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Santa Barbara

(Encyclopedia) Santa BarbaraSanta Barbarasănˌtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. A beautiful residential and resort…

Brewer's: Guest

The Ungrateful Guest was the brand fixed by Philip of Macedon on a Macedonian soldier who had been kindly entertained by a villager, and, being asked by the king what he could give him,…

The Winter Guest

Director: Alan Rickman Writers: Alan Rickman and Sharman Macdonald Director of Photography: Seamus McGarvey Editor: Scott Thomas Music: Michael Kamen Production Designer…

Villiers, Barbara

(Encyclopedia) Villiers, Barbara: see Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, duchess of.

Guest, Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Guest, Edwin, 1800–1880, English archaeologist and philologist. A founder of the Philological Society (1842), Guest wrote articles on English philology and on archaeology, especially…

Brewer's: Ungrateful Guest

(The). (See Guest.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894UnguemUndine A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Christopher Guest Biography

Christopher Guest(Christopher Haden-Guest)actor, writer, directorBorn: 2/5/1948Birthplace: New York City Starting in the late 1960s, Christopher Guest made a name for himself writing for…

Bush, Barbara

(Encyclopedia) Bush, Barbara, 1925–2018, b. New York City as Barbara Pierce; wife of George H. W. Bush and mother of George W. Bush. She studied briefly at Smith College before marrying (1945); the…

Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, duchess of

(Encyclopedia) Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, duchess ofCleveland, Barbara Villiers, duchess ofvĭlˈərz, vĭlˈyərz [key], 1641–1709, mistress of King Charles II of England. She became Charles's mistress…