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Better Than Chocolate

Director:Anne WheelerWriter:Peggy ThompsonTrimark Pictures; NR; 103 minutesRelease:9/99Cast:Wendy Crewson, Christina Cox, Karen Dwyer Better Than Chocolate is sex, and you'll find plenty of…

Joe the King

Director/Writer:Frank WhaleyTrimark; R; 100 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke Joe The King brings a glamour-free realism to the big screen, casting…

Notable Female Scientists

Annie Jump Cannon Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Jacobs, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Jacobs, Jane, 1916–2006, American-Canadian urbanologist, b. Scranton, Pa., as Jane Butzner. She moved to New York City in the 1930s, was an editor (1952–64) of Architectural Forum…

Lorde, Audrey Geraldine

(Encyclopedia) Lorde, Audre, 1934–1992, African-American poet, essayist, and civil rights activist, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (M.L.S. 1961).…

saga, in Old Norse Literature

(Encyclopedia) saga, in Old Norse literature, especially Icelandic and Norwegian, narrative in prose or verse, centering on a legendary or historical figure or family. Sagas may be divided into sagas…

Schliemann, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Schliemann, HeinrichSchliemann, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh shlēˈmän [key], 1822–90, German archaeologist, discoverer of the ruins of Troy. He accumulated a fortune in the indigo trade and as a…

Opus Dei

(Encyclopedia) Opus DeiOpus Deiōˈpəs dāˈē [key] [Lat.,=work of God], Roman Catholic organization, particularly influential in Spain, officially the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Opus Dei…

ode

(Encyclopedia) ode, elaborate and stately lyric poem of some length. The ode dates back to the Greek choral songs that were sung and danced at public events and celebrations. The Greek odes of Pindar…

airport

(Encyclopedia) airport or airfield, place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo.…