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Carson
Carson city (1990 pop. 83,995), Los Angeles co., S Calif., an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1968. Oil refining is the major industry; fabricated metals, paper, and other products are manufactured. The California State Univ. Dominguez Hills is there.... Read more |
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Pomona
Pomona , city (1990 pop. 131,723), Los Angeles co., S Calif. at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1888. It is a residential, industrial, and commercial suburb of Los Angeles where citrus fruits and vegetables are canned and shipped. Manufactures include foods; paper, metal, and plastic... Read more |
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Times Mirror Co
TIMES MIRROR CO. The Times Mirror Company was first incorporated in 1884 as the parent company of the Los Angeles Times ; this collaboration was founded in 1881 by the Los Angeles Daily Times and its printer, the Mirror Printing and Binding House. The company was founded by Civil War veteran... Read more |
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Judy Sierra
Sierra, Judy 1945-PersonalBorn Judy Strup, June 8, 1945, in Washington, DC; name legally changed, 1985; daughter of Joseph L. (a photographer) and Jean (a librarian) Strup; married Robert Walter Kaminski (a puppeteer and elementary schoolteacher); children: Christopher Robin Strup. Education:... Read more |
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Michael Warren
Warren, Michael 1946- (Mike Warren)PERSONALFull name, Lloyd Michael Warren; born March 5, 1946, in South Bend, IN; father, a janitor and truck driver; married Susie Narramore, September 25, 1974 (divorced); married Jenny Palacios; children: (first marriage) Kekoa, Cash; (second marriage) Grayson... Read more |
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Thomas Bradley
Thomas Bradley 1917–1998 Mayor of Los Angeles Joined Los Angeles Police Force Entered Los Angeles Politics Elected Mayor of Los Angeles Sought California Governorship Sources In the two decades after his election as the first black mayor of Los Angeles, Thomas Bradley’s name was... Read more |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Formed: 1983, Los Angeles, California Members: Michael "Flea" Balzary, bass (born Melbourne, Australia, 16 October 1962); John Frusciante, guitar (born New York, New York, 5 March 1970); Anthony Kiedis, vocals (born Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1 November 1962); Chad Smith... Read more |
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. After his death the Southern California Symphony Association was formed in 1934 to sponsor the orchestra. It was housed in Philharmonic Auditorium from 1920 until 1964, when it moved to the newly constructed Dorothy... Read more |
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West, Jessamyn
...had long resi‐dence in California. Her first work...the life of an adolescent California girl on a ranch and in town. South of the Angels (1960) is a large and...Midwestern woman transplanted to California. Stories are collected... |
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McClure, Michael (Thomas)
...Francisco and since 1962 a professor at Oakland's California College of Arts and Crafts. He has been associated...by Kafka. Freewheelin Frank Secretary of the Angels (1969) deals with Hell's Angels motorcyclists. The Mad Club (1970) contains... |
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Wagner, Robin (Samuel Anton)
...designer. The San Francisco native studied at the California School of Fine Arts and created his earliest...Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), City of Angels (1989), Crazy for You (1992), Angels in America (1993), Victor/Victoria (1995... |
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Mexican War
...against Mexico, the desire to acquire California, and the ambition of imperialists for...by Sloat, Stockton, and Frémont in California; Kearny in New Mexico; Taylor, Wool...s Biglow Papers and Whittier's The Angels of Buena Vista, to those who saw the... |
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Mulford, Prentice
Mulford, Prentice (1834–91),California humorist and journalist, whose newspaper writings...is an account of his life up to 1872, when he left California, and The Swamp Angel (1888) is a description of his Thoreau‐like retreat... |
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Wilson, Lanford
...as a teenager, he went to southern California to be with his long‐divorced father...leaving his divorced mother to live in California with his father and finding that...between Matt Friedman and Sally Talley. Angels Fall (1982) brings together at an isolated... |
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Herne, James A.
