An epidemic with unusually serious consequences resulting from contact of an infectious and/or contagious agent with a population not previously exposed to it
orig. Grace Stansfield born Jan. 9, 1898, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng. died Sept. 27, 1979, Capri, Italy English music-hall comedienne. She performed in music halls from age 13 and gained notice in the touring revue Mr. Tower of London (1918-25). She became tremendously popular with an act composed of low-comedy songs such as "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World" and sentimental ballads such as "My Blue Heaven," performing on radio and television and in films such as Sally in Our Alley (1931) and Sing As We Go (1934)
born July 15, 1905, Allenhurst, N.J., U.S. died March 28, 1974, New York, N.Y. U.S. lyricist and librettist. Born to a family active in theatre (her father Lew was a comedian and impresario, and her brothers Herbert and Joseph were librettists), Fields taught drama and wrote poetry and later wrote songs for Broadway and Cotton Club revues with Jimmy McHugh, including "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street." With Jerome Kern, she later wrote songs for Hollywood, including "The Way You Look Tonight." Returning to Broadway, she wrote the book or lyrics for many musicals, including Annie Get Your Gun (1946) and Sweet Charity (1966)
American lyricist whose song credits include "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930) and "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), which won an Academy Award. American entertainer known for his raspy voice, bulbous nose, and sardonic disposition. His films include My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
a US film actor and comedian, famous for disliking children and animals, for becoming angry very easily, and for drinking too much alcohol. His films include My Little Chickadee (1940) (1880-1946). orig. William Claude Dukenfield born Jan. 29, 1880, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died Dec. 25, 1946, Pasadena, Calif. U.S. actor and screenwriter. He was a vaudeville headliner as a juggler and appeared for seven seasons (1915-21) in the Ziegfeld Follies. His starring role in the stage hit Poppy (1923) brought him to Hollywood for its film adaptation, Sally of the Sawdust (1925). He emerged as a top film comedian only after the advent of sound pictures, when audiences could hear his distinctive raspy voice. His screen personality an unlovable but hilarious con man, braggart, misanthrope, and hater of children and dogs was largely his own. Fields wrote and improvised the action for most of his films, which include comedies such as You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), The Bank Dick (1940), and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). His only serious role was Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield (1935)
a hymn (=a song of praise to God) sung in the UK at Harvest Festivals. It begins: We plough the fields and scatter/The good seed on the land,/But it is fed and watered/By God's almighty hand
Interlaced images (video) consist of two fields that must be rendered independently and combined into one frame Each field contains half the scan lines (either even or odd) and is a separate file You can either render to fields or to frames
The smallest division within a metadata framework Fields become elements in a DTD or schema Fields become tag sets within XML documents when the field is surrounded by a "<" and a ">" sign
A special item of information, such as a name or Social Security number, in a record of a database file; a combination of one or more bytes and is usually the smallest item of meaningful data; also called attribute 2 21, 9 4
Columns on a spreadsheet containing associate values The unit of a database that like information is put into An example would be first_name, city, etc ; first_name would be a field that holds first names, city would hold cities, etc
List the fields contained in a dictionary entry in the order in which they appear The marks for the four fields are: h - head entry r - reading / pronunciation t - translation e - (explanatory) remark
Elements of an individual record in a database For example, a database with student names and addresses would have a field for first name, last name and address Fields are used to sort records according to their contents (Unit 4> A Primer on Databases and Catalogs)