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1999 George Foster Peabody Awards

Lost & Found Sound:National Public Radio and The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, with Jay AllisonThe Mississippi: River of Song:Smithsonian Productions; presented on Public…

Pelagianism

(Encyclopedia) PelagianismPelagianismpəlāˈjənĭzəm [key], Christian heretical sect that rose in the 5th cent. challenging St. Augustine's conceptions of grace and predestination. The doctrine was…

Olivia Wilde

Name at birth: Olivia Jane CockburnOlivia Wilde is an American actress and filmmaker best known at first as "Thirteen" in the TV series House M.D. and now more well known for her feature films as…

Joshua: 21

Joshua Chapter 21 1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes…

Luther Martin: Luther Martin II

Luther Martin IILuther MartinFriday, March 7, 1788by Luther MartinMr. Goddard:Sir, In consequence of the justice I did Mr. Gerry, on a former occasion, I find myself complimented with an…

Independence Day (July 4th)

  Grab your sparklers and look skyward—the Fourth of July is almost upon us. The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in…

Brewer's: Quatorziennes

(fourteeners). Persons of recognised position in society who hold themselves in readiness to accept an invitation to dinner when otherwise the number of guests would be thirteen. (See…

Brewer's: Think about It

(I'll). A courteous refusal. When the sovereign declines to accept a bill, the words employed are Le roi (or la reine) s'avisera. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…