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Stiles, Ezra

(Encyclopedia) Stiles, Ezra, 1727–95, American theologian and educator, b. North Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. He studied theology, was ordained in 1749, and tutored (1749–55) at Yale. Resigning…

Child, Julia

(Encyclopedia) Child, Julia, 1912–2004, American cooking teacher, author, and television personality, b. Pasadena, Calif., as Julia Carolyn McWilliams. In the early 1940s both she and her husband-to-…

Julia

(Encyclopedia) Julia, feminine name in the Julian gens. 1 Died 54 b.c., daughter of Julius Caesar and wife of Pompey. By her grace and tact she maintained the bond between her father and her husband…

Brewer's: Essex Stile

A ditch. As Essex is very marshy, it abounds in ditches, and has very few stiles. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Est-il-possibleEssex Lions A B C D E…

The Business of Strangers

Director/Writer:Patrick StettnerIFC Films; R; 83 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:Stockard Channing, Julia Stiles, Frederick Weller The Business of Strangers operates in the soul-sucking vacuum of…

Save the Last Dance

Director:Thomas CarterWriters:Duane Adler, Cheryl EdwardsParamount Pictures and MTV Films; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:1/01Cast:Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington It's no…

Cameron, Julia Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Cameron, Julia MargaretCameron, Julia Margaretkămˈərən [key], 1815–79, English pioneer photographer, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Born and married into the high ranks of the British…

Down to You

Director/Writer:Kris IsacssonMiramax Films; PG-13; 89 minutesRelease:1/00Cast:Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair Down to You charts the romance of New York college kids Al (Freddie…

O - Film

Director:Tim Blake NelsonWriter:Brad KaayaLions Gate Films; R; 91 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles The distinction is simple: in William Shakespeare's…