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1complexion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hue, color, tinge, tint; skin texture; aspect, appearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Appearance] Syn. aspect, semblance, character; see appearance 1 , 2 , character 1 . 2. [Skin coloring] Syn. tone,… …
2fair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. beautiful, handsome, good looking, pretty, comely; blond, light; unsullied, unblemished; pleasant, fine; impartial, equitable, unbiased, just; moderate, passable; clear, sunny, cloudless. See beauty …
3Leo Najo — (born Leonardo Alanis, 1899; died 1979) was one of the most outstanding baseball players of the early 20th century. The tale of a young immigrant from an impoverished background who rose to prominence in American professional baseball seems… …
4Tombstone (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Art by Sal Buscema. comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Tombstone real name=Lorins Thompson Lincoln publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Web of Spider Man #36 (March 1988) creators=Gerry Conway Alex Saviuk alliance color …
5Colour — The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18), horses (Zech. 1:8), raiment (Eccl. 9:8).… …
7Sonnet 99 — Sonnet|99 The forward violet thus did I chide: Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love s breath? Thy purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love s veins thou has t too grossly dyed …
8Speed Racer — For the 2008 film, see Speed Racer (film). For other uses, see Speed Racer (disambiguation). Speed Racer A picture of Gō Mifune (a.k.a. Speed Racer) …
9Cosmetics in Ancient Rome — Cosmetae applying cosmetics to a wealthy Roman woman. Cosmetics, first used in Ancient Rome for ritual purposes,[1] were part of daily life for women, especially prostitutes and the wealthy. Some fashionable cosmetics, such as those imported… …
10Mary Seacole — Mary Jane Seacole A portrait of Mary Seacole in oils, c. 1869, by the obscure London artist Albert Charles Challen (1847–81). The original was discovered in 2003 by historian Helen Rappaport, and acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in… …
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