...s Grand Opera House. He next managed several theatres in California, where he met David Belasco and married Katharine Corcoran...1900), in which Herne assumed the role of an aging guardian angel, Captain Dan Marble. Herne was more of an enlightened, progressive... |
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marine biology
...Echinus spp.) can graze down these forests and reduce their diversity. Off California the populations of sea urchins are kept in check by one of the most charismatic...and and Dipper, F. , Elements of Marine Ecology (1998). M. V. Angel |
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upwelling
...plankton and fish develop. Upwelling occurs regularly along the coasts of California, Peru, north-west and south-west Africa, and in the north-west...so these regions are major centres for commercial fisheries. M. V. Angel |
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Wood, Charles Erskine Scott
...from the Ranges (1929). Colonel Wood, who long lived in California, is best known for Heavenly Discourse (1927), a series...conversations take place in Heaven among God, Satan, Jesus, and such angels or temporary visitors as Rabelais, Voltaire, Paine, Clemens... |
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Angels Camp
Angels Camp, California/USA Named after Henry Angel, who discovered gold in the vicinity in 1848. |
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Hells Angel
Hell's An·gel • n. a member of any of a number of gangs (“chapters”) of male motorcycle enthusiasts, first formed in California in the 1950s and originally notorious for lawless behavior. |
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Los Angeles
...Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico, USA USA (California): founded by the Spanish in 1781 as El...Angeles ‘The Town of the Queen of the Angels’; for a time it was simply called El...of the full title, from the Spanish angel ‘angel’, were preferred for the shortened... |
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Bliss, (Sir) Arthur (Drummond)
...1939 to 1941 he taught at Berkeley in California, but on return to Eng. became BBC dir...opera for television, Tobias and the Angel, in 1960 to a lib. by Christopher Hassall...Pepusch work for film); Tobias and the Angel (1960).BALLETS: Checkmate (1937... |
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hell
...matter of sex, there is no heart more bloodthirsty.’Hell's Angel a member of any of a number of gangs (‘chapters’) of male motorcycle enthusiasts, first formed in California in the 1950s and originally notorious for lawless behaviour... |
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CALIFORNIA ANGEL
...Commentary and analysisA California political direct-mail company...which is Patricia Whitcomb Angel, the daughter of former Republican...Committee. The entrance of the California firm in the Hoosier political...for candidates in Florida, California, North ... |
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David Rothenberg, burn victim, to be guest of honor at California Angel's...
...will meet the members of the Angel baseball team and throw out...years ago at the University of California Irvine's Medical Burn Center...on the book cover wearing a California Angel's baseball cap, can...his young son and fled to ... |
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CALIFORNIA ANGEL OF DEATH
...Host: Police in southern California are working to unravel a different...said he considered himself an angel of death. He was angry to...conviction in the state of California. You must have some evidence...Clayson, ABC News, Glendale, California. BILL ... |
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DISNEY TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN CALIFORNIA ANGELS
...PRNewswire/ -- The California Angels and The Walt Disney...s production of "Angels in the Outfield...office smash featured the California Angels. In the fall...Walt Disney Company; California Angels ST: ... |
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL APPROVES DISNEY'S BID TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN CALIFORNIA...
...a 25 percent interest in the California Angels, effective March 18. Disney...our close ties with Southern California," said Michael D. Eisner...Noted Gene Autry, "Teaming the California Angels with Disney is a perfect... |
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An inviting week for 1,000 Orange County youngsters. (IBM and the California...
...consecutive year that IBM and the California Angels have sponsored the Student...baseball teams in Southern California; it's one of five in the...The IBM Corporation and the California Angeles applaud your positive...invite you to be our guest at ... |
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San Bernardino may get better returns from California Angels
...welcomes a new partner in the California Angels and its owner Artie Moreno...of players who polished up at California League teams stationed in San...Today, and ESPN.com all report California League results. Arrowhead Credit... |
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PRIMESPORTS' CALIFORNIA ANGELS GO INTERACTIVE VIA InTV
...individualized Prime Sports' telecasts of California Angels home season baseball games. A...InTV's enhanced programming of Angels home games will include various...2570/ (IATV) CO: ACTV ST: California IN: ENT TLS SU: PDT PS-DW... |
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DISNEY MOVES CALIFORNIA ANGELS TO THEIR STATION KCAL
...DIS), managing partners of the California Angels, disclosed today that they would...and certainly logical since the Angels and owner Gene Autry sold part...KCAL; Walt Disney Co. ST: California IN: ENT LEI SU: EQ-DM -- LA099... |
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L.A. Baseball Dispute Prompts P.R. Battle.(Time Warner Cable suspends...
...rights fee dispute in Southern California, both parties claim to be winning...carriage of Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels Major League Baseball telecasts...power blackouts that occurred in California at the beginning of the year... |
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