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Committed

Director/Writer:Lisa KruegerMiramax; R; 97 minutesRelease:4/00Cast:Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson Heather Graham's strangely immaterial sexuality is the main attraction of…

Brewer's: Committing Falsehood

Swindling. The Earl of Rosebery pointed out that the expression “committing false-hood” in Scotch law was synonymous with what in England was called swindling (April 25th, 1885). Source…

Irish Movies: The Commitments (1991)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next by Beth Rowen The Commitments (1991) Director Alan Parker presents a decidedly unromantic…

Commitment to Development Index, 2007

From Netherlands to Japan by Beth Rowen Related Links Economic Statistics by Country Gap Between Rich and Poor: World Income Inequality Measuring Global Poverty…

Alliance for Progress

(Encyclopedia) Alliance for Progress, Span. Alianza para el Progreso, U.S. assistance program for Latin America begun in 1961 during the presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was created principally to…

Quine, W. V.

(Encyclopedia) Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman Quine)Quine, W. V.kwīn [key], 1908–2000, American philosopher and mathematical logician, b. Akron, Ohio, grad. Oberlin, 1930. He studied at Harvard (Ph.…

Acheson, Dean Gooderham

(Encyclopedia) Acheson, Dean GooderhamAcheson, Dean Gooderhamăchˈĭsən [key], 1893–1971, U.S. secretary of state (1949–53), b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Yale, Harvard Law School. He was (1919–21)…