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John Alden and Priscilla Mullins

One of the earliest romances in the American colonies by David Johnson Immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1858 poem, The Courtship of Miles Standish, John Alden's marriage to…

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Director:John MaddenWriter:Shawn SlovoUniversal Pictures; R; 120 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt History's at odds with romance but filmmakers tend to believe…

Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John was the ethereal pop singer who shifted to a bolder new persona after she starred in the hit 1978 film Grease. Olivia Newton-John was born in Oxford, England, but in 1954 her…

PREFACE SERMON

PREFACE.   SERMON. Psalm CXLIV: 12.- “That our daughters may be as corner-stones.“ Last Sunday, I spoke of the Domestic Function of Woman-what she may do for the higher development of the…

Nora Ephron

Nora Eprhon is the stylish and sharp-witted New York author who directed the hit romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. Nora Ephron grew up in Los Angeles. Her parents were the…

Barbra Streisand

A multi-talented star of stage, screen, and music, Barbra Streisand is the top-selling female artist in American music recording history. After her splashy debut on Broadway in 1962's I Can Get It…

Svalbard

(Encyclopedia) SvalbardSvalbardsvälˈbärd [key], archipelago (23,958 sq mi/62,051 sq km), island group (2015 est. pop. 2,700), possession of Norway, located in the Arctic Ocean, c.400 mi (640 km) N of…

Armenian literature

(Encyclopedia) Armenian literature. The Armenian Church fostered literature, and the principal early works are religious or hagiographical, most of them translations. The first major Armenian…

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

(Encyclopedia) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807–82, American poet, b. Portland, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1825. He wrote some of the most popular poems in American literature, in which he…

Ryan Gosling

Handsome and reserved, Ryan Gosling is best known for his breakthrough role in 2004's The Notebook and for his Oscar-nominated performance in the 2016 musical La La Land. Ryan Gosling got his start…