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Nelly: Country Grammar

Country GrammarUniversal St. Louis had never been considered a modern mecca for hip-hop and rap, but thanks to this impressive debut by 20-year-old Nelly, the city's image may be about to…

woman suffrage

(Encyclopedia) woman suffrage, the right of women to vote. Throughout the latter part of the 19th cent. the issue of women's voting rights was an important phase of feminism. On the European…

Road Trip

Director/Writer:Todd PhillipsDreamWorks; R; 97 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Amy Smart, Breckin Meyer, Tom Green Road Trip is the summer bad taste laff fest, inspired by the canny dementia of There…

Welcome to Woop Woop

Director:Stephan ElliottWriter:Michael ThomasGoldwyn Films; R; 102 minutesRelease:11/98Cast:Johnathon Schaech, Rod Taylor, Susie Porter and Dee Smart Director Elliott, who earned a name for…

Double Take

Director/Writer:George GalloTouchstone Pictures; PG-13; 88 minutesRelease:1/01Cast:Orlando Jones, Eddie Griffin, Gary Grubbs On paper, Double Take is a black buddy chase comedy based on a…

Randolph, Thomas, English diplomat

(Encyclopedia) Randolph, Thomas, 1523–90, English diplomat. He was graduated from Oxford (1545) and served as principal of Broadgates Hall (later Pembroke College), Oxford, until forced because of…

Sadler, Sir Ralph

(Encyclopedia) Sadler or Sadleir, Sir RalphSadler or Sadleir, Sir Ralphboth: sădˈlər [key], 1507–87, English diplomat. Through the influence of Thomas Cromwell, he secured (c.1536) the favor of Henry…

Stafford, Henry, 2d duke of Buckingham

(Encyclopedia) Stafford, Henry, 2d duke of Buckingham, 1454?–1483, English nobleman. He was the grandson of Humphrey Stafford, the 1st duke, whom he succeeded in 1460. He passed the death sentence on…

Steelyard, Merchants of the

(Encyclopedia) Steelyard, Merchants of the, German hanse, or merchants guild, residing at the Steelyard on the Thames near the present Ironbridge Wharf at London, England. The merchants of the…

Sidney, Sir Philip

(Encyclopedia) Sidney or Sydney, Sir Philip, 1554–86, English author and courtier. He was one of the leading members of Queen Elizabeth's court and a model of Renaissance chivalry. He served in…