Sweetheart Roland There was once upon a time a woman who was a real witch and had two daughters, one ugly and wicked, and this one she loved because she was her own daughter, and one…
(Encyclopedia) Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philipon (Mme Roland)Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philiponzhän mänôNˈ flēpôNˈ [key]Roland de la Platière, Jeanne Manon Philipon rôläNˈ də lä…
(Encyclopedia) Roland de la Platière, Jean MarieRoland de la Platière, Jean MariezhäN märēˈ rôläNˈ də lä plätyĕrˈ [key], 1734–93, French revolutionary. An inspector general of commerce at Rouen and…
(Encyclopedia) Roland Holst, Henriëtte (van der Schalk)Roland Holst, Henriëtte (van der Schalk)hĕnrēĕtˈə vän dĕr skhälk rōˈlänt hôlst [key], 1869–1952, Dutch writer. Her early Sonnets and Poems…
(Sir). Baron of Triermain, who woke Gyneth from her long sleep of five hundred years and married her. (Sir Walter Scott: Bridal of Triermain.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
A deep defile in the crest of the Pyrenees, some three hundred feet in width, between two precipitous rocks. The legend is that Roland, the paladin, cleft the rock in two with his sword…
the renowned nephew of Charlemagne, slain in the pass of Roncesvalles. At the battle of Hastings, Taillefer advanced on horseback before the invading army, and gave the signal for onset by…
Roland (Rolly) SchwartzAge: 85 active in amateur boxing for almost 60 years as coach, referee and administrator; manager and part-time coach of 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing team which won five…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-2010Party: DemocratBURRIS, Roland, a Senator from Illinois; born in Centralia, Ill., August 3, 1937; B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., 1959; J…
Director:Roland EmmerichWriter:Robert RodatColumbia Pictures; R; 158 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson German-born director Roland Emmerich is out to prove…
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