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Born: 11/11/1964
Birthplace: Freeport, Illinois
Actress who suddenly entered the celebrity spotlight with her portrayal of the title character in Ally McBeal (1997–…
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Bridget Fonda
actress
Born: 1/27/1964
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Talented actress with an impressive Hollywood lineage: daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda, and granddaughter of the late…
Basil Rathbone(Philip St. John Basil Rathbone)actorBorn: 6/13/1892Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa Rathbone was well established as a stage actor in London before moving to Hollywood in…
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(Encyclopedia) kinetic-molecular theory of gases, physical theory that explains the behavior of gases on the basis of the following assumptions: (1) Any gas is composed of a very large number of very…
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