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John Flanagan
John Flanagan , 1865-1952, American sculptor and medalist. In 1932 he designed the George Washington silver quarter. In addition to medals and plaquettes, he produced larger works, including a clock for the Library of Congress and the Bulkeley Memorial, Aetna Life Insurance Building, Hartford, Conn.... Read more
Charles Ginner
Charles Ginner , 1878-1952, English painter. After study in Paris, Ginner settled in London, becoming a founder of the neorealist school. During both world wars he was an official government artist. Among his World War II paintings are several scenes of air raids. ... Read more
Monroeville
Monroeville borough (1990 pop. 29,169), Allegheny co., SW Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh; settled 1810, inc. 1952. It is primarily residential, with a major shopping mall. Monroeville has chemical and nuclear research centers. ... Read more
Wilhelm Karl Severing
Wilhelm Karl Severing , 1875-1952, German statesman. A Social Democrat, he served (1907-33) in the Reichstag, was German minister of the interior (1928-30), and was Prussian minister of the interior during most of the period from 1920 to 1932. He supported the Weimar Republic. ... Read more
Amos Tutuola
Amos Tutuola 1920-97, Nigerian novelist, noted for his idiosyncratic use of Yoruba legend and fantasy in tales written in vernacular African English. His first novel, The Palm-Wine Drunkard (1952), is probably his best known. ... Read more
Harold Adams Innis
Harold Adams Innis 1894-1952, Canadian political economist, b. Otterville, Ontario. One of Canada's leading economic historians, Innis wrote about various facets of Canadian culture and economy. In such books as The Fur Trade in Canada (1930, repr. 1956) and The Cod Fisheries (1940, repr. 1978)... Read more
Yizhak Ben-Zvi
Yizhak Ben-Zvi , 1884-1963, president of Israel (1952-63), b. Russia, originally named Issac Shimshelevitz. A Zionist, he fled Russia in 1905 because of his activities in the Jewish self-defense movement and settled (1907) in Palestine. With David Ben-Gurion and other Zionist leaders he helped creat... Read more
Norman Douglas
Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas), 1868-1952, British novelist and essayist, b. Scotland. He spent the years from 1894 to 1896 in diplomatic service in Russia but resigned from the foreign service in 1896. His masterpiece, South Wind (1917), which is set on Nepenthe, an invented Mediterranea... Read more
Henry Green
Henry Green pseud. of Henry Vincent Yorke, 1905-73, English novelist. Born to an aristocratic family, he was the longtime managing director of his family's industrial engineering business in London. His nine novels, with laconic titles such as Party Going (1939), Nothing (1950), and Doting... Read more
William Green
William Green 1872-1952, American labor leader, president of the American Federation of Labor (1924-1952), b. Coshocton, Ohio. He rose through the ranks of the United Mine Workers of America, of which organization he was (1912-24) secretary-treasurer. With backing from John L. Lewis, Green was elec... Read more

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Parsons, Jack (1914-1952)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Parsons, Jack (1914-1952) Jack Parsons, an explosives expert...the following year, but in January of 1952, he lost it again. His involvement in...for his lost status. Then on June 17, 1952, Parsons died when his home was destroyed...
Piddington, J(ohn) G(eorge) (1869-1952)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Piddington, J(ohn) G(eorge) (1869-1952) Officer of the Society for Psychical Research...Doyle from the SPR. Piddington died in April 1952. Sources: Berger, Arthur S., and Joyce...of the Society for Psychical Research 36 (1952).
Pottenger, Maritha (1952-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Pottenger, Maritha (1952-) Maritha Pottenger, a contemporary astrologer, was born on May 21, 1952, in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of famed astrologer Zipporah Dobyns. Dobyns began the study of astrology in 1956, the year she separated...
Nolan, Finbarr (1952-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Nolan, Finbarr (1952-) Contemporary Irish healer who is the seventh son of a seventh son...tradition, destined to begin healing by touch. He was born October 2, 1952, at Loch Gowna, county Cavan, Republic of Ireland. His mother stated...
