2) Beck, Julian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Beck, Julian, 1925-85, American theatrical director, actor, and producer, b. New York City. He married Judith Malina, 1926-, also an American theatrical director,...

3) beck 1. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A gesture of beckoning or summons. at (someone's) beck and call Ready to comply with any wish or command. Middle English bek, from bekken, to beckon, alteration of...

4) stream, beck, brae, branch, brook, creek, crick, rill, rivulet, run, -kill. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...term. Branch and run are Midland and Southern, respectively; brook is Coastal Northeastern, beck and brae are mainly British and Scottish, creek and crick are Northern...

5) beck. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...See STREAM. 1...

6) beck 2. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Chiefly British A small brook; a creek. Middle English, from Old Norse bekkr. See bhegw- in Appendix I....

7) §8. The German Influence; Karl Beck; Karl Follen. XXV. Scholars. Vol. 18. Later National Literature, Part III. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...few scholars. It was not until 1824 that the pioneers of the riper German culture, Karl Beck (1798–1866) and Karl Follen (1785–1840), arrived, at a time when Everett,...

8) 3725. Alan Beck. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...NUMBER: 3725 AUTHOR: Alan Beck QUOTATION: Boys are found everywhere—on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers...

9) 3727. Alan Beck. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...NUMBER: 3727 AUTHOR: Alan Beck QUOTATION: Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine about them, and...

10) 3726. Alan Beck. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...NUMBER: 3726 AUTHOR: Alan Beck QUOTATION: A boy is a magical creature—you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can t lock him out of your heart. You can get...