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Look up: Rachel

  1. Rachel
    [n] - (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Rachel
    (1821-1858) French tragic actor. She excelled in fierce, passionate roles, notably Phaedra in Racine's tragedy Phèdre, which she took on tour to Europe, the USA, and Russia. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Rachel
    In the Old Testament, the favourite wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Rachel
    noun (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Rachel
    (from the article `Hebrew literature`) Poetry immediately addressed Palestinian life. Among outstanding writers were Rachel (Rachel Bluwstein), who wrote intensely personal poems; Uri Zevi ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/2

  6. Rachel
    (from the article `Jacob`) ...blessing of the entire Earth. Jacob named the place where he received his vision Bethel (`House of God`). Arriving at his uncle Laban`s home in ... ...had deprived his brother Esau of his birthright and blessing, he fled from the wrath of Esau and took refuge in the household of his uncle Laban. ....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/2

  7. Rachel
    (from the article `black theatre`) ...(1823). William Wells Brown`s The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom (1858), was the first black play published, but the first real success of a black ... In the early 1900s Grimké began to write articles and poems to express her concern about racism and the plight of blacks in America. Her play ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/2

  8. Rachel
    Rachel is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Lamb` Where is it used? The name Rachel is mainly used In English, French, German and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Raquel ( In Spanish and In Portuguese) Rakel ( In Scandinavian) Ruchel ( In Jewish) Rachele ( In Italian) Raak...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Rac

  9. Rachel
    Rachel is a Hebrew girl name. The meaning of the name is `little lamb, an ewe, one with purity ` Where is it used? The name Rachel is mainly used In English, French, German and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Raquel ( In Spanish and In Portuguese) Rakel ( In Scandinavian) Ruchel ( In J...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Rac

  10. Rachel
    Rachel is a cultivated variety of potato.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Rachel
    Rachel (rā'chul) , in the Bible, wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. She is one of the four Jewish matriarchs. An alternate form is Rahel.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08408

  12. Rachel
    Rachel, pseud. of Rachel Bluwstein, 1890–1931, Russian poet who wrote in Hebrew. She moved to Palestine in 1909 where she worked as a laborer. Her verse is simple and relates to the experience of Jewish settlement in Palestine and to the countryside itself.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  13. Rachel
    Rachel (räshel') , stage name of Élisa Félix (ālē'zä fālēks') , 1821–58, French actress, b. Switzerland. Exploited by her father in her childhood, she sang in the streets with her sister Sarah. In Paris, showing great promise at the Th&...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  14. Rachel
    (actress) `Elisabeth "Eliza, or Élisa" Rachel Félix` (also Elizabeth-Rachel Félix), better known only as `Mademoiselle Rachel` (February 21, 1821, Mumpf, Rheinfelden, Aargau, Switzerland - January 3, 1858, Le Cannet, France), was a French actress. Biography :...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel

  15. Rachel
    (Animorphs) `Rachel` is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs. Her full name is never explicitly mentioned in the books, but her relation to her cousin Jake Berenson through their fathers makes it most likely to be `Rachel Berenson`, if it was never changed or hyphenated...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel



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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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