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Director/Writer:Millicent SheltonDirector of Photography:Frank ByersEditor:Earl WatsonMusic:Dunn Pearson Jr.Production Designer:Bryan JonesProducers:Reginald Hudlin and Warrington…

equestrianism

(Encyclopedia) equestrianism, art of riding and handling a horse. Horseback riding was practiced as far back as the Bronze Age and was thereafter adapted to commerce, industry, war, sport, and…

Keene, Laura

(Encyclopedia) Keene, Laura, c.1826–1873, Anglo-American actress-manager, b. England. She played with Mme Vestris at the Lyceum, London. She emigrated to the United States in 1852 and became manager…

Laura

(Encyclopedia) Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved.

Yorkshire

(Encyclopedia) Yorkshire, former county, N England. From 1889 to 1974 it formed three counties, the East Riding, North Riding, and West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974, Yorkshire was divided among the…

Bridgman, Laura

(Encyclopedia) Bridgman, Laura, 1829–89, the first blind and deaf person to be successfully educated, b. Hanover, N.H. Under the guidance of Dr. S. G. Howe, of the Perkins School for the Blind, she…

Brewer's: Ride

To ride abroad with St. George, but at home with St. Michael; said of a hen-pecked braggart. St. George is represented as riding on a war charger whither he listed; St. Michael, on a…

Brewer's: Riding

[of Yorkshire]. Same as trithing in Lincolnshire; the jurisdiction of a third part of a county, under the government of a reeve (sheriff). The word ding or thing is Scandinavian, and means…

Sally Ride

The Question: Who was the first U.S. woman in space? The Answer: Sally Ride! -The Editors

Joy Ride

Director:John DahlWriters:Clay Tarver and J.J. Adams20th Century Fox; R; 105 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Steven Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski It's best to get things out in the open as…