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Dandy-Walker Syndrome Dandy-Walker Syndrome
Dandy-Walker syndrome Definition Dandy-Walker syndrome refers to a group of specific, congenital (present at birth) brain malformations, and is a common cause of hydrocephalus (increased fluid in the brain). Description Dandy-Walker syndrome is more often referred to as Dandy-Walker... Read more
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Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis 1935-, American singer and composer, b. Ferriday, La. Combining country music elements with an energetic performance style, he was an early star of rock music . His songs include "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire." Hailed as an innovator and a rowdy... Read more
Charles Churchill Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill , 1731-64, English poet and satirist. Upon his family's insistence he took religious orders in 1756, but life as a London dandy suited him more, and he resigned his curacy. His first poem and perhaps his best work, The Rosciad (1761), a satire on the leading actresses and actors... Read more
George Edward Woodberry George Edward Woodberry
George Edward Woodberry 1855-1930, American poet, critic, and teacher, b. Beverly, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1877. He was professor of English at the Univ. of Nebraska (1880-82) and at Columbia (1891-1904). Typical of his work as a minor poet is The Ideal Passion: Sonnets (1917). Besides much... Read more
Paul Celan Paul Celan
Paul Celan , pseud. of Paul Antschel , 1920-70, Romanian-French poet. Although he spent his early years in Romania and his later years in France, Celan wrote in German and is widely considered the greatest postwar poet in Europe. A Jew, who lost both parents in a Nazi camp, he composed works that... Read more
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Directoire style , in French interior decoration and costume, the manner prevailing about the time of the Directory (1795-99), from which the name is derived. A style transitional between Louis XVI and Empire, it is characterized by a departure from the sumptuousness of the aristocratic regime.... Read more
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Jerry West 1938- American basketball player One of the best shooting guards in professional basketball history, Jerry West went on to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to basketball dominance during the last quarter of the twentieth century as first a coach and later general manager and executive... Read more
Randy Newman Randy Newman
Randy Newman Singer, songwriter, composer. For the Record… Selected discography Sources Randy Newman was born November 28, 1943, a Jewish boy growing up in the south, with a poet’s sensitivity and a severe disfigurement that left him badly cross-eyed. He soon moved with his family to... Read more

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