Art CarneyactorBorn: 11/4/1918Birthplace: Mt. Vernon, New York Carney is best-known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's sidekick on the various incarnations of The…
Acton, Currer, and Ellis. Assumed names of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë. Bell As the bell clinks, so the fool thinks, or, As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. The tale says when…
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A beauty. The Belle of the room. The most beautiful lady in the room (French). La belle France. A common French phrase applied to France, as “Merry England” is to our own country.…
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Gertrude Margaret LowthianBell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthianlōˈᵺēən [key], 1868–1926, British traveler, author, and government official, one of the builders of the modern state of…
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) was the target of a suit filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act and faced charges of operating a nationwide monopoly on telephone services. By…
(Encyclopedia) art decoart decoärt dĕkōˈ; är dākōˈ, ärt [key] or art moderneart moderneär môdĕrnˈ, ärt [key], term that designates a style of design that originated in French luxury goods shortly…
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