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Solo

(Encyclopedia) Solo: see Surakarta, Indonesia.

Hope

(Encyclopedia) Hope, city (2020 pop. 9,425), seat of Hempstead co., SW Ark. Hope is a commercial center and a distribution point for an agricultural…

Lange, Hope

actressBirthplace: Redding Ridge, Conn.Born: 1933Died: 2003

Hope Floats

Director:Forest WhitakerWriter:Steven RogersDirector of Photography:Caleb DeschanelEditor:Richard ChewMusic:Dave GrusinProduction Designer:Larry FultonProducer:Lynda Obst20th Century Fox; PG-…

Barrère, Georges

(Encyclopedia) Barrère, GeorgesBarrère, Georgeszhôrzh bärĕrˈ [key], 1876–1944, French-American flutist and conductor, grad. Paris Conservatory, 1895. In Paris he was solo flutist (1897–1905) of the…

Fossett, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Fossett, Steve (James Stephen Fossett), 1944–2007, American investment banker and adventurer, b. California. After becoming a multimillionaire as a stockbroker and investment…

John Keats: To Hope

by JohnKeatsTo * * * *Imitation of SpenserTo Hope When by my solitary hearth I sit, And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom; When no fair dreams before my "mind's eye" flit, And…

The Devil's Dictionary: Hope

by Ambrose Bierce HONORABLEHOSPITALITYHOPE -n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left — Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft; When…

Brewer's: Forlorn Hope

Cromwell says, “Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy,” i.e. our horse picket sent forward to reconnoitre approached within a mile of the enemy's camp. (German, verloren…