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15 hours ago · The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
15 hours ago · The Spice Girls attend the Cannes Film Festival to announce their plans to hit the big screen with Spiceworld: The Movie. A photo call on top of the Hotel Martinez entrance brings the area to a standstill. At the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin's Point Theatre, the UK win with "Love Shine a Light", sung by Katrina and the Waves.
15 hours ago · Seeking Shade: Harry J. Boyle: 1915 2005 humorist, novelist Homebrew and Patches, Luck of the Irish: D. M. Bradford: poet Dream of No One But Myself: Karleen Bradford: 1936 children's literature There Will Be Wolves: Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite: 1963 2008 essayist, novelist, poet Max Braithwaite: 1911 1995 novelist, non-fiction The Night We ...
15 hours ago · Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A ss, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
15 hours ago · His talent for playing antiheroes and nuanced, unconventional, and morally complex characters has developed his status as a respected talented actor with critical praise in the film industry in films such as The Good Shepherd (2006), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and A Most Wanted Man (2014).
