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The Forsaken
Director/Writer: J. S. Cardone Screen Gems; R; 90 minutes Release: 5/01 Cast: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko In the American popular imagination, between the East and…henna
(Encyclopedia) henna, name for a reddish or black hair dye obtained from the powdered leaves and young shoots of the mignonette tree, or henna shrub (Lawsonia inermis), an Old World shrub of the…King, Henry
(Encyclopedia) King, Henry, 1592–1669, English poet. He became bishop of Chichester in 1642. Elegies constitute nearly half his work, his most notable being “The Exequy,” written on the death of his…Laube, Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Laube, HeinrichLaube, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh louˈbə [key], 1806–84, German writer. Prominent in the liberal Young Germany movement, he wrote historical novels, among them the cycle Der…Dewdney, Anna
(Encyclopedia) Dewdney, Anna, 1965–2016, American children's book author and illustrator, b. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., as Anna Elizabeth Luhrmann, B.A. Wellesley, 1987. After illustrating adult and…Clark, Francis Edward
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Francis Edward, 1851–1927, American Congregational clergyman, founder of Christian Endeavor. He was born of American parents in Aylmer, Que., and was graduated from Dartmouth…Perry, Antoinette
(Encyclopedia) Perry, Antoinette, 1888–1946, American actress, manager, producer, b. Denver, Colo. Perry began her career as an actress. She later produced several successful plays with Brock…Cotton, George Edward Lynch
(Encyclopedia) Cotton, George Edward Lynch, 1813–66, English clergyman and educator, grad. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1836. From 1837 until 1852 he was an assistant master at Rugby and is the “young…Theognis
(Encyclopedia) TheognisTheognisthēŏgˈnĭs [key], fl. 6th cent. b.c., Greek didactic poet of Megara. An aristocrat with fierce partisan feelings, he wrote for his young friend Cyrnus a series of…marsupial
(Encyclopedia) marsupialmarsupialmärs&oomacr;ˈpēəl [key], member of the order Marsupialia, or pouched mammals. With the exception of the New World opossums and an obscure S American family (…Trending
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