Maranhão
Maranhão , state (1996 pop. 5,218,442), 126,897 sq mi (328,663 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is São Luís (also known as Maranhão). Agriculture and livestock remain central to the economy of the region, which has been the site of major agricultural and industrial colonization projects since the 1970s. Industries now include steel manufacture and food processing. Brazil operates a satellite launch facility at Alcântara in N Maranhão. Maranhão had long been inhabited by the Tupinambás when the Portuguese established the first European settlement there in 1534.
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Danny Simon handles role as Neil's brother with class
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/19/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...Simon envies his kid brother. But Neil Simon's Broadway successes don't...writing, I learned from (Danny Simon)." Neil may sum up his brother's skills...and knew it was as original as Neil's." Simon hired Allen for NBC's "Colgate...
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NEIL SIMON AT WORK, PLAY.(L.A.LIFE)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...Title: ``Rewrites'' Author: Neil Simon Data: 381 pages, Simon and Shuster...s most successful playwright, Neil Simon, is waiting for the Boston reviews...regular artistic stimulus for Marvin Neil Simon, who grew up and away from a childhood...
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Neil Simon's not-so-simple plays reveal clues to the author's life. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/2/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the Muses. Unless the writer is Neil Simon _ or his alter ego, Jake _ in which...funniest. Audiences love the way Neil Simon makes them laugh. He is the only...scripts and a quintet of musicals _ Neil Simon has given us hundreds of peeks into...
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For Neil Simon, Great Reviews; Theater Legend And Twain Do Meet [Correction 11/9/06]
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...came to sing the praises of Neil Simon last night at the Kennedy...Jonathan Silverman without a Neil Simon, who created the stage...cutter," said Alexander. "Neil wrote his brains out...for the Broadway debut of Simon's second Broadway play...
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NEIL SIMON TACKLES TV AGAIN, BRIEFLY: NEW `LONDON SUITE' COMES COMPLETE WITH STARS FROM SITCOMS.(Everyday Magazine)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 9/15/1996; ; 700+ words
; 'London Suite': Neil Simon Where: Channel 5 When: 8 p.m...London a decade ago, playwright Neil Simon threw his back out. He blames tennis...entertained by sports on the telly. Delete Neil Simon from the scene, add Michael Richards...
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Neil Simon Takes The Twain -- Prize That Is
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; Neil Simon, one of America's most successful playwrights, has been...Charity." The Twain is the second honor the center has given Simon, following the Honors in 1995. "Neil Simon, like Mark Twain, has a unique way of exposing the American...
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Another Chapter for Neil Simon / Memoir is the latest in career of writing -- and rewriting.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 10/11/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...trip to San Francisco this week, Neil Simon pulls out a draft of his new play...a surrogate." But to this day, Simon adds, "I don't know why Marsha...of why she left it: Being Mrs. Neil Simon proved overwhelming. Mason gave...
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A WEEKEND IN NEIL SIMON COUNTRY
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...NJ) 11-07-1997 A WEEKEND IN NEIL SIMON COUNTRY -- `PROPOSALS' JOKES SERIOUSLY...Theater, 235 W. 44th St. Written by Neil Simon. With Dick Latessa, L. Scott Caldwell...6200. You know by now if you like Neil Simon. And that opinion should serve as...
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Neil Simon fest is a Utah first
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 7/13/2003; ; 680 words
; The Utah Neil Simon Festival, making its home in Cedar City...first season will include two classic Neil Simon comedies -- "The Odd Couple" and...is founding artistic director of the Neil Simon Festival. (He'll also be directing...
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Danny Simon, comedy writer and older brother of Neil Simon, dies at 86
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/27/2005; ; 431 words
; ...died Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, Neil Simon said Wednesday. It was Danny Simon...period of their lives chronicled in Neil Simon's 1993 play, "Laughter on the...learned from Danny Simon." When Neil Simon grew dissatisfied with the restrictions...
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Neil Simon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Neil Simon Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon (born 1927) has become America's most...One of America's favorite playwrights, Neil Simon has been relieving audiences of their anxieties...
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Simon, Neil
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Neil Simon Born: July 4, 1927 New York, New York...writer Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon is one of America's most productive and...laugh at themselves. Early years Marvin Neil Simon was born in the Bronx, in New York, on...
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Neil Simon Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre, New York, on West 52nd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue...Sackler. The musical Annie began a long run in 1977, and in 1983, while Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs was playing there, the theatre was renamed...
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Simon, (Marvin) Neil
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Simon, [Marvin] Neil (b. 1927), playwright. The most successful...book for the musical Little Me (1962), Simon then enjoyed a string of hits unparalleled...Sunshine Boys (1972). From that point on, Simon's theatre career was a matter of hit...
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Mason, Marsha 1942– (Marcia Mason)
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...1965 (divorced, 1970); married Neil Simon (a playwright), October 25, 1973...The Goodbye Girl (also known as Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl ), Warner Bros...The Cheap Detective (also known as Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective and Snacka...
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