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John Seale
Seale, John 1942–PERSONALFull name, John Clement Seale; born October 5, 1942, in Warwick, Queensland, Australia; son of Eric Clement and Marjorie Lyndon (maiden name, Pool) Seale; married Louise Lee Mutton, September 23, 1967; children: Brianna Lee, Derin, Anthony. Education: Attended high school in... Read more |
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Donald McAlpine
McALPINE, Donald Cinematographer. Nationality:Australian. Born:1934. Career:Nominated for Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Achievement in Cinematography for Wu ting, 1981 and The Fringe Dwellers, 1986; nominated for Golden Satellite... Read more |
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John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John 1946–PERSONALBorn in 1946, in England; son of Cliff Richardson (a special effects artist).Career: Special effects artist.Awards, Honors: Saturn Award nomination (with John Evans), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 1980, for Moonraker;... Read more |
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National Book Awards
National Book Awards, founded (1950) by the American Book Publishers Council, American Booksellers Association, and Book Manufacturers Institute, and after 1976 sponsored by the National Book Committee for the year's most distinguished works in the areas of Arts and Letters, Children's Literature,... Read more |
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John Merven Carrere
John Merven Carrère , 1858-1911, American architect, b. Rio de Janeiro. After graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he worked under McKim, Mead, and White in New York City, and from 1886 until his death practiced in partnership with Thomas Hastings. The best-known works of... Read more |
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Pacific scandal
Pacific scandal 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian... Read more |
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James Gandon
Gandon, James (1742–1823), the most important and influential resident protagonist of the neoclassical style of architecture in Ireland. A student of Sir William Chambers in London, Gandon established his own practice there in 1765. In 1767, in collaboration with John Woolfe, he began to... Read more |
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Dick Francis
FRANCIS, Dick Nationality: British. Born: Richard Stanley Francis in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, 31 October 1920. Education: Maidenhead County Boys' School, Berkshire. Military Service: Served as a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force, 1940-45. Family: Married Mary Margaret Brenchley in 1947;... Read more |
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Keith Waterhouse
WATERHOUSE, Keith (Spencer) Nationality: British. Born: Leeds, Yorkshire, 6 February 1929. Education: Osmondthorpe Council Schools, Leeds. Military Service: Served in the Royal Air Force. Family: Married 1) Joan Foster in 1951 (divorced 1968), one son and two daughters; 2) Stella Bingham... Read more |
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Crucible Theatre
...1967 a Trust was formed to organize the building of a new theatre, and the Crucible was...has a studio theatre seating 250 and an award-winning Theatre in Education company.The neighbouring Lyceum Theatre, a listed building seating 1,100, is the last extant theatre... |
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Hwang, David Henry
...immigrants, Hwang won acclaim and an Obie Award for FOB (1981), about “fresh off the...concerns an 1867 strike by Chinese laborers building a railroad. M. Butterfly (1988) won the Tony Award as best play of that year. |
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London, government and politics
...its previous privileges, but also began building the White Tower, nucleus of the Tower...Westminster, reinforced by William Rufus's building of Westminster hall, and the beginning in...government to entertain itself well and award contracts to its friends and supporters... |
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Teahouse of the August Moon, The
...perf.; Pulitzer Prize, Tony, NYDCC Awards.] Captain Fisby ( John Forsythe) is under orders...friends have only dismantled and hidden the building materials, so the edifice is hastily...nonetheless walked away with all the season's awards. It was the source of the failed ... |
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Fairs, County and State
...elements of fairs to come: exhibits, competitive judging, the award of prizes or premiums, and social events, including dances...were really horse races with illicit wagering), a Women's Building (or Floral Hall), and an exhibition hall. Around these... |
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Hot L Baltimore, The
...Lanford Wilson. [Circle in the Square, 1,166 perf.; NYDCC Award.] The Hotel Baltimore, once fashionable but now home to prostitutes...has gone out, but no one has bothered to replace it since the building is about to be torn down. Little happens in the Chekhovian... |
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Philadelphia
...between players and antitheatrical authorities. Plumstead's building, which stood on the waterfront between Pine and Lombard streets...honors outstanding theatre productions with its annual Barrymore Awards, named after the illustrious family of actors who came from... |
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Rickover, Hyman G.
