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Mary Tyler Moore Biography

Mary Tyler MooreactressBorn: 12/29/1936Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Emmy Award-winning television, film and stage actress best known for her television roles as witty, intelligent women. Her…

Kent, county, England

(Encyclopedia) Kent, county (1991 pop. 1,485,600), 1,525 sq mi (3,950 sq km), SE England. It lies between the Thames estuary and the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone, and the county is…

Christina Rossetti: Christian and Jew

Christian and JewA Dialogue'Oh happy happy land! Angels like rushes stand About the wells of light.'— 'Alas, I have not eyes for this fair sight: Hold fast my hand.'—'As in a soft wind,…

Mob murder in a Christian nation

by Ida B. Wells The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people. It presents three salient facts: First, lynching is a colorline…

Brewer's: Weak-kneed Christian

or Politician (A). Irresolute; not thorough; a Laodicean, neither hot nor cold. “If any weak-kneed Churchman, now hesitating between his […

Brewer's: Animals in Christian Art

The ant symbolises prudence the ape, malice, lust, and cunning the ass, sobriety, or the Jewish nation the asp, Christ, or Christian faith the bee, industry the camel, submission the cock…

Tyler, Moses Coit

(Encyclopedia) Tyler, Moses Coit, 1835–1900, American writer on intellectual history, b. Griswold, Conn. He moved to Michigan as a boy. Graduated from Yale (1857) and from Andover Theological…

Crittenden, John Jordan

(Encyclopedia) Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787–1863, U.S. public official, b. Woodford co., Ky. A Kentucky legislator (1811–17), Crittenden entered the U.S. Senate (1817–19) but resigned to resume…

Ivins, Molly

(Encyclopedia) Ivins, Molly (Mary Tyler Ivins), 1944–2007, U.S. journalist and political columnist, b. Monterey, Calif., B.A. Smith College, 1966, M.A. Columbia School of Journalism, 1967. A decided…