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Sandy Hook

(Encyclopedia) Sandy Hook, low, sandy peninsula, NE N.J., projecting 5 mi (8 km) N toward New York and separating Sandy Hook Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. At the northern end is a Coast Guard station…

Vendôme

(Encyclopedia) Vendôme, town (1990 pop. 18,359), Loir-et-Cher dept., N central France, in Orléanais. It is a manufacturing town with food processing, computer, and metal and electrical industries.…

Movies and Film: The Star System

The Star SystemMovies and FilmArtists or Stars? The Aesthetics of ActingFilm Acting vs. Theater ActingThe Star SystemThe Schools of Film Acting"The Actor's Director": Priming the Prima DonnasThe 14…

Brewer's: Staff

I keep the staff in my own hand. I keep possession; I retain the right. The staff was the ancient sceptre, and therefore, figuratively, it means, power, authority, dignity, etc. To part…

Brewer's: Wolves

It is not true that wolves were extirpated from the island in the reign of Edgar. The tradition is based upon the words of William of Malmesbury (bk.…

Brewer's: Deck

A pack of cards, or that part of the pack which is left after the hands have been dealt. But whilst he thought to steal the single`ten,' The `king' was slyly fingered from the deck.…

Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor and German king

(Encyclopedia) Frederick I or Frederick BarbarossaFrederick Ibärbərôsˈə [key] [Ital.,=red beard], c.1125–90, Holy Roman emperor (1155–90) and German king (1152–90), son of Frederick of Hohenstaufen,…

Sakkara

(Encyclopedia) Sakkara or SaqqaraSakkarasäkäˈrä [key], necropolis (burial place) of ancient Memphis, Egypt, 3 mi (5 km) from the Nile and on the border of the Libyan desert. Djoser (Zoser) had his…

Coleridge: Part I

Part IIPart I An ancient Mariner meeteth three Gallants bidden to a wedding-feast, and detaineth one. It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. "By thy long grey beard…

Private Parts

Paramount Home Video; rental pricing Feature; R Director: Betty Thomas Cast: Howard Stern and Robin Quivers Want to know what all the media fuss was about? Afraid to admit…