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Celtic Church

(Encyclopedia) Celtic Church, name given to the Christian Church of the British Isles before the mission (597) of St. Augustine of Canterbury from Rome. Founded in the 2d or 3d cent. by missionaries…

The Shipping News

Director:Lasse HallströmWriter:Robert Nelson JacobsMiramax Films; R; 111 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The…

Michael Jordan Biography

Michael Jordanbasketball player, actor, endorser, mass-media phenomenonBorn: 2/17/1963Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Professional basketball player, actor, and mass-media phenomenon, Jordan is a star…

Ponce de León, Juan

(Encyclopedia) Ponce de León, JuanPonce de León, Juanpŏns də lēˈŏn, Span. hwän pōnˈthā dā lāōnˈ [key], c.1460–1521, Spanish explorer, first Westerner to reach Florida. He served against the Moors of…

Browning, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Browning, Robert, 1812–89, English poet. His remarkably broad and sound education was primarily the work of his artistic and scholarly parents—in particular his father, a London bank…

I Went Down

Director:Paddy BreathnachWriter:Conor McPhersonDirector of Photography:Cian de BuitléarEditor:Emer ReynoldsMusic:Dario MarianelliProduction Designer:Zoe MacLeodProducer:Robert WalpoleBuena…

British Summer Time

In 1908, the United Kingdom became the first country to adopt Daylight Saving Time by Liz Olson Related Links St. Andrew's Day Saint David's Day The Queen's Birthday…

Apocalypse Now Redux

Director:Francis Ford CoppolaWriters:Francis Ford Coppola and John MiliusR; 197 minutesRelease:7/01Cast:Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando It'll be hard to find a bad review of…

Oceanic art

(Encyclopedia) Oceanic art, works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline,…