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  Dorothy Parker - Poems and Biography by AmericanPoems.com
Dorothy Rothschild was born on August 22, 1893 in West End, N.J. Her mother was Scottish and her father Jewish.
Dorothy moved to New York City in 1911 where she lived in a boarding house and worked as a piano player at a dance school.
Dorothy soon found another job at the magazine Ainslee's where she could be as sarcastic, bitchy, and witty as she pleased.
www.americanpoems.com /poets/parker   (894 words)

  
  Dorothy Gale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorothy Gale is a fictional character, the protagonist of most of the Oz novels by American author L.
Dorothy is a standard character in the fourteen Oz books written by L. Frank Baum and is at least a frequent figure in the nineteen that followed by author Ruth Plumly Thompson.
While Dorothy is present in the popular Broadway musical Wicked (based on Maguire's book), she is never actually seen; when the main characters interact with her, they speak into direction of the wings, as if she is sitting offstage and out of the view of the audience.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorothy_Gale   (1005 words)

  
 Dorothy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sister Dorothy (1931-2005), catholic nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Dorothy Wordsworth was the favourite sister of William Wordsworth.
Dorothy Gale, little girl who was blown to the Land of Oz by a cyclone in L.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dorothy   (199 words)

  
 Dorothy Day: Saint & Troublemaker
If Dorothy Day is ever canonized, the record of who she was, what she was like and what she did is too complete and accessible for her to be hidden in wedding cake icing.
One of the miracles of Dorothy's life is that she remained part of a conflict-torn community for nearly a half a century.
It's a century since Dorothy day was born and nearly twenty years since she died, but she continues to touch lives, not only as a person we remember with gratitude, but also as a saint -- if by the word "saint" we mean a person who helps us see what it means to follow Christ.
www.meetingground.org /loavfish/lf798/day.htm   (2230 words)

  
 Dorothy Grant - Haida Artist Dorothy Grant Has set new goals and artistic directions
Dorothy’s unique style is an exceptional blend of traditional Haida art and modern fashion.
The success of her distinctive concept of wearable Northwest Coast art can be measured by the distinguished clientele of chieftains, diplomats, ministers of the crown, artists and actors and many other people.
Dorothy  hopes to see her many valued clients before February 2, 2007, at her retail location at 1656 West 75th West Avenue, Vancouver BC 604-681-0201.
www.dorothygrant.com   (319 words)

  
 The living legacy of Dorothy Day by Jim Forest
Dorothy was so ashamed of her home that, returning from school, she would enter the door of a better, more impressive building so that her schoolmates wouldn't know the kind of circumstances she was living in.
As would be typical of Dorothy for the rest of her life, she found a kind of beauty in the midst of urban desolation.
Perhaps another reason for Dorothy's resistance to admiration was that she believed people would think quite differently about her if they knew the whole truth of her pre-Catholic life and the fact that she had caused the death of her own unborn child.
salt.claretianpubs.org /issues/DorothyDay/legacy.html   (2244 words)

  
 Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown
Dorothy Lavinia Brown spent her childhood in an orphanage and grew up to become the first African American woman surgeon in the South, eventually being made chief of surgery at Nashville's Riverside Hospital.
Dorothy Lavinia Brown was born in Philadelphia in 1919.
Dorothy had wanted to become a physician since she had her tonsils removed as a child, and in 1944 she enrolled at Meharry Medical College, in Nashville, Tennessee.
www.nlm.nih.gov /changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_46.html   (715 words)

  
 TheActorsCenter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Dorothy has a great passion for acting that is contagious and enthuses her students.
Dorothy not only offered me the knowledge and technical foundation I needed in order to start to grow as an actress, but she also gave me (and others in the class) the support and positive criticism we needed in order to continue.
I really can't say enough about what a wonderful experience working with Dorothy was for me. Not only is she an exceptionally talented actress and teacher, she truly cares about each and every one of her students and takes a personal interest in the development of each student's career.
members.aol.com /doebro/Dorothy_Brodesser.html   (1845 words)

  
 Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge was born November 9,1923 in Ohio.
She was very talented as a small child,and her parents decided on a career in show buisiness for her at an early age.
Despite the racial adversities in Hollywood at that time Dorothy still managed to find work; but she did not want to be stereotyped.
taychmem.angelcities.com /dandridge.html   (267 words)

  
 Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Dorothy Burke
Dorothy was determined to win a seat on the council in order to fight proposed plans to close down Erinsborough High, and she was delighted when she won and the school avoided closure.
Dorothy was involved in another feud with next door neighbours Joe and Kerry when she demanded Joe move the fence dividing their gardens, claiming he was taking up some of her land and also objected to Kerry operating a childminding service from her home.
Dorothy quickly realised she was the victim of yet another school prank and eventually discovered cheeky Rick Alessi was the culprit.
www.perfectblend.net /neighbourhood/bio/burke-dorothy.htm   (1911 words)

  
 Dorothy Wordsworth
In 1799 Dorothy settled with her brother in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, in the Lake District.
Dorothy's influence on William was, according to Quincey, the way she "humanized him by the gentler charities".
Dorothy Wordsworth died in Rydal Mount on January 25, 1855.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /dwordsw.htm   (1150 words)

