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Pelosi, Nancy Patricia

(Encyclopedia) Pelosi, Nancy Patricia Pelosi, Nancy Patricia pəlōˈsē [key], 1940–, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the…

Summit, Pat

(Encyclopedia) Summit, Pat (Patricia Sue Summit), 1952–2016, American basketball player and coach, b. Clarksville, Tenn., as Patricia Sue Head. She played basketball at the Univ. of Tennessee at…

Brewer's: Line upon Line

Admonition or instruction repeated little by little (a line at a time). Apelles said “Nulla dies sine linea. ” A drawing is line upon line, an edifice is brick upon brick or stone upon…

Fraunhofer lines

(Encyclopedia) Fraunhofer linesFraunhofer linesfrounˈhôfər [key]: see sun.

Patricia Cornwell

Novelist Patricia Cornwell is best known for her books with protagonist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a crime-solving medical examiner. Cornwell has been one of the best selling authors in the world since her…

Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith's first novel, Strangers on a Train (1950) was made into a successful film by Alfred Hitchcock, but she's also famous for her creation of Tom Ripley, the charming and amoral…