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Labour party

(Encyclopedia) Labour party, British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great Britain since World War I. Harold Wilson, who became leader on Gaitskell's death in 1963, was able to…

Deep Blue Sea

Director:Renny HarlinWriters:Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers and Wayne PowersWarner Bros.; 100 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson In Deep Blue…

Rock Star

Director:Stephen HerekWriter:John StockwellWarner Bros.; R; 142 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Flemyng One expects a certain tongue-in-cheekiness from a film…

Geometry: Transformations

TransformationsGeometryTransformationsIsometriesDilationsSymmetry There is very little in our world that is static. Living things like to move. I remember thinking how great it would be to move…

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Director/Writer:Jim JarmuschArtisian Entertainment; R; 116 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach de Bankole It takes a post-modern cowboy like Jim Jarmusch to pull off…

proverb

(Encyclopedia) proverb, short statement of wisdom or advice that has passed into general use. More homely than aphorisms, proverbs generally refer to common experience and are often expressed in…

Dodd, William Edward

(Encyclopedia) Dodd, William Edward, 1869–1940, American historian and diplomat, b. Clayton, N.C. He was professor of history at Randolph-Macon College (1900–1908) and at the Univ. of Chicago (1908–…

Jones, James Earl

(Encyclopedia) Jones, James Earl, 1931–, American actor, b. Tate co., Miss. Jones made his stage debut at the Univ. of Michigan and appeared thereafter for seven years with the New York Shakespeare…

long march

(Encyclopedia) long march, Chin., Changzheng, the journey of c.6,000 mi (9,660 km) undertaken by the Red Army of China in 1934–35. When their Jiangxi prov. Soviet base was encircled by the…

Morgan, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Morgan, Julia, 1872–1957, American architect, b. San Francisco, B.S. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1894. Trained as an engineer, she became the first woman to study architecture at…