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	Seymour Lipton Seymour Lipton 1903-86, American sculptor, b. New York City. Self-taught as a sculptor, Lipton worked directly in sheet metals and molten alloys, creating organically twisting forms with richly brazed textural effects. During the 1940s he sculpted heavy jagged shapes suggesting spiritual conflict. ... Read more
	Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour , 1810-86, American politician, b. Pompey Hill, N.Y. He studied law at Utica, N.Y. and was admitted to the bar in 1832. A Democrat, he was military secretary to Gov. William L. Marcy (1833-39), was thrice elected to the New York state assembly (1841, 1844, 1845), and was chosen mayor... Read more
	Thomas Seymour Seymour of Sudeley, Baron Thomas Seymour Seymour of Sudeley, Baron 1508?-1549, English nobleman. After the marriage (1536) of his sister Jane to Henry VIII, he served on various diplomatic missions, was in command of the English army in the Netherlands in 1543, and was admiral of the fleet in 1544. When, on the death of Hen... Read more
	John William De Forest John William De Forest , 1826-1906, American author, b. Seymour, Conn. He served in the Civil War, chiefly as a captain. His vivid accounts of battle scenes in Louisiana and Sheridan's Shenandoah valley campaign, published in Harper's Monthly, were among the finest contemporaneous war records. Bes... Read more
	Edward Mandell House Edward Mandell House 1858-1938, American political figure, adviser to President Wilson, b. Houston. Active in Texas politics, he was (1882-92) campaign manager and adviser to Gov. James Hogg and his successors. He was known as "Colonel" House because of a Texas state office he held. He met Wood... Read more
	Seymour Seymour 1 Town (1990 pop. 14,288), New Haven co., SW Conn., on the Naugatuck River; settled c.1678, inc. 1850. The town's manufacturing industries decline since the mid-1900s, but cable and wire, electronic components and hardware, car racks, and concrete are produced. 2 City (1990 pop. 15,576)... Read more
	David Humphreys David Humphreys 1752-1818, American diplomat and poet, b. present Ansonia (then in Derby), Conn. His military talents and patriotism won the friendship of General Washington and a place on his staff during the American Revolution. From 1784 to 1786 Humphreys was secretary to a U.S. mission negotiat... Read more
	Francis Preston Blair Francis Preston Blair 1821-75, American political leader and Union general in the Civil War, b. Lexington, Ky., son of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876). A St. Louis lawyer, Blair led the Free-Soil party in Missouri in 1848, served as state legislator (1852-56), and as Congressman (1857-59; June,... Read more
	J. D. Salinger J. D. Salinger (Jerome David Salinger) , 1919-, American novelist and short-story writer, b. New York City. Salinger depicts the loneliness and frustration of individuals caught in a world of banalities and restricting conformity. His best-known work, The Catcher in the Rye (1951), is a picaresq... Read more
	draft riots draft riots in the American Civil War, mob action to protest unfair Union conscription. The Union Conscription Act of Mar. 3, 1863, provided that all able-bodied males between the ages of 20 and 45 were liable to military service, but a drafted man who furnished an acceptable substitute or paid the... Read more

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	American Pastoral.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: The Antioch Review; 3/22/1998; ; 290 words ; ...America in the 1960s. Seymour Swede Levov is an uncomplicated...successful, quintessential American success story. A legendary...plenty of money, and exceptional talents, is immune from...his tragedy. Here is an American master at the peak of... Read more
	Master classes.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: American Music Teacher; 2/1/2004; 270 words ; ...Bravo Canada and teaches a limited number of exceptional students at Rice University in Houston, Texas...University of North Texas. INTERMEDIATE PIANO Seymour Bernstein Sunday, March 28 Seymour Bernstein is a sought-after clinician and a... Read more
	The Statist Temptation.(Review) Magazine article from: National Review; 8/14/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Failed in the United States, by Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks...that had haunted generations of American and European intellectuals was still on the table. The speaker was Seymour Martin Lipset, a tall, stocky...large part because the distinctly American and liberal principles on ... Read more
	Bowes is bound for the USA. Newspaper article from: Mansfield Chad (Mansfield, England); 8/7/2007; 551 words ; ...attend the Kings Academy High School in Seymour, Tennessee. Luke, who is 16 years old...educational and academic careers in the American college system. We wish Luke every success...junior programme has provided us with six exceptional young prospects. There is no question... Read more
	40 Influential research projects. Magazine article from: ROM Magazine; 6/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...Canada's Burgess Shale is famous for its exceptional preservation of some of the oldest animals...East made between c. 650 and 1700 CE. * American Pleistocene Mammal Research During the...ROM researchers, most recently Kevin Seymour, have continued to work on describing... Read more
	RAD method.(TECHNIQUE)(Royal Academy of Dance) Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...traditional English system and mold dancers of exceptional quality. ORIGINS The Royal Academy of...level. Stella Abrera, a soloist with American Ballet Theatre, trained exclusively in...of styles. Legendary dancers like Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell; established artists... Read more
	Fluke seasons: some players recorded one extraordinary productive year in an otherwise so-so career. Magazine article from: Baseball Digest; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...expression should be reserved for an exceptional year-long performance by a consistently...Chicago Cubs, third baseman, 1912. * Cy Seymour, Cincinnati Reds, outfielder, 1905...his second full season, Cash led the American League in batting at .361, while hitting... Read more
	Port Authority hires architects as advisors to WTC project.(Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn for World Trade Center site) Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 10/23/2002; 338 words ; ...one in which every New Yorker and every American has a strong emotional attachment, said...impressive track record in large-scale design is exceptional among architectural firms, said Joseph J. Seymour, executive director of the Port Authority... Read more
	Is America really in decline?(Foreign Affairs) Magazine article from: Quadrant; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...beginning of the decline of American power and the final stages of the American century, as it was dubbed in...is a transcendent feature of American culture from its colonial days...influenced the development of American self-perceptions and were repackaged...it, the secular religion of ... Read more