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Word: nan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fairy queen controls the fate of all the characters, reprieving Iolanthe, helping Strephon rewin his beloved Phyllis, and letting love conquer laws and regulations. And Nan Hughes' Queen stands out with her rich voice and majestic stage presence, ultimately enabling all to live happily ever after...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: 'Iolanthe': Pastoral Perfection | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

Racing Saturday and Sunday on the Charles, the Crimson's two boats notched 4 points, just beating out second place Brown in the low point competition. Skipper Andy Roberts and crew Rachel Givelber took first in the A division, while skipper fed Keenan and crew Nan Leonard finished second in the Brace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailing | 10/11/1983 | See Source »

...contextual criticism. Far from being a lampoon of conservative Midwestern farmers and their wives, American Gothic is, as she points out, "not about farmers, not about a married couple, and not a satire." Thirty-two years' difference in age lay between its models, Wood's sister Nan and a Cedar Rapids dentist named McKeeby. The subject of American Gothic is in fact a small-town Midwesterner and his unmarried daughter, and once this is seen, the details of the painting fall into shape, as Wood meant them: the pitchfork becomes a scepter of paternal authority, a weapon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Scooting Back to Anamosa | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

Into this den of iniquity marches Sergeant Sarah Brown (Nan Hughes) at the head of her Salvation Army. Sarah has the misfortune to be at stake in a bet between Nathan Detroit, who needs a quick $1000 to finance his crap game, and "Sky" Masterson, a rich gambler looking for action. Detroit has but Sky that he cannot get the righteous Sister Sarah to go with him to Havana...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Criminal Sophistication | 5/4/1983 | See Source »

...effort against the bill by the insurance groups and universities, including Harvard, helped out the proposal out of the final congressional bill. Nan Nixon, a director of Governmental Relations for the University said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Social Security | 3/25/1983 | See Source »

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