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Brewer's: Nativity

(The) means Christmas Day, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. The Cave of the Nativity is under the chancel of the “church of the Nativity.” In the recess, a few feet above the ground…

Williams, John, American clergyman

(Encyclopedia) Williams, John, 1664–1729, American clergyman, b. Roxbury, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1683. In 1686 he became the first minister at Deerfield, Mass. During the great Native American…

Tsimshian

(Encyclopedia) TsimshianTsimshiantsĭmˈshēən [key], Native North Americans speaking a language probably falling within the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They lived around…

American Sign Language and Braille

Sign language for the deaf was first systematized in France during the 18th century by Abbot Charles-Michel l'Epée. French Sign Language (FSL) was brought to the United States in 1816 by…

American Buffalo

DirectorMichael CorrenteWriter:David MametDirector of Photography:Richard CrudoEditor:Kate SanfordMusic:Thomas NewmanProduction Designer:Daniel TalpersProducer: Gregory MosherSamuel Goldwyn;…

American Strays

Director/Writer:Michael CovertDirector of Photography:Sean MutarevicEditor:Rod DeanMusic:John GrahamProduction Designer:Paul HoltProducers:Rod Dean, Kirk Hassig and Douglas TextorUnapix Films…

American History X

Director:Tony KayeWriter:David McKennaNew Line; R; 118 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk, Stacy Keach, Avery Brooks, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien,…

American Pie

Director:Paul Weitz Writer:Adam HerzUniversal Pictures; 100 minutes; RRelease:7/99Cast:Seann Scott, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein Aficionados consider film the finest of the arts, combining…