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Sounds Like Shakespeare, But Is It?

The Question: I have heard the phrase attributed to Shakespeare, "Of all the flowers/the rose is the best/" but I don't know where it comes from…

Hawkins, Coleman

(Encyclopedia) Hawkins, Coleman, 1904–69, American jazz musician, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He began playing saxophone at the age of 9. He was part of Fletcher Henderson's band from 1924 until 1934. Hawkins…

Charpentier, Gustave

(Encyclopedia) Charpentier, GustaveCharpentier, Gustavegüstävˈ shärpäNtyāˈ [key], 1860–1956, French composer; pupil of Massenet. His best-known works are the opera Louise (1900), portraying bohemian…

Tufts University

(Encyclopedia) Tufts University, main campus at Medford, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1852 by Universalists as a college for men. It became a university in 1955. Jackson College, formerly a…

Angela Lansbury

actressBorn: 10/16/1925Birthplace: London, England Tony Award-winning stage, film, and television actress best known for her role as crime solver Jessica Fletcher on television's Murder, She Wrote…

Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de

(Encyclopedia) Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deMontpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deän märēˈ lwēz dôrlāäNˈ düshĕsˈ də mŏpäsyāˈ [key], 1627–93, French princess,…

Kicking Horse

(Encyclopedia) Kicking Horse, river of SE British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Rocky Mts., and flowing SW and NW to Golden, where it enters the Columbia River. Its course is rapid, with several…

Banff

(Encyclopedia) Banff Banff bămf, bănf [key], town, SW Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts., on the Bow River and the…

Cambrai, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia) Cambrai, Treaty of, called the Ladies' Peace, treaty negotiated and signed in 1529 by Louise of Savoy, representing her son Francis I of France, and Margaret of Austria, representing…