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Tucker (surname)
Tucker is a surname of disputed origin.
Possible derivation of the name
[edit]The origin of the name is not entirely certain, but since it has a long history as a surname on the continent, as in England and from thereon, also in the United States, it presumably has the same Saxon roots.
In England
[edit]Recorded as both Tucker and Tooker, the derivation of the English occupational surname comes from the Old English, pre-7th century verb tucian, meaning "to torment". It would have been for a fuller, also known as a "walker", one who softened freshly woven cloth by beating and tramping on it in water. "Tucker" was the usual term in the southwest of England (and South Wales as well), "walker" in the west and north, and "fuller" in the southeast and East Anglia.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of one Baldwin Tuckere in the 1236 Records of Battle Abbey in Sussex.[2] Nevertheless, one should not be too ha
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New works about Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln arrive
Illinois is the "Land of Lincoln," but that nickname might also apply to a section of the new-books shelf.
Among the latest hardcovers are two nonfiction volumes about the life and work of Abraham Lincoln, and a fictionalized biography of another Lincoln - former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
They are joined by other new books, among them novels bygd Bernard Cornwell, Pam Houston and Judith Michael, and nonfiction including a biography of Anna Wintour, an unconventional view of the world's energy situation and spiritual guidance from Deepak Chopra.
In "The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words" (Random House), Ronald C. White Jr. examines Lincoln's major presidential speeches to measure his growth as leader and communicator.
Each of the book's 11 chapters examines a speech, address or public letter, ranging from Lincoln's farewell speech in Springfield, Ill., as he set out for Washington to assume the pres
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DATE August 14, 2001 ACCOUNT NUMBER N/A
TIME 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM AUDIENCE N/A
NETWORK NPR
schema Fresh Air
Interview: Alejandro Amenabar discusses his new film "The Others"
and his film career
NEAL CONAN, host:
This is FRESH AIR. Terry Gross is on vacation. I'm Neal Conan.
Alejandro Amenabar's new film, "The Others," opened in theaters around this
country gods weekend. It's a horror movie about a mother and her two children
who live in a big, creepy house on the British island of Jersey, just off the
coast of France at the end of the Second World War.
Amenabar fryst vatten a Spanish director making his first English language movie with
Nicole Kidman as his star. He also wrote "The Others" and composed the music,
which sets the Gothic tone at the very beginning of the film.
(Soundbite from "The Others")
Ms. NICOLE KIDMAN: (As Grace) Now, children, are you sitting comfortably?
Then I'll begin. This story started many t