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Cheadle and Gatley

(Encyclopedia) Cheadle and Gatley Cheadle and Gatley chēˈdəl, gătˈlē [key], town, Stockport metropolitan district, NW…

Don Cossacks

(Encyclopedia) Don Cossacks, Cossack settlers (see Cossacks) who in the 16th cent. founded the virtually independent republic of the Don Cossacks on the fertile steppes along the lower course of the…

Don, river, Russia

(Encyclopedia) DonDondŏn, Rus. dôn [key], river, SW European Russia. It rises SE of Tula and flows c.1,200 mi (1,930 km), first SE past Voronezh, then SW into the Sea of Azov. At its eastern bend the…

Family Man

Director:Brett RatnerWriters:David Diamond, David WeissmanUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 120 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle Following an ancient model most recently…

Mission to Mars

Director:Brian De PalmaWriters:Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Graham YostTouchstone Pictures; PG; 113 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Tim Robbins There is intelligent life in…

Don, river, England

(Encyclopedia) DonDondôn [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Pennines, N England. It flows SE through Sheffield, then turns NE and flows past Rotherham and Doncaster to the River Ouse…

Don Juan

(Encyclopedia) Don JuanDon Juandŏn wän, j&oomacr;ˈən, Span. dōn hwän [key], legendary profligate. He has a counterpart in the legends of many peoples, but the Spanish version of the great…

Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Sholokhov, Mikhail AleksandrovichSholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovichmēkhəyĕlˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôˈləkhŏf [key], 1905–84, Russian novelist. Sholokhov won international fame for an epic…

Traffic

Director:Steven SoderberghWriter:Stephen GaghanUSA Films; R; 147 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones Steven Soderbergh's Traffic is a…