(Encyclopedia) AscotAscotăsˈkət [key], town, Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England. The famous horse races instituted by Queen Anne in 1711 are held annually in June on Ascot Heath. Ascot remains…
feisty game-show host and former London journalist, irritated both viewers and contestants as the host of NBC's The Weakest Link, the network's late-in-coming entry in reality television.…
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(Encyclopedia) Bluebeard, nickname of the chevalier Raoul in a story by Charles Perrault. In the story Bluebeard's seventh wife, Fatima, yielding to curiosity, opens a locked door and discovers the…
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