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Howard Hawks Biography
Howard HawksdirectorBorn: 5/30/1896Birthplace: Goshen, Indiana American film director whose work spanned nearly all movie genres—musicals, gangster movies, comedies, action adventures, war…swift
(Encyclopedia) swift, common name for small, swallowlike birds related to the hummingbird and found all over the world, chiefly in the tropics. They range in size from 6 to 12 in. (15–30 cm) in…Hermonthis
(Encyclopedia) HermonthisHermonthishərmŏnˈthĭs [key], ancient city, N Egypt, 8 mi (13 km) S of Thebes. It was founded in prehistoric times and was prominent during the period of Roman supremacy.…jaeger
(Encyclopedia) jaegerjaegeryāˈgər [key], common name for several members of the family Stercorariidae, member of a family of hawklike sea birds closely related to the gull and the tern. The skua is…Selected Essays in Black History: Po' Sandy
The Goophered Grapevine Dave's Neckliss Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt On the northeast corner of my vineyard in central North Carolina, and fronting on the Lumberton plank-road…Habsburg, castle, Switzerland
(Encyclopedia) HabsburgHabsburghäpsˈb&oobreve;rkh [key], castle, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, near the Aare River. Built c.1030, it served during the 12th and 13th cent. as the seat of the…honey buzzard
(Encyclopedia) honey buzzard, common name for several medium-sized, buzzardlike hawks (genus Pernis) of Eurasia and Africa. The European honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus, is predominantly reddish brown…John Hawkes 1998 Deaths
John HawkesAge: 72 acclaimed postmodern writer who published 16 novels, including The Blood Oranges and Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade.Died: May 15, 1998.Hurd HatfieldG - LPeter Lind…Aesop's Fables: The Nightingale and the Hawk
by Aesop The Dogs and the FoxThe Rose and the AmaranthThe Nightingale and the Hawk A Nightingale was sitting on a bough of an oak and singing, as her custom was. A hungry Hawk presently…Brewer's: Hawk nor Buzzard
(Neither). Of doubtful social position—too good for the kitchen, and not good enough for the family. Private governesses and pauperised gentlefolk often hold this unhappy position. They…Trending
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