...the first nonengineer to receive the prestigious Enrico Fermi Award from the Atomic Energy Commission (1965), and was a recipient...wartime work in the Bureau of Ships. The main engineering building at the Naval Academy is named Rickover Hall ( |
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Seattle Repertory Theatre
...company was founded in 1963 by Stuart Vaughan and was housed in a building remaining from the Seattle World's Fair. The troupe struggled...established playwrights. The company received the 1990 Tony Award for outstanding regional theatre. |
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Warhol, Andy
...book jackets, magazine illustrations, greeting cards, and award‐winning shoe advertisements. In 1962 he created his first silk...six hours of a man sleeping, eight hours of the Empire State Building, and shorter reels of various sex acts.After his near... |
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open
...burned in the grate. ∎ (of an area of land) not covered with buildings or trees: increasing numbers of new houses in open countryside...an open audition was announced. ∎ (also Open) (of an award or the competition for it) unrestricted as to who may qualify... |
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running
...particular: ∎ (of water) flowing naturally or supplied to a building through pipes and taps: hot and cold running water...out of) the running in (or no longer in) contention for an award, victory, or a place on a team: he is in the running for... |
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sweep
...hundred miles across. ∎ a curved part of a drive in front of a building: one fork of the drive continued on to the gravel sweep...inf. a sweepstake. 5. an instance of winning every event, award, or place in a contest: a World Series sweep. 6. a long... |
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decorate
dec·o·rate / ˈdekəˌrāt/ • v. [tr.] 1. make (something) look more attractive by adding ornament to it. ∎ provide (a room or building) with a color scheme, paint, wallpaper, etc.. 2. confer an award or medal on (a member of the armed forces). |
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decoration
...ornamentation. ∎ a thing that serves as an ornament: Christmas decorations. ∎ the application of paint or wallpaper in a room or building. ∎ the paint or wallpaper applied. 2. a medal or award conferred as an honor. |
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Welsh College of Music and Drama
Welsh College of Music and Drama. Welsh mus. coll. founded 1949 as Cardiff Coll. of Mus. in Cardiff Castle. Changed to present title 1970. Moved in 1975 to new building in castle grounds at Cathays Park. Awards diplomas LWCMD and GWCMD. Prin. from 1990, Edmond Fivet. |
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NBA
NBA (USA) National Basketball Association• (USA) National Book Award• (USA) National Boxing Association• National Building Agency• Net Book Agreement• North British Academy |
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2008 SBIC Beyond Green(TM) High-Performance Building Award Winners Announced...
...The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council...High-Performance Building Awards on Feb. 26, 2009...Washington, D.C. The award recipients were honored...high-performance buildings. "Our intention...High Performing Buildings (a ... |
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Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Earns Green Building Award from the...
...Center is the First Facility to Win Green Building Award in Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry HSINCHU...announced that the company has received two awards from the Taiwan government: the Green Building Award from the Interior Ministry and the ... |
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Encompass Wins 2001 Energy User News Building Award for Renovation of San...
...magazine's annual awards. The award is for Encompass Energy...County Courthouse. An awards breakfast will be held...considered an historic building, worthy of preservation...Energy User News, the award "exemplifies excellence...energy ... |
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Prime Group Realty Trust's Continental Towers Wins BOMA's Outstanding Office...
...Complex has won the TOBY Award for the Chicago Suburban...as a "very well run building and it shows" and the dedicated building staff as "a key reason why the buildings continue to win awards." Continental Towers...centrally located retail ... |
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Lightstone Group and Prime Group Realty Trust's Continental Towers Wins...
...Complex has won the TOBY Award for the Chicago Suburban...as a "very well run building and it shows" and the dedicated building staff as "a key reason why the buildings continue to win awards." Continental Towers...centrally located retail ... |
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON PRESIDENT KALIKOW RECEIVES GREEN BUILDING...
...awarded a 2007 Green Building Leadership Award...United States Green Building Council for her...environmentally responsible buildings in Maine. The award was presented by...chapter's annual awards party held at the...of Art. ... |
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Van Andel Institute Earns Highest "Green Building" Award.
...Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Award GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April...000 square foot Phase II building has been awarded LEED Platinum...by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The award...as a leader of sustainable building ... |
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Van Andel Institute Earns Highest "Green Building" Award ; VAI Phase II...
...000 square foot Phase II building has been awarded LEED Platinum...by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The award recognizes West Michigan...as a leader of sustainable building practices in the field of biomedical... |
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AJ First Building Award 2004
...Design & Construction The AJ First Building Award is presented to architects for their first completed stand-alone building. All three shortlisted projects...to be the winner of the AJ First Building Award. The scheme is an expression... |
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NAHB ANNOUNCES NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING AWARD WINNERS.
...remodelers and other home building industry professionals were...of National Green Building Awards by the National Association...in Salt Lake City. "These awards recognize and celebrate the...Bloomfield Hills, Mich. "These award winners are ... |
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