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I Love You…Don't Touch Me!

Director/Writer/Editor/Producer:Julie DavisDirector of Photography:Mark PutnamMusic:Jane FordProduction Designer:Carol StroberOrion/MGM; NR; 90 minutesRelease:2/98Cast:Marla Schaffel,…

Christian Groups That Don’t Celebrate Easter

Christians against Easter Although Christmas gets top-billing in the United States and in media in a very big way, for much of the Christian world Easter is a comparatively--some say more--…

Don SHERWOOD, Congress, PA (1941)

SHERWOOD Don , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pa., March 5, 1941; attended Lackawanna Trail High School and Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School; B.A.,…

Güiraldes, Ricardo

(Encyclopedia) Güiraldes, RicardoGüiraldes, Ricardorēkärˈdō gwērälˈdās [key], 1886–1927, Argentine writer. He spent his boyhood on a ranch where he learned the ways of the gauchos, later traveling to…

Guareschi, Giovanni

(Encyclopedia) Guareschi, GiovanniGuareschi, Giovannijōväˈnē gwärĕsˈkē [key], 1908–68, Italian journalist and novelist. Guareschi edited a humorous weekly before World War II and in 1945 helped to…

Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus

(Encyclopedia) Chodowiecki, Daniel NikolausChodowiecki, Daniel Nikolausdäˈnēĕl nēˈkōlous khôdôvyĕtsˈkē [key], 1726–1801, German painter and engraver, b. Danzig. He was the most popular illustrator of…

Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez

(Encyclopedia) Larreta, Enrique RodríguezLarreta, Enrique Rodríguezānrēˈkā rôᵺrēˈgāth lärrāˈtä [key], 1875–1961, Argentine novelist. Larreta lived for many years in Spain and France. His fame rests…

Castro y Bellvís, Guillén de

(Encyclopedia) Castro y Bellvís, Guillén deCastro y Bellvís, Guillén degēlyānˈ dā käsˈtrō ē bĕlvēsˈ [key], 1569–1631, Spanish dramatist, best known of the Valencian group of playwrights of the Golden…

Rojas, Fernando de

(Encyclopedia) Rojas, Fernando deRojas, Fernando defārnänˈdō ᵺā rōˈhäs [key], 1465?–1541?, Spanish writer. Scanty records show him to have practiced law at Salamanca. He wrote La Celestina, published…

Beatty, Warren

(Encyclopedia) Beatty, Warren (Henry Warren Beaty) Beatty, Warren bāˈtē, bēˈ– [key], 1937…