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Book of the Dead

(Encyclopedia) Book of the Dead, term used to describe Egyptian funerary literature. The texts consist of charms, spells, and formulas for use by the deceased in the afterworld and contain many of…

Freakylinks

FoxFriday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Ethan Embry, Karim Prince, Lizette Carrion, Lisa Sheridan, Dennis Christopher Another conspiracy-theory, sci-fi entry from Fox. And another one to be…

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

NBCSunday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Courtney B. Vance, Jamey Sheridan The third installment in Dick Wolf's Law & Order franchise maintains the fully developed…

2003 Academy Awards

The 2003 Academy Awards were presented Feb. 29, 2004 at the Kodak Theatre.Best PictureThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh,…

Winchester, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) WinchesterWinchesterwĭnˈchĕˌstər, wĭnˈchĭstər [key]. 1 Town (1990 pop. 11,524), Litchfield co., NW Conn., in the Litchfield Hills; settled 1732, inc. 1771. It includes Winsted (1990…

Austen, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Austen, JaneAusten, Janeôˈstən [key], 1775–1817, English novelist. The daughter of a clergyman, she spent the first 25 years of her life at “Steventon,” her father's Hampshire vicarage…

Encyclopédie

(Encyclopedia) EncyclopédieEncyclopédieäNsēklôpādēˈ [key], the work of the French Encyclopedists, or philosophes. The full title was Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts, et…

Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León was a mariner and explorer of the 16th century who conquered Puerto Rico and claimed Florida in the name of Spain. Although little is known about his early career, Ponce de León…

Erastus Johnson TURNER, Congress, KS (1846-1933)

TURNER Erastus Johnson , a Representative from Kansas; born in Lockport, Erie County, Pa., December 26, 1846; attended college in Henry, Ill., in 1859 and 1860; moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1860…