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Pearl, The
(Encyclopedia) Pearl, The, one of four Middle English alliterative poems, all contained in a manuscript of c.1400, composed in the West Midland dialect, almost certainly by the same anonymous author…Pearl Harbor Remembered
"A date which will live in infamy" The USS Arizona gouts smoke before finally going underwater. Related Links Encyclopedia: Pearl Harbor Encyclopedia: World War II World War II…Brewer's: Gresham and the Pearl
When Queen Elizabeth visited the Exchange, Sir Thomas Gresham, it is said, pledged her health in a cup of wine containing a precious stone crushed to atoms, and worth £15,000. If this tale…Brewer's: Pearl of the East
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra (reigned 266-272). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Peasant BardPearl A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Mother of Pearl
The inner iridescent layers of the shells of many bivalve molluses, especially that of the pearl oyster. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother of the…Pearl S. Buck
Name at birth: Pearl Comfort SydenstrickerPearl S. Buck became an international celebrity with her runaway bestseller The Good Earth, a tale of Chinese peasants that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.…Pearl Harbor (Film)
Director:Michael BayWriter:Randall WallaceTouchstone Pictures; PG-13; 183 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale The good thing about heading to the theaters to…Pearl Jam Biography
Pearl Jamalternative rock band One of several Seattle-based grunge bands, Pearl Jam found a following during the 1990s. The group's first album, Ten (1991), established the band with songs…Picayune
(Encyclopedia) PicayunePicayunepĭkəy&oomacr;nˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. It is the trade, processing, and…Lang, Pearl
(Encyclopedia) Lang, Pearl, 1921–2009, American dancer and choreographer, b. Chicago as Pearl Lack. Lang was a soloist with Martha Graham's company (1942–52) before forming her own company in 1952.…Trending
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