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PlayChildren of a Lesser GodMusicalEvitaReproduction—Play or MusicalMorning's at SevenActor—PlayJohn Rubinstein, Children of a Lesser GodActress—PlayPhyllis Frelich, Children of a Lesser…

auteur

(Encyclopedia) auteurauteurōtörˈ [key], in film criticism, a director who so dominates the film-making process that it is appropriate to call the director the auteur, or author, of the motion picture…

Alexander City

(Encyclopedia) Alexander City, city (2020 pop. 14,843), Tallapoosa co., E central Ala., in a piedmont farm area; inc. 1874. Nearby Martin Dam supplies power for the city's textile mills;…

Horseshoe Bend

(Encyclopedia) Horseshoe Bend, a turn on the Tallapoosa River, near Dadeville, E central Ala., site of a battle on Mar. 27, 1814, in which the Creeks, led by chief William Weatherford, were…

Glyndebourne Festival

(Encyclopedia) Glyndebourne FestivalGlyndebourne Festivalglīnˈdəbərn, glīnˈbôrn [key], opera festival given each summer since 1934 on the estate of John Christie at Glyndebourne, near Lewes, Sussex,…

Carnegie

(Encyclopedia) Carnegie Carnegie kärnĕgˈē, kärˈnəgē [key], borough (2020 pop. 8,134),…

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Benjamin ANDREW, Congress, GA (1730-1799)

ANDREW, Benjamin, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Dorchester, S.C., in 1730; moved to Georgia in 1754 and became a planter in St. John's Parish; president of State Executive Council in 1777;…

Charles ANDREWS, Congress, ME (1814-1852)

ANDREWS Charles , a Representative from Maine; born in Paris, Oxford County, Maine, February 11, 1814; attended the district school; was graduated from Hebron (Maine) Academy; studied law; was…