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Joseph ben Ephraim Caro
Joseph ben Ephraim Caro , 1488-1575, eminent Jewish codifier of law, b. Toledo, Spain. He left Spain as a child when the Jews were expelled (1492) and finally settled in Safed, Palestine. His literary works rank among the masterpieces of rabbinical literature. Chief among them are the Bet Yosef [h... Read more
Moses ben Israel Isserles
Moses ben Israel Isserles , c.1525-1572, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher, b. Kraków, known as Remah. He is best known for his glosses on the code of Jewish law of Joseph ben Ephraim Caro . Isserles became chief rabbi in Kraków, where he established a yeshiva. In 1553 he built... Read more
Robert Moses
Robert Moses 1888-1981, U.S. public official, b. New Haven, Conn. He was appointed (1919) by Alfred E. Smith to the committee to study and revamp New York state government machinery, became (1924) chairman of the state council of parks, and served (1927-28) as New York secretary of state until a ... Read more
Pathans
Pathans , group of seminomadic peoples consisting of more than 60 tribes, numbering approximately 10 million in Pakistan and 6 million in Afghanistan, where they form the dominate ethnic group (historically known as Afghans and now typically as Pashtuns). Pathans are Muslims and speak Pashto (or Pus... Read more
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson 1908-73, 36th President of the United States (1963-69), b. near Stonewall, Tex. Early Life Born into a farm family, he graduated (1930) from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (now Southwest Texas State Univ.), in San Marcos. He taught in a Houston high school be... Read more
New York
New York city (1990 pop. 7,322,564), land area 304.8 sq mi (789.4 sq km), SE N.Y., largest city in the United States and one of the largest in the world, on New York Bay at the mouth of the Hudson River. It comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a county: Manhattan (New York co.), the hea... Read more

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Anthony Caro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Anthony Caro The English sculptor Anthony Caro (born 1924) worked in steel and aluminum, often painted in...balance, weightlessness, and horizontal composition. Anthony Caro was born in London on March 8, 1924. He took a degree in engineering...
Joseph ben Ephraim Caro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Joseph ben Ephraim Caro The Jewish codifier Joseph ben Ephraim Caro (1488-1575) is the most universally recognized authority on Jewish law and practice. Joseph Caro was born in Spain or Portugal. His family was expelled...
Caro, Sir Anthony
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Caro, Sir Anthony (1924– ) British sculptor. He is best known for distinctive ‘structures’...
Annibale Caro
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Annibale Caro , 1507-66, Italian poet, friend of Cellini, Varchi, and Bembo. He is best known for his translation of the Aeneid; for his poems in praise of opposing royal houses; and for his letters, which were among the finest of his age.
Moses, Robert
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...entry for Le Corbusier in either Robert Caro ’ s 1974 The Power Broker or...driven, and ruthless. Thanks largely to Caro ’ s 1974 book, the latter have...Transformation of New York . New York: Norton. Caro, Robert. 1974. The Power Broker: Robert...
Volunteer Activities and Programs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...potential to replace married middle-class women as the major volunteer resource for many nonprofit organizations (Morris and Caro). Elders do not volunteer more than other adults. Recent surveys indicate that young elders are similar to middle-aged adults...
São Tomé and Príncipe
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...also includes the tiny Ilh é u Bombom, Ilh é u Caro ç o, and Ilh é u das R ô las. S...southern tip of S ã o Tom é ; Ilh é u Caro ç o, off the southern tip of Pr í ncipe; and...
Productive Aging
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...came efforts to better define the term. Definition In 1993, Caro, Bass, and Chen defined productive aging to be "any activity...not the individual is paid for this activity)." Research by Caro and Bass (1995), conducted under the auspices of The Commonwealth...
Passover
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...compilations of the Oral Law completed in about 200 C.E.), Talmud, and later works. The Shulhan Arukh, written by Joseph Caro (1488 – 1575), with glosses by Rabbi Moses ben Israel Isserles (1530 – 1572), is the basis for modern...
Michigan Canadian Bigfoot Information Center
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...as a file and indexing system, compiles statistics, and maintains a research program and database. Address: 152 West Sherman, Caro, MI 48723. (See also Bigfoot Information Center ; Monsters ; Sasquatch Investigations of Mid-America )

