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Brewer's: White Moments of Life
(The). The red-letter days or happy moments of life. The Romans used to mark unlucky days, in their calendars, with black chalk, and lucky ones with…Brewer's: Frangipani
A powerful Roman family. So called from their benevolent distribution of bread during a famine. Frangipani. A delicious perfume, made of spices, orris-root, and musk, in imitation of real…Brewer's: Faction
The Romans divided the combatants in the circus into classes, called factions, each class being distinguished by its special colour, like the crews of a boat-race. The four original…Dorothea Lange Biography
Dorothea LangephotographerBorn: 1895 Dorothea Lange is renowned for her haunting photographs of migrant workers, farmers, and other who suffered through the Great Depression. Her pained “…Gene Hackman Biography
Gene HackmanactorBorn: 1/30/1930Birthplace: San Bernardino, California Academy Award-winning film actor known for his gritty performances in dramatic roles. His films include The French Connection (…2006 U.S. Ski Jumping/Nordic Combined Championships
(Jan. 21–22, 2006, Steamboat Springs, Colo.)MenNormal Hill (K100m)—1. Clint Jones, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; 2. Todd Lodwick, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; 3. Tommy Schwall, Steamboat Springs,…k.d. lang Biography
k.d. lang(Kathryn Dawn Lang)country-rock singer, songwriterBorn: 11/2/1961Birthplace: Consort, Alberta, Canada Grammy Award-winning country-rock singer and songwriter known for her velvety,…William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act V
Act VScene IBelmont. Avenue to Portia's houseEnter Lorenzo and JessicaLorenzoThe moon shines bright: in such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees And they did make…Dudley Do-Right
Director/Writer: Hugh Wilson Universal Pictures; PG; 90 minutes Release: 8/99 Cast: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina Based on the Jay Ward cartoon, Dudley Do…Georgie Tapps Biography
Georgie Tapps(Mortimer Ambrose Becker)tap dancerBorn: 11/6/1911Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A tap dancer and choreographer, Tapps performed in films of the 1930s and 1940s, including 52nd Street (…