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Biographies: Models

ModelsPeople in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by CategoryAlt, Carol, model Alves, Michelle, model Ambrosio, Alessandra, model Anderson, Pamela, model, actress Banks, Tyra, model Barros, Ana…

Notable Fashion Designers and Models

Isabella Rossellini Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and…

Francis

(Encyclopedia) Francis, 1936–, pope (2013–), an Argentinian (b. Buenos Aires to Italian immigrants) named Jorge Mario Bergoglio; successor of Benedict XVI. Francis, the first non-European to assume…

Brewer's: Lucasta

to whom Richard Love-lace sang, was Lucy Sacheverell, called by him lux casta, i.e. Chaste Lucy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LuceLucasian Professor A B…

Brewer's: Caste

(1 syl.), race. The Portuguese casta. In Sanskrit the word used for the same purpose is varna (colour). The four Hindu castes are Brahmins (the sacred order), Shatriya (soldiers and rulers…

caste

(Encyclopedia) caste [Port., casta=basket], ranked groups based on heredity within rigid systems of social stratification, especially those that constitute Hindu India. Some scholars, in fact, deny…

1992 Olympic Judo Results

MEN Class   (–1321/2 lbs) Nazim Gusseinov, UT   Hyun Yoon, S. Kor   Tadanor Koshino, JPN / Richard Trautmann, GER (1431/4) Rogerio Sampaio Cardoso, BRA   Jozsef Csak,…

January 2003

WorldBritain Arrests Terror Suspects (Jan. 5): Six arrested when police find traces of the toxic agent ricin in a London apartment. (Jan. 14): Three more arrested in Manchester. (Jan. 21):…