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Brewer's: Anna Matilda

(An), an ultra-sentimental girl. Mrs. Hannah Cowley used this pen-name in her responses in the World to Della Crusca (R. Merry). (See the Baviad by Gifford.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Anna Wintour Biography

Anna Wintourmagazine editorBorn: 11/3/1949Birthplace: London, England So deep was her interest in clothes, Wintour decided against going to college, instead getting a job at Harper's Bazaar (later…

Anna Sui Biography

Anna Suifashion designerBorn: 1955 Sui, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She attended New York's Parsons School of Design, where she met renown Vogue fashion…

Annual Awards: Tennis Players, Sports

The ATP and WTA held their first annual joint Awards Gala at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami Beach on March 19, 1997. The ceremonies were hosted by comedian Dennis Miller and raised over…

Notable Female Athletes

Martina Hingis Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models…

Warner, Susan Bogert

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale…

Biron, Ernst Johann von

(Encyclopedia) Biron or Biren, Ernst Johann vonBiron or Biren, Ernst Johann vonĕrnst yōhänˈ fən bēˈrôn, bēˈrən [key], 1690–1772, duke of Courland (1737–43, 1763–69), favorite of Czarina Anna of…

Ayutla

(Encyclopedia) Ayutla Ayutla äy&oomacr;tˈlä [key], town, Guerrero state, S Mexico. Its full name is Ayutla de los Libres [Ayutla of the free]. It is the commercial…

Contreras

(Encyclopedia) ContrerasContreraskōntrāˈräs [key], village, central Mexico, near Mexico City, site of an important battle (Aug. 19–20, 1847) of the Mexican War. Gen. Winfield Scott, continuing his…