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Pasolini, Pier Paolo

(Encyclopedia) Pasolini, Pier PaoloPasolini, Pier Paolopyĕr päˈōlō päsōlēˈnē [key], 1922–75, Italian writer and film director. A former Roman Catholic and a Marxist, Pasolini brought to his work a…

Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia

(Encyclopedia) Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia, 1848–1928, English actress. Of a prominent theatrical family, she made her debut at nine as Mamillius in Charles Kean's production of The Winter's Tale. She…

Noguchi, Isamu

(Encyclopedia) Noguchi, IsamuNoguchi, Isamuēsäˈm&oomacr; nōg&oomacr;ˈchē [key], 1904–88, American sculptor, b. Los Angeles. The son of a Japanese poet father and an American mother, he was a…

Moore's Law

(Encyclopedia) Moore's Law, a projection of semiconductor manufacturing trends made by Gordon E. Moore, cofounder of the Intel Corp., in a 1965 magazine article. He observed that the number of…

Mekas, Jonas

(Encyclopedia) Mekas, Jonas, 1922–2019, Lithuanian-American avant-garde filmmaker, critic, and journalist. During and after World War II, he and his younger brother, Adolfus, were interned in labor…

Brewer's: Daphnis

A Sicilian shepherd who invented pastoral poetry. Daphnis. The lover of Chloe in the exquisite Greek pastoral romance of Longos, in the fourth century. Daphnis was the model of Allan…

1963 College Basketball Recap: Second 10

Taken from final UPI coaches' poll.11Stanford16–9Howie Dallmarsame12Texas18–6Harold Bradley20–713Providence21–4Joe Mullaney24–414Oregon St.19–7Slats Gill22–915UCLA20–7John Wooden20–916St.…

Brewer's: Theocritus

The Scottish Theocritus. Allan Ramsay, author of The Gentle Shepherd. (1685-1758.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TheodomasThenot A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Olifaunt

Lord Nigel Olifaunt of Glenvarloch, on going to court to present a petition to King James I., aroused the dislike of the Duke of Buckingham; Lord Dalgarno gave him the cut direct, when…

Brewer's: Letter-Gae

The precentor is called by Allen Ramsay “The Letter-gae of haly rhyme.” “Holy rhyme” means hymns or chants. “There were no sae mony hairs on the warlock's face as there's on Letter-gae's…