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Holy Family
(Encyclopedia) Holy Family, term referring to the child Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. In the Roman Catholic Church the feast in its honor falls usually on the first Sunday after the Epiphany. In art the…Immanuel
(Encyclopedia) Immanuel or EmmanuelImmanuelboth: ĭmănˈy&oomacr;əl [key] [Heb.,=God with us], in the Book of Isaiah, name given to the child who would be a sign to Judah of her deliverance. In the…Temple, Shirley
(Encyclopedia) Temple, Shirley, 1928–2014, American child film star, b. Santa Monica, Calif., as Shirley Jane Temple. She started in movies at three-and-a-half and starred in her first feature (Stand…Epstein, Sir Jacob
(Encyclopedia) Epstein, Sir JacobEpstein, Sir Jacobĕpˈstīn [key], 1880–1959, sculptor, b. New York City. He studied with Rodin in Paris and later worked chiefly in England. In revolt against the…Rich, Penelope, Lady
(Encyclopedia) Rich, Penelope, Lady, 1562–1607, the “Stella” of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591). Daughter of Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, she married (1581) Lord Rich (later…Mad Max
The fictional hero Mad Max first appeared in the low-budget 1979 movie Mad Max, directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson as Max. Max's milieu is a barren Australia of the near future,…William Shakespeare: If my dear love were but the child of state
If my dear love were but the child of stateIf my dear love were but the child of state, It might for Fortune's bastard be unfather'd, As subject to Time's love or to Time's hate, Weeds among…Estimated Annual Expenditures on a Child by Husband-Wife Families, 2007
Expenditure type Family income and age of child Total Housing Food…Estimated Annual Expenditures on a Child by Husband-Wife Families, 2005
Expenditure type Family income and age of child Total Housing Food…Bourbon
(Encyclopedia) BourbonBourbonb&oomacr;rbôNˈ [key], European royal family, originally of France; a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty (see Capetians). One branch of the Bourbons occupies the…