Judith, Anodea (1952-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Judith, Anodea (1952-) Anodea Judith, Pagan priestess and former president of the Church of All Worlds, was born Judith Ann Mull on December 1, 1952, in Elyria, Ohio. She was raised in the Church of Christ, Scientist...
Yogananda, Paramahansa (1893-1952)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Yogananda, Paramahansa (1893-1952) An early Indian spiritual teacher who visited and taught in Western...Yogananda passed into mahasamadhi (the great sleep of death) in 1952, but his body is said to have remained free from decay for 20 years...
North Pacific Fisheries Convention, 1952
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES CONVENTION, 1952 In the 1952 International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, Canada, Japan, and the United States joined together to establish cooperative measures for the conservation...
Brown, William (1881-1952)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Brown, William (1881-1952) British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychic researcher. Brown...scientifically extremely probable." He died in Oxford, England, on May 17, 1952. Sources: Brown, William. Mind and Personality. College Park...
Tyrrell, G(eorge) N(ugent) M(erle)(1879-1952)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Tyrrell, G(eorge) N(ugent) M(erle)(1879-1952) Mathematician and parapsychologist. He was a member of the...cited for its clarity in integrating data. He died October 29, 1952. Sources: Berger, Arthur S., and Joyce Berger. The Encyclopedia...
Armed Forces Reserve Act (1952)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Armed Forces Reserve Act (1952). The Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 was a response to the severe weaknesses in the U.S. reserve forces and inequities for veterans revealed by the partial mobilization during the Korean War . Pressured by...

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Horney-Danielson, Karen (1885-1952)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis HORNEY-DANIELSON, KAREN (1885-1952) Karen Horney, physician and psychoanalyst...September 15, 1885, and died December 4, 1952, in New York. Her father was a sea captain...of which she was dean until her death in 1952. She was founding editor of The American...
Leuba, John (1884-1952)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis LEUBA, JOHN (1884-1952) A doctor in the natural sciences and medicine, a psychoanalyst...Switzlerland, near Neuch â tel, in 1884; he died there on May 11, 1952. Leuba's father, a pharmacist in Corcelles, inspired his interest...
Morichau-Beauchant, Pierre Ernest René (1873-1952)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis MORICHAU-BEAUCHANT, PIERRE ERNEST REN É (1873-1952) Pierre Morichau-Beauchant, a French physician and professor...Vivonne, France on November 1, 1873, and died in Poitiers in 1952. He was the first Frenchman to join the Freudian movement...
Rashomon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...December 1951. Farber, Manny, in Nation (New York), 19 January 1952. Griffith, Richard, in Saturday Review (New York), 19 January 1952. Life (New York), 21 January 1952. Ghelli, Nino, in Bianco e Nero (Rome), March 1952. Whitebait...
Cage, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...1944–68. Theater Piece (1952) for Cunningham is regarded as first musical...as in Music of Changes (1951). In 1952 he prod. his first piece involving tape...any 42 recordings as magnetic tape (1952); Living Room Music , perc. qt. (1940...
Les Jeux Interdits
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...INTERDITS (Forbidden Games) France, 1952 Director: René Clément...minutes, others 84 minutes. Released 9 May 1952. Filmed Fall 1951. Producer: Robert...Festival, Grand Prix Indépendant, 1952; Venice Film Festival, Best Film...
Prévert, Jacques
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...repudiated film La Bergère et le ramoneur, 1952) Publications By PRÉVERT: poetry...Paris, 1950. Charmes de Londres, Paris, 1952. Grand bal de printemps, Paris, 1952. Lettre des îles Baladar, Paris, 1952...
The African Queen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...with Huston," in Sight and Sound (London), January-March 1952. "Huston Issue" of Positif (Paris), January 1952. Hart, Henry, in Films in Review (New York), February 1952. Bowen, Clarissa, in Sight and Sound (London), April...
High Noon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers HIGH NOON USA, 1952 Director: Fred Zinnemann Production...running time: 84 minutes. Released 1952 by United Artists. Producer: Stanley...Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and Best Song, 1952; New York Film Critics' Awards for Best...
