana, California Academy Award-winning actress and director known for her comic roles in Woody Allen films in which she often…