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Laine, Cleo

(Clementina Dinah Campbell) singer, actressBirthplace: Southall, EnglandBorn: 10/28/27

Miss Congeniality

Director:Donald PetrieWriters:Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn LucasWarner Bros. and Caste Rock Entertainment; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin…

Pearl, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Pearl, river, 485 mi (781 km) long, rising in E Miss. and flowing S to Lake Borgne, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico; its lower section (116 mi/187 km) forms the Miss.-La. boundary.…

Cleo FIELDS, Congress, LA (1962)

FIELDS Cleo , a Representative from Louisiana; born in Baton Rouge, La., November 22, 1962; B.A., Southern University, 1984, J.D., Southern University School of Law, 1987; founder, Young Adults…

Varda, Agnès

(Encyclopedia) Varda, AgnèsVarda, Agnèsänyĕsˈ värdäˈ [key] 1928–2019, French filmmaker, b. Brussels. Varda began her career as a theatrical photographer (1951–61) and photojournalist. Her first film…

The Devil's Dictionary: Miss

by Ambrose Bierce MISFORTUNEMOLECULEMISS -n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most…

Brewer's: Missing Link

(The). According to Darwin, the higher animals are developed from the lower ones. The lowest form of animal life is protoplasm, which develops into amoebae (cell life), and thence,…

Reward for Missing Tail

The Question: How did the Manx cat lose its tail? All other cats have long flowing tails, but not the Manx cat; it only has a stump. The Answer…