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Louisiana Purchase
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
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Louisiana Purchase (1940), a musical comedy by Morrie
Ryskind (book), Irving
Berlin (music, lyrics). [
Imperial Theatre, 444 perf.] When the Yankee Senator Loganberry ( Victor
Moore) is sent to investigate the corrupt Louisiana Purchase Company in New Orleans, the firm's lawyer, Jim Taylor ( William
Gaxton), attempts to compromise him with the vampish Marina Van Linden ( Vera Zorina) and with the coquettish Madame Bordelaise ( Irene
Bordoni). But the good Senator proves incorruptible and ends up marrying one of the women.
Notable songs: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow; You're Lonely and I'm Lonely; Louisiana Purchase; Fools Fall in Love; What Chance Have I? Another of the many musicals of the era that reflected the day's headlines, this show was based on a story by producer B. G. De Sylva that was a thinly veiled satire on the Huey Long machine in Louisiana. Boasting one of Berlin's finest scores, the musical nevertheless is rarely revived.
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/1/2006; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Sales & Service, LLC (Lydia, Louisiana), ex parte. In re: Application for...proposed service, south of Alexandria, Louisiana Date: 8/1/2006 Time: 10:00AM...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/30/2007; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Official Bulletin was published by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Galvez Building...602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 (Post Office Box 91154, Baton...
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Louisiana's window to the world.(Louisiana Library Network)
Magazine article from: Computers in Libraries; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...that resulted in the development of the Louisiana Library Network, every man, woman, and child in Louisiana now has the ability to cruise, peruse, and ultimately use the resources of the Louisiana State Library, 18 academic libraries...
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LOUISIANA'S ACT SCORES REACH RECORD HIGH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/16/2006; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Department of Education issued the following press release: Louisiana high school students scored an all-time record...in displaced students. Once again we can say Louisiana, education, and excellence in the same sentence...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/14/2007; 700+ words
; Louisiana State University issued the following...economy. After studying the effects of two Louisiana "thank you" campaigns, researchers...significantly improved perceptions of Louisiana in the midst of the recovery from Hurricanes...
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LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ISSUES BULLETIN 867 - AUG. 24
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/24/2007; 700+ words
; The Louisiana Public Service Commission issued the...Official Bulletin was published by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Galvez Building...602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 (Post Office Box 91154, Baton...
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Louisiana at a loss
Magazine article from: The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report; 9/11/2007; ; 700+ words
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Louisiana Energy Users Group Requests Dismissal of Entergy Fili?gs
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; ...La., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Louisiana Energy Users Group ("LEUG"), an...Dismiss two Entergy filings before the Louisiana Public Service commission. The two filings from Entergy Gulf States and Entergy Louisiana seek to delay the transition from a monopoly...
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Louisiana
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
LOUISIANA LOUISIANA, a southeastern state bordered on the west by the Sabine River, Texas...the state of Mississippi; and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana's French and Spanish history endowed the state with a rich and unique...
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is situated on the Mississippi River. It is about 100...mainland. Before the arrival of Europeans in the 1500s Louisiana was home to the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Natchez Indians...
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Louisiana Purchase
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
LOUISIANA PURCHASE The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 doubled the size of the United States, gave the...in part thirteen states: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma...
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Black Creoles of Louisiana
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Black Creoles of Louisiana ETHNONYMS: Afro-French, Black Creoles...Black Creole culture in southern Louisiana derives from contact and synthesis...affiliation that characterize southern Louisiana society as a whole, Creole ethnic...
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French Illinois and Louisiana
Book article from: American Eras
French Illinois and Louisiana Exploration. The French presence...drainage basin for France under the name Louisiana. Le Pays des Illinois. The Illinois...remainder from Switzerland, Italy, and Louisiana. There was also a considerable black...
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