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MOTION PICTUREOutstanding Motion Picture: How Stella Got Her Groove BackOutstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Angela Bassett, How Stella Got Her Groove BackOutstanding Actor in a Motion…Brewer's: Rubicon
To pass the Rubicon. To adopt some measure from which it is not possible to recede. Thus, when the Austrains, in 1859, passed the Ticino, the act was a declaration of war against Sardinia…Brewer's: Elixir of Life
A ruby, supposed by the alchemists to prolong life indefinitely. The tincture for transmuting metals was also called an elixir. (Arabic, el or al iksir, the iksir (? coction).) (See Amrita…Brewer's: Liris
A proud but lovely daughter of the race of man, beloved by Rubi, first of the angel host. Her passion was the love of knowledge, and she was captivated by all her lover told her of heaven…Hideyoshi
(Encyclopedia) Hideyoshi (Hideyoshi Toyotomi)Hideyoshihēdāōˈshē [key], 1536–98, Japanese warrior and dictator. He entered the service of Nobunaga as his sandal holder and rose to become his leading…Masséna, André
(Encyclopedia) Masséna, AndréMasséna, AndréäNdrāˈ mäsānäˈ [key], 1758–1817, marshal of France, b. Nice. Of humble origin, he entered (1791) the French army and rose rapidly because of his brilliant…Eco, Umberto
(Encyclopedia) Eco, UmbertoEco, Umbertoəmbĕrˈtō ĕcō [key], 1932–2016, Italian novelist, essayist, and semiotics scholar. His first novel, the best-selling Il nome della rosa (1980; tr. The Name of…Ali Pasha
(Encyclopedia) Ali PashaAli Pashaälēˈ päshäˈ [key], 1744?–1822, Turkish pasha [military governor] of Yannina (now Ioánnina, Greece), a province of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). He was called the…Khama, Seretse Khama Ian
(Encyclopedia) Khama, Seretse Khama IanKhama, Seretse Khama Iansĕrĕtˈsā käˈmä [key], 1953–, Botswanan political leader and military officer, president of Botswana (2008–18); eldest son of Botswana's…Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel
(Encyclopedia) Leclerc, Charles Victor EmmanuelLeclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuelshärl vēktôrˈ ĕmänüĕlˈ ləklĕrˈ [key], 1772–1802, French general. He served under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian…Trending
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