  
 Dorothy Dandridge biography
Dorothy Dandridge was born in Cleveland on November 9, 1922 to Ruby and Cyrus Dandridge.
Dorothy was raised by her mother and her mother's friend, a woman by the name of Geneva Williams.
Dorothy soon discovered that her daughter had brain damage and eventually Dorothy had to put her in someone else's care.
www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/dand-dor.htm   (467 words)

  
 Love songs, classic songs, torch songs, cabaret singer does 'em all
Dorothy was "star struck," and she collected autographs of the famous movie stars who performed in San Francisco.
Dorothy graduated from George Washington High School which is the same school attended by Johnny Mathis, whom she knew briefly.
Dorothy still remembers the resounding applause from the high school audience after she sang "In the Spirit of the Moment," in the style of Deanna Durbin.
www.dorothyloyd.com /dorothycurrin.html   (1337 words)

  
 Dorothy Torivio
Dorothy Torivio was born at Acoma Pueblo in the 1940s.
Dorothy has extrapolated the innovative forms and decorations that were initiated by Lucy Martin Lewis and Marie Chino, famous potters in the previous Acoma generation.
Dorothy does not think of herself as a genius; she thinks what she does is only natural.
www.cla.purdue.edu /WAAW/Peterson/Torivio.html   (382 words)

  
 Remembering Sister Dorothy Stang | Greenpeace USA
More than 200 people commemorated Sister Dorothy's life by holding photos of her and wearing t-shirts that said, "The death of the forest is the end of our lives." Sister Dorothy herself wore just such a shirt.
Sister Dorothy's assassination occurred 16 years after the murder of Chico Mendes, an environmentalist whose death drew worldwide attention to the dangers faced by activists in the Amazon.
Greenpeace and other organizations, including her religious order, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, are demanding that Sister Dorothy's murder be made a federal human rights case, which will help to make sure that all those responsible for her death will be brought to justice.
www.greenpeace.org /usa/news/remembering-sister-dorothy-sta   (592 words)

  
 Wordwizard Clubhouse - Dorothy Dixer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A DOROTHY DIX, DOROTHY DIXER, DOROTHY, or DIXER is a planted question, especially in Australia a parliamentary question asked by a member of the Government party so that the Minister may make a prepared answer to his own advantage.
Dorothy Dix was the pen name of an American journalist, Elizabeth Gilmer [[1870-1951]], who wrote a column giving advice to people with personal problems.
Dorothies are also used by the backbenchers to lift their profiles.
www.wordwizard.com /ch_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6763   (543 words)

  
 Dorothy
The lady said that some day Dorothy would be very beautiful, and that in Viet Nam her brown hair was a sign of glory...in actuality it was a sign of severe malnutrition!!
It was kind of strange, having her say Dorothy would be beautiful someday, because we never thought of her as being anything but beautiful.
Here, Dorothy and Erin, realize the upcoming wave is a bit too big and powerful, so they run as fast as the wind that comes with the huge wave.
www.adoptn.org /dorothy.html   (2123 words)

  
 Dorothy Moore, Mississippi rhythm and blues and gospel musician
A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Dorothy was born on October 13, 1947, to JB and Mary Mance.
Dorothy began singing with The New Stranger Home Baptist Church Choir at age five, and eventually she became a soloist.
While at Malaco Records, Dorothy recorded the Grammy-nominated single, "Misty Blue." Two years after "Misty Blue," Dorothy recorded a second Grammy-nominated single, "I Believe You." In 1978, Dorothy took a brief break from the limelight to be with her family, but she returned to performing publicly in 1982 (Myers 6).
shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/Moore.html   (1436 words)

  
 The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
Dorothy tries to convince them that Miss Gulch hit Toto on the back with a rake because he got into her garden and chased her "nasty old cat." "He doesn't do it every day - just once or twice a week and he can't catch her old cat anyway," she explains.
Dorothy takes her problem over to the farm's hired helpers who are fixing a wagon in the farmyard - maybe they will listen.
Dorothy topples off the fence railing into the pig sty, causing Zeke to frantically haul her out from the squealing pigs and rescue her from being trampled - and then faint with fright at his own bravery.
www.filmsite.org /wiza.html   (3510 words)

  
 Dorothy Dunnett - historical fiction writer and portrait painter
These pages are a celebration and commemoration of Dorothy Dunnett - the finest writer I have ever come across or ever expect to, and one of the most vibrant, generous and open-hearted people I have ever known.
This feature was especially for those of you who never had the opportunity to hear Dorothy speak about her books, and allowed people to ask some of the questions that you might have asked at one of these events.
For those of you who were not in contact with me at the time and would like to read it, here is a copy of the announcement and the archive of the many wonderful messages which were sent to the online book of condolence in the days which followed.
www.dorothydunnett.co.uk   (821 words)