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Caro, Heinrich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Caro, Heinrich ( b . Poznan, Poland, 13 17...Germany, 11 October 1910), dye chemistry . Caro ’ s career mirrors the dynamic expansion...grain dealer who moved to Berlin in 1842, Caro was given a vocational education, proceeding...
Caro, Sir Anthony
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Caro, Sir Anthony (1924– ). British...time to make my own art in his studio'. Caro's early works were figures modelled in clay...Gallery, London, 1962). This, like many of Caro's sculptures, is large in scale and open...
Caro, Joseph ben Ephraim
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Caro, Joseph ben Ephraim (1488–1575). Rabbinic authority and author...digest of the Beit Yosef designed for ‘young students’. Caro also produced many responsa and a commentary on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah...
Caro, Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Caro, Joseph (1488–1575) Jewish scholar and mystic, who wrote the last great codification of Jewish law.
Caro, Annibale
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Caro, Annibale. See Condivi .
Graebe, Karl James Peter
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...formula, and recognized it as a quinone derivative. With Heinrich Caro, Graebe obtained acridine from anthracene. With Karl Glaser...ibid ., 7 (1874), 48 – 49, written with H. Caro; “ Ueber Alizarinblau, ” in Annalen der...
Moretti, Nanni
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon-Best Director, for Caro Diario, 1994; Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists...1990 La cosa (The Thing ) (doc) (d, pr, ed only) 1994 Caro Diario (Dear Diary ) (+ co-pr); L'Unico paese al mondo...
Constantine, Eddie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Grimblat) (as Eddie); Nous irons à Deauville (Rigaud) (bit role) 1963 Les Femmes d'abord (Andre) (as Bobby Caro); Comme s'il en pleuvait (If It Were Raining ) (Monter); A toi de faire, Mignonne (Your Turn, Darling ) (Borderie...
Rotunno, Giuseppe
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Baron Münchhausen (Gilliam); Haunted Summer (Passer); Rent-a-Cop (London) 1989 Rebus (Guglielmi) 1990 Mio caro Dr. Gräsler (Dear Dr. Gräsler ; Bachelor ) (Faenza) 1991 Regarding Henry (Nichols) 1992 Once Upon...
Friend, John Albert Newton
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...with a B.Sc. degree with honors. After receiving the Priestley scholarship, Friend spent a year carrying out research on Caro ’ s permonosulfuric acid and was awarded the M.Sc. in 1903; he then became assistant science master at the Dual...

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Caro's Honor No Joke: Plays Defense To Make A Living, Saves Flash For Pro-Am.
Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT); 7/28/2007; 700+ words ; ...Mike Anthony Jul. 28--While Ismael Caro remained in Puerto Rico, soaking up the...having an occasional laugh at his expense. Caro is known for an array of flashy offensive...defensive discipline. So when word spread that Caro had been named to the all-defensive team...
Caro speaks of the LBJ centennial in new book
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 8/31/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...birth approaches, historian Robert A. Caro would like to think of his longtime subject...his days of just undiluted glory," says Caro, a Pulitzer Prize winner currently in...didn't bother to seek a second term. Caro, who for 30 years has been writing and...
Caro's way. (Books).(Robert A. Caro)
Magazine article from: Columbia Journalism Review; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Salas stole the votes. In 1986 Robert Caro, hard at work on volume two of his projected...several weeks of scouring telephone books, Caro found Salas in the Houston suburbs, where...house. The author knocked on the door. Caro recalls: "It was just like he was expecting...
DR. CARO: WIFE PULLED GUN ON HIM MOM'S MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 8/31/2001; 700+ words ; ...Sabrina Decker Staff Writer VENTURA - Xavier Caro took the witness stand for the first time...Deputy District Attorney Cheryl Temple, Caro admitted having an affair, and said during...would actually use the gun,'' Xavier Caro said. The prominent Northridge oncologist...
CARO GETS DEATH MOM SENTENCED FOR SLAYING SONS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/6/2002; 700+ words ; ...recommendation that Socorro ``Cora'' Caro be executed, Ventura County Superior Court...simply enormous.'' Prosecutors said Caro was seeking revenge against her husband...unharmed, and now resides with his father. Caro also tried to kill herself, but survived...
Caro's chapel: later this month Anthony Caro will unveil his spectacular 'Chapel of Light' in a medieval church near Calais. It is an achievement that invites comparisons with chapels by Matisse and Rothko.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...have this opportunity', says Sir Anthony Caro of his most ambitious project yet, the...especially to house the artists' work, whereas Caro's chapel is even more complicated an...wall and then apparently forgotten until Caro was approached about the project in 1999...
Caro Cuore Launches Lingerie Brand in U.S. Chicagoland's Woodfield Shopping Center Site of First US Retail Store.
PR Newswire; 12/16/2003; 700+ words ; CHICAGO, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Caro Cuore, a premium lingerie company with...Schaumburg, Ill., a Chicago suburb. Caro Cuore stores on Chicago's North Michigan...and teens throughout the world rely on Caro Cuore for the pleasure that comes from...
Robert Caro speaks of the LBJ centennial
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/24/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...birth approaches, historian Robert A. Caro would like to think of his longtime subject...his days of just undiluted glory, says Caro, a Pulitzer Prize winner currently in...didn't bother to seek a second term. Caro, who for 30 years has been writing and...
Robert Caro has devoted a quarter century to his study of LBJ.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/24/2002; ; 700+ words ; NEW YORK _ Robert Caro has an odd habit. When responding to questions...Whether he's writing or being interviewed, Caro always takes his time and attends to every...ruled that legislative body. The book took Caro 12 years to write. Yet, scrunched in...
ANTHONY CARO
Magazine article from: Artforum; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ANTHONY CARO TATE BRITAIN, LONDON A year late for the...niorethan-fifty-year career, Anthony Caro's retrospective at Tate Britain was arranged...viewers comfortable in their familiarity with Caro's accomplishments as an abstract sculptor...