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1lace-curtain — /lays kerr tn/, adj. Sometimes Offensive. characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace curtain Irish family in Boston. * * * …
2Curtain — For other uses, see Curtain (disambiguation). For religious use, see Veil. Curtains at a Bed Breakfast. A curtain (sometimes known as a drape, mainly in the United States) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or drafts, or… …
3Arsenic and Old Lace (play) — Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. The play was directed by Bretaigne Windust, and opened …
4Immigration to the United States — 2000 Census Population Ancestry Map Immigration to the United States has been a major source of …
5Newmilns — Coordinates: 55°36′29″N 4°19′44″W / 55.608°N 4.329°W / 55.608; 4.329 …
6Brian Coffey — during the 1960s and 1970s.Early life and workCoffey was born in Dublin in the suburb of Dún Laoghaire. He attended the Mount St Benedict boarding school in Gorey, County Wexford from 1917 to 1919 and then James Joyce s old school. Clongowes Wood …
7Bringing Up Father — George McManus Sunday page with Bringing Up Father and the Snookums topper strip (November 28, 1953). Bringing Up Father was an influential American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus (1884–1954). Distributed by King Features… …
8Hazard (song) — Infobox Single Name = Hazard Caption = Artist = Richard Marx from Album = Rush Street A side = B side = Released = 1992 Format = Recorded = Oct 1991 Genre = Pop Length = 05:17 Label = Capitol Records Writer = Producer = Certification = Chart… …
9Robert McMahon — a.k.a. Frenchy a.k.a. Bobby McMahon (Wantagh, New York July 24, 1936 ndash; Flatlands, Brooklyn, Mill Basin, Brooklyn, May 16, 1979) was the night shift Air France cargo handling supervisor at JFK Airport from 1957 to his death in 1979. He helped …
10Margaret Haughery — Statue commemorating Margaret in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans Margaret Haughery (1813–1882) was a philanthropist known as the mother of the orphans .[1] She opened up four orphanages in the New Orleans area in the 19th century. Many… …
