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Irving, John

(Encyclopedia) Irving, John, 1942–, American writer, b. Exeter, N.H. His mixture of wild plot strategies and eccentric characters brought him to wide attention with his fourth novel, The World…

Matthew, Gospel according to

(Encyclopedia) Matthew, Gospel according to, 1st book of the New Testament. Scholars conjecture that it was written for the church at Antioch toward the end of the 1st cent. Traditonally regarded as…

Close, Glenn

(Encyclopedia) Close, Glenn, 1947–, American actress, b. Greenwich, Conn. She began her career in the theater, debuting on Broadway in Love for Love (1974), winning an Obie for the off-Broadway The…

Mark, Gospel according to

(Encyclopedia) Mark, Gospel according to, 2d book of the New Testament. The shortest of the four Gospels and probably the earliest, it is usually thought to have been composed shortly before the…

Luke, Gospel according to Saint

(Encyclopedia) Luke, Gospel according to Saint, third book of the New Testament. It was composed in the second half of the 1st cent. Since the 2d cent. it and the Acts of the Apostles have been…

John, Gospel according to Saint

(Encyclopedia) John, Gospel according to Saint, fourth book of the New Testament. This account of Jesus' life is clearly set off from the other three Gospels (see Synoptic Gospels), although it is…

Brewer's: Accord

Accord′ means “heart to heart.” (Latin, ad corda.) If two persons like and dislike the same things, they are heart to heart with each other. Similarly, “con-cord” heart with heart; “dis-…

According to Jim

ABCWednesday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast:Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith Belushi and Thorne-Smith play a married, working-class suburban couple with three young children, well four if you count…

John Irving

John Irving became internationally known after the publication of his fourth novel, 1978's The World According to Garp. Since then, he's published more than a dozen novels, including The Cider House…