Shawn

(shôn), Ted 1891-1972.

American dancer and choreographer who with his wife Ruth Saint Denis founded the Denishawn Dance School (1915). He later founded an influential all-male modern dance troupe (1932).

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Shawn - United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

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Scotland has the highest percentage of redheads in the world – 13 per cent – and march organiser Shawn said there was an amazing atmosphere yesterday.

REDDY TO RUMBLE; HOLLYWOOD REDHEAD COMES HOME AS GINGERS UNITE

Shawn's wife, Josephine, is a lover of Mellow Mushroom pizza, so Shawn emailed Mellow Mushroom's website on Thursday.

Pizzeria's special delivery

Shawn set out to produce an end product that made use of as much recycled, reused, and sustainable materials as possible.

Young Engineer of the Year Shawn builds links with Africa

Talbott: I sure have been seeing you a lot lately, Shawn. And it's mostly right around now--when you're in Mrs.

Collaborative Problem Solving can transform school discipline: adults, students, and schools benefit when behavioral challenges are viewed through accurate lenses and students participate in resolving them

Shawn's parents, who lived in Southbridge at the time and later moved to Millville, don't think so.

Family missed seeing couple marry

19, a sheaf of onion-skin pages arrived at The New Yorker's office at 25 West 43rd Street, with the title, "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report." The manuscript was sent over to the typing pool, where it was copied onto heavy yellow bond, double-spaced, and then returned to Shawn for editing.

Draft of History

Shawn took umbrage at this news and burgled the home while his brother was at work.

Send me to prison, begs brother

Shawn received his Bachelor of Science degree from Laurentian University in 2001 and a Master's degree in pharmacology in 2004.

Profile--Dr. Shawn Rossi, DC, MSc, PhD candidate

Who will help Jason prove that Shawn is up to no good?

Hunt, Des: The Secret of Jelly Mountain

Now Shawn will be riding the Taff Trail from Cardiff to Brecon and back again on June 27 and hopes to raise pounds 2,000 for Cancer Care Cym-ru.

Grateful cyclist set for challenge

Around these oh-so-mean streets lumbers Alabama boy Shawn MacArthur (Tatum), who has the physical mannerisms and disoriented look of a homeless guy: an ill-fitting wifebeater, an inability to keep anything buttoned and a blanket full of books he tries to sell down the street from Radio City Music Hall.

Fighting

When my friend Shawn called me last February, it was quickly evident she was distressed.

Montenegro: an accessible future (Part 1)