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Patsy Cline Biography

Patsy Cline(Virginia Patterson Hensley)country musicianBorn: 9/8/1932Birthplace: Winchester, Va. America fell in love with Cline's achy-breaky voice after seeing her perform “Walkin' After…

The 86th Academy Award Best Actress Nominees

Check out the bios on the nominees, including Meryl Streep who received a record-breaking 18th acting nomination. She held the previous record set in 2011. Cate Blanchett is nominated for…

Kissed

Director: Lynne StopkewichWriters: Angus Fraser and Lynne StopkewichDirector of Photography:Gregory MiddletonEditors:John Pozer, Peter Roeck and Lynne StopkewichMusic:Don MacDonaldProduction…

Jokneam

(Encyclopedia) JokneamJokneamjŏkˈnēăm [key], in the Bible, Canaanite royal city, later a Levitical city of Zebulun, SW of Mt. Carmel (in present-day Israel).

Davis, Charles Henry

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Charles Henry, 1807–77, American naval officer and scientist, b. Boston. Appointed a midshipman in 1823, Davis directed operations of the Coast Survey for a time along the New…

Darwin, Erasmus

(Encyclopedia) Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802, English physician and poet. During most of his life he practiced medicine in Lichfield and cultivated a botanical garden. He was a prominent member of the…

Hinckley, Gordon Bitner

(Encyclopedia) Hinckley, Gordon Bitner, 1910–2008, leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons; see Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of), b. Salt Lake City, grad. Univ…

Arcole

(Encyclopedia) ArcoleArcoleärˈkōlā [key], village (1987 est. pop. 4,500), Venetia, N Italy. There, in Nov., 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians in a three-day battle.