. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ence of Jesus during thegreater part of his life on earth. It is beauti-fully situated among hills dotted with figtrees, olive trees and cypresses. The houses,flat-roofed, are built mostly of convent of the Annunciation, built by theFranciscans in 1620, is said to mark the siteof Marys dwelling, but the only incontestablyunchanged and identifiable Biblical site isthe Virgins Spring. The population, madeup of Moslems, Ortho
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ence of Jesus during thegreater part of his life on earth. It is beauti-fully situated among hills dotted with figtrees, olive trees and cypresses. The houses,flat-roofed, are built mostly of convent of the Annunciation, built by theFranciscans in 1620, is said to mark the siteof Marys dwelling, but the only incontestablyunchanged and identifiable Biblical site isthe Virgins Spring. The population, madeup of Moslems, Orthodox Greeks, UnitedGreeks, Catholics, Maronites and Protestants,numbers about 11,000. NAZIMOVA, nazemovah, Alla (1879-), a Russian actress who has taken a dis-tinguished place on the modem stage in the NEBO 2498 NEBRASKA portrayal of emotional roles. She was bornat Yalta, in the Crimea. Her first profes-sional appearance occurred in London, in1905, where she wonpraise for her excel-lent work in a Rus-sian play. TheChosen People. Ayear later, havingacquired a knowledgeof English, she sue-*-eessfuUy acted thepart of Nora inIbsens A DollsHouse, before a New. NAZIMOVA York audience. She appeared also in HeddaGabler, Little Eyolf and The Master Builder,and in these established herself with theAmerican public as one of the great emo-tional actresses of the day. Of more recentdate are her appearances in War Brides, aone-act tragedy based on the World War,and Ception Shoals, a morbid but intenselydramatic play which was picturized as Outof the Fog. Nazimova gained an enthu-siastic and even larger audience by enteringthe moving-picture field, in which she speed-ily won new laurels through her superb act-ing. Her husband, Charles Bryant, has ap-peared with her in pictures. NEBO, Mount, a mountain of Palestine,situated east of the Dead Sea near its north-ern end. It was from the summit of thismountain that Moses viewed the PromisedLand of Canaan. (Deut. XXXII, 49;XXXIV, 1). The mountain ha
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