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Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass city (1990 pop. 20,651), seat of Maverick co., W Tex., a port of entry on the Rio Grande opposite Piedras Negras, Mexico; inc. 1918. Linked by highway with Mexico City, it is a tourist center and a shipping and processing point for cattle, wheat, pecans, and oats. Mineral processing (esp... Read more
Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Benoit B. Mandelbrot , 1924-, French mathematician, b. Warsaw, Poland. Largely self-taught and considered a maverick in the field of mathematics, he is uncomfortable with the rigorously pure logical analysis prescribed by Nicolas Bourbaki and relies instead on his talent for visualizing natural ph... Read more
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone 1945-, British politician. Elected to the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1973 as a Labour member, he became GLC leader in 1981. His use of the local office to promote leftist policies earned him the nickname "Red Ken" and was a major factor in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ... Read more
William Proxmire
William Proxmire (Edward William Proxmire), 1915-2005, U.S. senator (1957-89), b. Lake Forest, Ill. He worked in army counterintelligence during World War II and later entered politics, serving (1951-52) as a Democrat in the Wisconsin state assembly. After three unsuccessful attempts at the governo... Read more
Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson (Philip Douglas Jackson), 1945-, American basketball player and coach, b. Deer Lodge, Mont. Jackson was an All-American at the Univ. of North Dakota. Drafted by the New York Knicks in 1967, he was a forward and a superb defensive player, remaining with the team until 1980. He then ente... Read more
Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent , 1936-2008, French fashion designer, b. Oran, Algeria, as Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. Moving to Paris at 17, he ultimately established houses of couture and boutiques there and in New York. He was the foremost assistant to Christian Dior and became his designated su... Read more
apsis
apsis (pl. apsides), point in the orbit of a body where the body is neither approaching nor receding from another body about which it revolves. Any elliptical orbit has two apsides. At the perigee the moon or other satellite is as close as it ever gets to the earth, and it begins to move away; at... Read more
Peter Hurd
Peter Hurd 1904-84, American painter, b. Roswell, N.Mex. Hurd left West Point to study art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked as apprentice to the painter N. C. Wyeth and married his daughter, the painter Henrietta Wyeth. Hurd is known for his realistic paintings of Western sce... Read more
Dallas
Dallas, UK, USA USA (Texas): the first settlement took place in 1841. In due course, as it grew, it was probably named after George M. Dallas (1792–1864), vice‐president of the USA (1845–9).... Read more
University Park
University Park city (1990 pop. 22,259), Dallas co., N Tex., surrounded by Dallas on three sides; inc. 1924. A residential suburb, the city is the seat of Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas Love Field Airport is to the west. ... Read more

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Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...November 22, 1963, after john f. kennedy was killed in Dallas. Johnson's administration was marked by landmark changes...opponents. After Johnson was elected, Roosevelt made a point of getting to know him. Soon the two developed a long and lasting... Read more
H. L. Hunt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...debt to borrow any. At that point he decided to sell his land...turn, became a great turning point in Texas history. Prior to...Tyler, Texas, it later moved to Dallas where it grew to become the...country. In later years he began getting involved in the production...umbrellas of HLH Products of ... Read more

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Franklin, Kirk
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...outside of the Baptist church, at one point collecting aluminum cans so that he could...choir at Mt. Rose Baptist Church near Dallas, Texas, at the age of eleven. In his teens he went through a rebellious period, getting expelled from school due to fighting and... Read more

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Mavs outfinish Celtics; Nowitzki heats up, carries Dallas in stretch.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 3/17/2007; 522 words ; DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki came through...fourth-quarter finish to help the Dallas Mavericks end a rare slump. Nowitzki scored...career high with 30 points as the Mavericks bounced back from consecutive defeats, rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat the...last night. Howard kept the ... Read more
Miami's Tim Hardaway Traded To Dallas.(basketball player with new contract)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 9/10/2001; 120 words ; ...was recently sent to the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade deal...million. The Heat gets the Mavericks' $3.2 million salary-cap...pick within three years. The point guard was drafted in 1989...than any other member on on Dallas' roster. We feel good about getting Tim Hardaway, ... Read more
Blazers are still winning and feeling just fine.(Sports)(Portland ends a long homestand with a 100-97 victory over Chicago, led by Roy's 28 points)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/7/2008; 674 words ; ...poking him with a tape recorder and getting right in his mug before giggling. Nothing...perspective. You can sense that guys are getting ready for the All-Star break and some...Division-leading Utah to its 10th straight win. Mavericks 107, Bucks 96: Dirk Nowitzki had 29...his first career triple-double, ... Read more
Dallas light rail: sound planning, sound pricing. (Dallas, Texas)(Column)
Magazine article from: Railway Age; 6/1/1996; ; 387 words ; Add Dallas to the fast-growing list...Louis and RTD in Denver, Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART...West Oak Cliff into downtown Dallas (see map). In December, another...Canada. By 2010, the greater Dallas area should have a comprehensive...of commuter rail linking Dallas, Forth Worth, and the ... Read more
Noble says carry on Dallas.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 8/3/2006; 250 words ; ...Noble believes that Brett Dallas will be a big hit in...The Warriors boss can point to former Super League...have met with success. Dallas, 31, who will quit Warriors...while Darren Albert is getting regular first team action...He's going to do well. Dallas is injured at the ... Read more
DFW Airport's cargo numbers continue to multiply.(FOCUS ON)(Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 4/1/2005; 502 words ; Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is one of the United...41.5 percent in 2004, signaling the strong ties between the Dallas-Fort Worth region and Asia. With cargo between DFW and China...Latin America also continue to strengthen. Asia is definitely getting technology into Latin America with ... Read more
Texas trailblazer: this school chief may not have parted the Red Sea, but he's helped make education miracles happen.(Administrator profile: Mike Moses, Dallas independent school district)(Biography)
Magazine article from: District Administration; 9/1/2003; ; 684 words ; ...anointed-ahem, appointed--head of the Dallas Independent School District...achievement. To the people of Dallas, where he is the sixth superintendent...test scores. Now, he says, I'm getting to live under the rules I adopted...ahead. He acknowledges that Dallas students are not as likely...urban ... Read more
The Revolution Has Just Begun.(Dallas Fed President Bob McTeer)
Magazine article from: The International Economy; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...International Economy sat down with Dallas Fed President Bob McTeer, an early and...monetary policy implications at that point. You have a meeting and you look around...to tighten, but as unemployment kept getting lower and growth kept getting faster, they started reaching the ... Read more
Liebermann: Symphony No. 2; Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Andrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Delos DE 3256.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 6/1/2001; ; 458 words ; ...Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Andrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Delos DE...composition take a wrong turn at some point early in the twentieth century? Clearly...instruments and definition is reasonably sharp. Getting back to my diatribe, though, just as popular... Read more
Calling number ID runs into trouble. (Integrated Services Digital Network Users Forum at the Dallas, TX, Interface show discusses the impact of objections to calling number identification on the future of ISDN.)
Magazine article from: Communications News; 4/1/1990; ; 541 words ; ...the North American ISDN Users Forum in Dallas, said, Mass market availability of CNI...their voices heard and lobby for their point of view. Does ISDN have a future? ISDN...Philip Evans, telecomm manager for FMC in Dallas, said he is evaluating ISDN. As a user...way for a user to get feet wet was by ... Read more