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The Suburbans

Director:Donal Lardner WardWriters:Donal Lardner Ward and Tony GumaTriStar Pictures; unrated; 90 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Amy Brenneman, Donal Lardner Ward, Tony Guma, Craig Bierko, Will…

John Donne: A Jet Ring Sent

A Jet Ring SentThou art not so black as my heart, Nor half so brittle as her heart, thou art; What would'st thou say? shall both our properties by thee be spoke, —Nothing more…

Movies and Film: Ringing the White Telephone

Ringing the White TelephoneMovies and FilmItalian Film HistoryTurnin' to TurinRinging the White TelephoneA Few Good FilmsThe Past 20 Years Over the course of the 1930s, large sectors of the…

Brewer's: Ring One's Own Bell

(To). To be one's own trumpeter. Bells are rung to announce any joyous event, or the advent of some celebrity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rings Noted…

Sullivan, John Lawrence

(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, John Lawrence, 1858–1918, American boxer, b. Roxbury, Mass. After gaining a local reputation in amateur boxing, the Boston Strong Boy, as Sullivan came to be called, toured…

Tweed, William Marcy

(Encyclopedia) Tweed, William Marcy, 1823–78, American politician and Tammany leader, b. New York City. A bookkeeper, he became (1848) a volunteer fireman and as a result acquired influence in his…

Jeffries, James J.

(Encyclopedia) Jeffries, James J., 1875–1953, American boxer, b. Carroll, Fairfield co., Ohio. He began boxing in 1896, and in 1899 he won the heavyweight championship from Robert Fitzsimmons at…

Pandora, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) PandoraPandorapăndôrˈə [key], in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn XVII (or S17), Pandora is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical…

benzene

(Encyclopedia) benzenebenzenebĕnˈzēn, bĕnzēnˈ [key], colorless, flammable, toxic liquid with a pleasant aromatic odor. It boils at 80.1℃ and solidifies at 5.5℃. Benzene is a hydrocarbon, with formula…

epoxy group

(Encyclopedia) epoxy groupepoxy groupĕpˈŏksē [key], in chemistry, functional group that consists of an oxygen atom joined by single bonds to two adjacent carbon atoms, thus forming the three-membered…