  
 Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day - Two Radical Women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When Dorothy had finished, Mother Teresa took the fl cross with the Corpus of Christ, as worn by the Missionaries of Charity on their saris, and pinned it on Dorothy's left shoulder.
Dorothy knew that without prayer, her work was hollow.
Dorothy was often found at daily Mass, or kneeling alone in the chapel with a rosary, a Bible, a list of people to pray for.
www.godspy.com /faith/Mother-Teresa-and-Dorothy-Day-Two-Radical-Women.cfm   (1136 words)

  
 Dorothy Garlock - The voice of America's heartland
One of the world’s most beloved novelists, New York Times bestselling author Dorothy Garlock is the author of over fifty books that celebrate the indomitable American spirit.
Here, in one volume for the very first time, are the novels that tell the story of two of her most memorable lovers.
"Dorothy Garlock is, unquestionably, a national treasure with her unflinchingly honest portrayal of our history and the people who lived it.
www.dorothygarlock.com   (623 words)

  
 Dorothy Ackley Life Story & Time Line
Dorothy passed away in her home with her family by her side.
Dorothy left our family with the greatest possible gift of knowing we will see her again, for in her illness, she surrendered her life to Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior.
Dorothy is survived by her loving husband and companion of 55 years, Arthur 'Art' Ackley of Simi Valley.
dorothy-ackley.memory-of.com /legacy.aspx   (4897 words)

  
 Burrswood Home > About > Burrswood's History
Burrswood was founded in 1948 by the 20th century healing visionary, Dorothy Kerin (1890 - 1963), regarded by many as a modern day Christian saint.
Dorothy Kerin was a 22-year old invalid living in London when a sudden miraculous cure restored her to immediate health after a lingering illness of tubercular meningitis, which then was a terminal condition - earning her national attention and press headlines of "Miracle Girl".
In 1948, she was able to develop the land and buildings making up the core of the present day Burrswood estate.
www.burrswood.org.uk /about/history.html   (268 words)

  
 Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Social Justice
Dorothy Day With Love for the Poor Jim O'Grady; illustrated by Lisa Peet Dorothy Day worked for almost 50 years among the poor and homeless, was an outspoken and often controversial proponent of peace and social justice, and broke bread with people as varied as Eugene O'Neill and Cesar Chavez.
Dorothy Day: Wondering at Her Simplicity orothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was born on November 8, 1897.
Dorothy Day: With Love for the Poor, one of the recent additions to our Unsung Americans series, is the only profile of this important social reformer written expressly for young adult readers.
www.taxpolicy.com /dorothy.htm   (2072 words)

  
 Dorothy Poynton Hill
Dorothy Poynton Hill, 1932 Olympic Gold Champion, was upset by sports editor Frederick Graham predicting that she would not make the 1936 American Olympic Swimming Team.
Graham later wrote an apology in his column that sounded more like he may have been the reason she was able to win the Final Olympic try-outs competition due to her then trying harder.
During the Olympics held in Los Angeles in 1932, and at the Olympics held in Berlin in 1936, Dorothy won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Plain and Fancy High Diving category.
frankwykoff.com /dorothy_poynton_hill.htm   (468 words)

  
 Dorothy Parker Encyclopedia @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century Urban foibles.
She liked to say that her parents got her back to their Manhattan apartment shortly after Labor Day, so she can be called a true New Yorker.
She wrote or co-wrote several plays as well, some well-reviewed, though none of lasting note.
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Dorothy_Parker   (848 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries (Paperback)): Books: Dorothy L. Sayers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Originally published in 1927, UNNATURAL DEATH is the third of Dorothy L. Sayer's "Lord Peter Wimsey" mystery novels--and a novel in which Sayers manages to strike the same balance of literary style and humor that she previously created in the 1926 CLOUDS OF WITNESS.
Dorothy Leigh Sayers Fleming, one of the first women to ever be granted a degree from Oxford University, created one of the leading figures in, and indeed in so doing helped to create the genre of, the British mystery novels.
She is the subject of several biographies, e.g., The Soul of Dorothy L. Sayers by Barbara Reynolds and a number of literary studies, e.g., Writing Performances; the Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers by Crystal Downing.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0061043583?v=glance   (3212 words)

  
 Dorothy Shakespear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Before Pound had ever met Yeats, he was acquainted with Olivia Shakespear and her daughter Dorothy.
Pound and Dorothy eventually fell in love and were married.
Yeats wrote to Pound saying, "You will have a beautiful and clever wife and that is what few men get." Dorothy was quite active in Yeats's and Pound's literary circle.
www.cwru.edu /artsci/engl/VSALM/mod/ballentine/resources/dorothy.html   (161 words)

  
 Fiction: Dorothy Allison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A Web site devoted to Dorothy Allison, including a brief bibliography, excerpts from her written work, and links to additional biographical sites and interviews.
Dorothy Allison (b.1949) was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of a fifteen-year-old unwed mother who dropped out of the seventh grade to work as a waitress.
Allison was raised in extreme poverty by her mother's family; she remembers "hiding out under the porch" so she could listen to her grandmother and aunt tell randy stories.
www.bedfordstmartins.com /litlinks/fiction/allison.htm   (277 words)

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