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Pankhurst, Emmeline Goulden

(Encyclopedia) Pankhurst, Emmeline GouldenPankhurst, Emmeline Gouldenĕmˈəlīnˌ, –lēnˌ, g&oomacr;lˈdən, păngkˈhûrst [key], 1858–1928, British woman suffragist. Disappointed in the disinterest in…

Kurt Warner

Kurt WarnerBorn: June 22, 1971Football QB former Arena leaguer who led the St. Louis Rams to 2000 Super Bowl title over Tennessee; threw for a record 414 yards and was voted Super Bowl MVP;…

Robert Townsend Biography

Robert Townsendbusiness executiveBorn: 1920Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Townsend used his early experiences as a banker at American Express Co (1948–62) to redirect Avis Rent-a-Car. Under his…

Brewer's: Turnip Townsend

The brother-in-law of Sir Robert Walpole, who, after his retirement from office in 1731, devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Shimoda

(Encyclopedia) ShimodaShimodashĭmōˈdä [key], town (1990 pop. 30,081), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, at the south extremity of Izu peninsula, on Shimoda Bay. It is an important port…

Warner, William Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Warner, William Lloyd, 1898–1970, U.S. social anthropologist, b. Redlands, Calif., B.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1925. After studying the Australian aborigines (1927–29), he…

Warner, Susan Bogert

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale…

Queen of the Damned

Director:Michael RymerWriters:Scott Abbott and Michael PetroniWarner Bros.; R; 105 minutesRelease:2/02Cast:Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, Marguerite Moreau Imagine if Marilyn Manson got up on…