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Alba Longa
Alba Longa , city of ancient Latium, in the Alban Hills near Lake Albano, c.12 mi (19 km) SE of Rome. It was a city before 1100 BC and apparently the most powerful in Latium. Legend says that it was founded by Ascanius, son of Aeneas, and that Romulus and Remus were born there, thus making it the mo... Read more
Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi , 1890-1964, Italian painter and etcher, b. Bologna. He studied at that city's Fine Arts Academy (grad. 1913) and from 1930 to 1954 was a professor there. Influenced early by Cézanne, cubism, and futurism and subsequently associated with the pittura metafisica (1918-20) of ... Read more
Epimenides
Epimenides , fl. 6th cent.? BC, Cretan prophet and miracle worker. According to one story, he was called to Athens to purify the city after the murder of Cylon on the Acropolis. Many poems, oracles, and sayings were attributed to him (Titus 1.12 is supposed to contain one of these). ... Read more
Sir Patrick Abercrombie
Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1879-1957, British architect and town planner. Professor of civil design at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1915 to 1935 and of town planning at the Univ. of London after 1935, he acted as consultant in the rebuilding and planning of London, Edinburgh, Bath, and other British ci... Read more
Paul J. Sachs
Paul J. Sachs , 1878-1965, American art teacher and collector, b. New York City. As professor of fine arts at Harvard, Sachs influenced and inspired many art historians and curators during the years of growth in the history of American art museums. His major publications include Drawings in the Fog... Read more
Goliath
Goliath , in the Bible, a giant of Gath , a Philistine city, who challenged the Israelites. The young David , fortified by faith, accepted the challenge and killed him with a stone from a sling. In 2 Samuel it says that Elhanan killed Goliath, though 1 Chronicles says Elhanan killed Lahmi the brot... Read more
Cairo
Cairo , Arab. Al Qahirah, city (1996 pop. 6,789,479), capital of Egypt and the Cairo governorate, NE Egypt, a port on the Nile River near the head of its delta, at the boundary of ancient Upper and Lower Egypt. The city includes two islands in the Nile, Zamalik (Gezira) and Roda (Rawdah), which ar... Read more
Holy See
Holy See see Vatican City . ... Read more
Robert Goldwater
Robert Goldwater 1907-73, American art historian, b. New York City. Goldwater taught at Queens College, N.Y., from 1934 to 1957, when he was appointed professor of fine arts at New York Univ. The same year he also became the director of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York City. Known primarily fo... Read more
Guy Pène du Bois
Guy Pène du Bois , 1884-1958, American painter and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; studied under William Chase and in Paris. In New York City after 1906 he worked as a reporter and art critic for various newspapers and edited Arts and Decoration. The wry humor of his early paintings of social ma... Read more

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An inside job: need a fresh perspective on projects, markets and more? Chances are, the answers you need are right under your roof.(SMART MOVES)(business development initiatives from employees)
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Sudbury to remain a port in the storm: Laurentian professor predicts recession to lift within a year.(SUDBURY)
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Professor sees war as modern imperialism.(Higher Education)(The holder of the Wayne Morse Chair at the UO will offer his analysis of American incursions during a talk Thursday)
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A professor's galvanizing force.(Profile: James E. Sweeney)
Magazine article from: School Administrator; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...of the Sacramento City Unified School District...years as an education professor, most of it at decidedly...superintendency of a big city district in considerable...know-how and the systems perspective to effect meaningful...people's attention, says Sweeney of his removal...job but the ... Read more
Economy's funk stuns experts, too.(City/Region)(Panelists at a UO forum say the markets will bounce back, but no one hazards a guess as to how long the crisis will last)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 10/12/2008; 481 words ; ...of Oregon designed to bring current financial issues into perspective. Even they admitted some uncertainty about the quickly evolving...in the U.S. economy and financial markets. Added UO finance Professor John Chalmers: A lot of people in the hallways are asking... Read more
Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...25.95. A. C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy at the University...discrimination], Grayling offers, that says that deliberately mounting...carefully examining from a moral perspective the bombing campaign of the...of Germany's second-largest city, Hamburg; it produced the...though Grayling is a ... Read more
A psychologist's perspective of leadership. (Profile).(psychologist and school superintendent Charles Ott)
Magazine article from: School Administrator; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Joe Onosko, a professor at University of New Hampshire...good challenging questions, says Onosko, who learned a few...and student achievement, he says. From his work in psychology...productive relationships, he says. A superintendent is the...glasnost or openness, he says. We're nor going to ... Read more
The challenge of loss. (my perspective).(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 2/4/2003; ; 668 words ; My father, Stan, was an artist and professor who first discovered his voice in 1960s San Francisco. He became...homosexuality was a colorful enigma and an intrinsic part of the city he was so madly in love with. After I came out to him at 18... Read more
Growing up, growing out: some rust belt cities sprawl without population growth. (Currents).(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: E; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...historic sites in the old city of Baltimore can be a rewarding...magic of suburban sprawl. Professor Janet Rothenberg Pack of...From the interregional perspective, rapid growth in metropolitan...slowly, and in many cases city population has actually...found that virtually every city is ... Read more
Gateway cities: immigration and the global economy are driving economic growth in gateway cities around the globe. Some U.S. cities caught up in the wave: Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas; Minneapolis; Phoenix; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; and Washington, D.C.(Commercial)
Magazine article from: Mortgage Banking; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...consulting firm, and political professor of real estate at New York...multifamily lender. He says, In terms of capital flow...will be made in a gateway city, and capital will flow...Colliers International, says it's an error to equate...good example of a gateway city without a port. ... Read more