Wikipedia king·fish·er (kĭng′fĭsh′ər) n. Any of various birds of the family Alcedinidae, characteristically having a crested head, a long stout beak, a short tail, and brilliant coloration. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016...
There is a story of a curious epidemic at Abdera, just after the accession of King Lysimachus. It began with the whole population’s exhibiting feverish symptoms, strongly marked and consistent from the very first attack. About the seventh day, the fever was relieved, in some cases by a vi...
Williams won an Oscar for "Good Will Hunting" in addition to Golden Globes for "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Aladdin," "The Fisher King," "Good Morning, Vietnam," and "Mork & Mindy." 1952: Patrick Swayze Michael Ochs Archive // Getty Images 1952: Patrick Swayze - Wikipedia page views over the ...
A Fisher once took his bagpipes to the bank of a river, and played upon them with the hope of making the fish rise; but never a one put his nose out of the water. View in context Big Alec had never been captured by the fish patrol. View in context He was evidently not at all ...
As his Wikipedia entry puts it, “During his lifetime he was considered to be the finest composer in the United States, a superior craftsman writing in the most advanced style.” He didn’t think much of Ives’ student work and couldn’t even remember him years later, in a letter to ...
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" thought to be the Queen of Cups (and perhaps also the Da Vinci painting "Virgin of the Rocks"); the man of three staves or the 3 of Wands--the Fisher King; the Wheel, or the Wheel of Fortune; the Blank card; The Hanged Man; and "death by water," which again may be either...
” Just what happens to her in the end, however, is unclear. In the book, she writes that she managed to book a passage to South Africa from Marseilles. HerWikipedia page, on the other hand, suggests that she stayed and became involved with the Resistance. After the war, however, it...
Wikipedia This text was copied from Wikipedia on 5 February 2025 at 5:10AM. Typical ten-inch (25 cm) student slide rule (Pickett N902-T simplex trig) A slide rule is a hand-operated mechanical calculator consisting of slidable rulers for evaluating mathematical operations such as multiplicatio...
Wikipedia This text was copied from Wikipedia on 2 February 2025 at 3:10AM. Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein der Jüngere Self-portrait (c. 1542/43), with his self-designation as a citizen of Basel, Switzerland Born c. 1497 Augsburg (free imperial city), Holy Roman Empire Died ...