McLaren, Norman
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...with Evelyn Lambert on Begone Dull Care ; 1952—for antiwar film Neighbors...Award: Academy Award for Neighbors, 1952. Died: 1987. Films as Director: 1934...51 Around Is Around ; Now Is the Time 1952 Neighbors (Les Voisins )** (+ mus...

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Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...that we are required to accept it in abeyance of our critical faculties.” (F. R. Leavis, The Common Pursuit ; 1952.) Still, in nonscientific contexts, datum is likely to sound pretentious. Because data can be either a plural count noun...

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Our GOLDEN years; HERE'S HOW WE LIVED IN 1952.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 2/3/2002; 700+ words ; ...how things have changed for us all. CARS 1952 Morris Minor pounds 358 2002 Ford Fiesta...million have been sold. WASHING MACHINES 1952 Hotpoint pounds 58 2002 Dyson pounds 799...Now few homes are without one. HOLIDAYS 1952 Butlins pounds 6 a week 2002 Cyprus pounds...
Timeless Mercury With its crisp styling and racy dashboard, the 1952-54 model still looks good today
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/11/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...paint jobs began widely arriving. The 1952-54 Mercury was one of the most crisply...prosperous enough by the early 1950s to give the 1952-54 Mercury its own square-edged body...autos had the same basic styling as the 1952 Mercury. And that gave all Ford Motor...
Commentary: Reflection on summer of 1952 that propelled television into politics and Walter Cronkite into fame
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...0000 Commentary: Reflection on summer of 1952 that propelled television into politics...political convention in action. It was 1952. Broadcasting the conventions for CBS...but instructive kind of charm that in 1952 delighted reporters as much as it troubled...
1952: Guard divisions arrive in Korea to find a cold, bloody stalemate
Magazine article from: National Guard; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...2 John Listman Jr. As 1951 passed into 1952, the war in Korea settled into a stalemate...prospect of an end to the fighting. Combat in 1952 usually meant patrols, trench raids and...biggest enemy during the winter of 1951-1952 was the brutal cold. Men huddled in their...
Flashback: News flash: 1952.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 4/16/2005; 700+ words ; ...opened with some sad news - in February 1952 the King passed away - and Elizabeth was...number of film classics were released in 1952. There was The Bad and the Beautiful...released this year and was a huge success. 1952 was also an important year musicwise...
A GOLDEN JUBILEE; Since 1952 the average house price has soared from [pounds sterling]1,891 to [pounds sterling]102,886, the average annual wage has risen from [pounds sterling]460 to [pounds sterling]18,720 - and one man's modest [pounds sterling]500 shareholding has grown to [pounds sterling]276,000. Now that's what we call . . .
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/2/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...WHEN Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952, most people were still paid weekly in...manufacturing jobs has more than halved since 1952 and the proportion of manual workers has...have helped make Britain richer. In 1952, the average annual wage for a working...
HOW MUCH WAS YOUR HOME IN 1952?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/31/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...LEWIS OWNING your own home was unusual in 1952 and many millions rented. So who then...The facts speak for themselves. Since 1952 numbers of privately owned homes have risen...million new homes have been built. NEW HOMES 1952: The postwar building trade concentrated...
1952 Plymouth love grew out of gardening job.(AUTO WEEKEND)(OUT OF THE PAST)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...captured his attention: her nearly new 1952 Plymouth Belvedere Cranbrook sport coupe...about the Plymouth. In 1998, he found a 1952 Plymouth painted iridescent sable bronze...window into thirds. Because the 1951 and 1952 versions of the car were virtually identical...
The view from 1952.(Last Word)
Magazine article from: Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...was happening: On the world scene, the 1952 summer Olympic games opened in Helsinki...paid the last of its war reparations in 1952. Elizabeth had just become Queen of England...Akroyd and Robin Williams were born in July 1952 and Elvis was on summer vacation from high...
Opportunity deferred: a 1952 case study of a woman in network television news.(Report)(Case study)
Magazine article from: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; By 1952, the American television networks had established...of news in television homes (Advertest, 1952). NBC's Camel News Caravan was the highest-rated news program (cited by McAndrew, 1952). In New York City, more than 40% of...