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Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher is best remembered as the plucky Princess Leia in the hit film Star Wars (1977) and its sequels. She also made her mark as a screenwriter and novelist before her sudden death in 2016…

Lam, Carrie

(Encyclopedia) Lam, Carrie (Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor), 1957–, Hong Kong political leader. She served in the treasury bureau before becoming director of social welfare (2000–3), permanent secretary…

Catt, Carrie Chapman

(Encyclopedia) Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859–1947, American suffragist and peace advocate, b. Carrie Lane, Ripon, Wis., grad. Iowa State College (now Iowa State Univ.), 1880. She was superintendent of…

The Three Sisters

By: Anton ChekhovTranslation: Lanford WilsonDirector: Scott ElliottSets: Derek McLaneCostumes: Theoni V. AldredgeLighting: Peter KaczorowskiSound: Raymond D. SchilkeHair and Wig Design: Paul…

The Seven Sisters

The “seven sisters” is a group of historically women's colleges generally seen as the female equivalent of the Ivy League.Date foundedNameEnrollment1836Mount Holyoke College2,0731861Vassar College2,…

The Other Sister

Director:Garry MarshallWriters: Garry Marshall and Bob BrunnerTouchstone; PG-13; 131 minutesRelease:2/99Cast:Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt and Giovanni Ribisi What does it say…

The Fox Sisters

The Fox Sisters are considered to be the founders of the Modern Spiritualist movement. Leah, Margaretta and Kate Fox were three sisters from 19th-century New York who claimed to communicate with the…

Bond, Carrie Jacobs

(Encyclopedia) Bond, Carrie Jacobs, 1862–1946, American songwriter, b. Janesville, Wis. A self-taught musician, she composed about 175 songs, both words and music, gave concerts of them, and even…

Brewer's: The African Sisters

The Hesperides (4 syl.) who lived in Africa. They were the daughters of Atlas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AfrietAfrica A B C D E F G H I J K…

Brewer's: Seven Sisters

Seven oulverins so called, cast by one Borthwick. And these were Borthwick's `Sisters Seven, And culverins which France had given; Ill-omened gift' The guns remain The conqueror's spoil on…