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Recipients of Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., created its Honors awards in 1978 to recognize the lifetime achievements of selected American…

Entertainment News from January 2001

1Ray Walston, versatile, eccentric actor who won a Tony Award for his role as the Devil in Broadway's Damn Yankees, dies at age 86. He may have in fact sold his soul to Satan when he signed…

Famous Love Stories in History

Love stories from around the world through the ages Related Links Valentine's Day Features Quotations from Classic Love Poems Love Poems on the Web From Reel Love to Real Love:…

Brewer's: Achilles of the West

Roland the Paladin; also called “The Christian Theseus” (2 syl.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Achilles' SpearAchilles of Rome A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Itinerary

(An). The notification of the route followed by a traveller. The Itinerary of Antoninus marks out all the main roads of the Roman Empire, and the stations of the Roman army. The Itinerary…

Brewer's: Achilles' Tendon

A strong sinew running along the heel to the calf of the leg. The tale is that Thetis took her son Achilles by the heel, and dipped him in the river Styx to make him invulnerable. The…