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Johann Georg Hamann
Johann Georg Hamann , 1730-88, German Protestant theologian, b. Königsberg (now Kaliningrad). Although opposed to the rationalism of Kant and the German Enlightenment of Herder and Lessing, he was highly esteemed by the leading thinkers of his day. He was an advocate of religious immediacy,... Read more |
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Robert Joseph Flaherty
Robert Joseph Flaherty , 1884-1951, American explorer and film producer. He was born in Michigan and grew up in Canada. He explored (1910-16) subarctic E Canada and in 1922 completed the first feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North. Though Flaherty approached his subjects with... Read more |
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Ahrens and Flaherty
AHRENS AND FLAHERTY Members: Lynn Ahrens (born New York, New York, 1 October 1948); Stephen Flaherty (born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 18 September 1960). Genre: Musical Theater Best-selling album since 1990: Ragtime [Original Cast Recording] (1998) The team of lyricist Lynn Ahrens and... Read more |
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Robert Flaherty
FLAHERTY, Robert Nationality:American. Born:Robert Joseph Flaherty in Iron Mountain, Michigan, 16 February 1884. Education:Upper Canada College, Toronto, and Michigan College of Mines. Family:Married Frances Hubbard, 1914. Career:Explorer,... Read more |
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Kate OFlaherty Chopin
Kate O'Flaherty Chopin , 1851-1904, American author, b. St. Louis. Of Creole-Irish descent, she married (1870) a Louisiana businessman and lived with him in Natchitoches parish and New Orleans. In these places she acquired an intimate knowledge of Creole and Cajun life, upon which she was to draw in... Read more |
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Liam OFlaherty
Liam O'Flaherty , 1897-1984, Irish novelist, b. Aran Islands, Co. Galway. Many of his realistic novels have a compassionate interest in troubled people caught in the turbulence of his homeland, such as The Informer (1925), successfully filmed in 1935; The Black Soul (1924); Mr. Gilhooley ... Read more |
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Fred Zinnemann
ZINNEMANN, Fred Nationality:Austrian/American. Born:Vienna, 29 April 1907. Education:Educated in law, University of Vienna, degree 1927; studied one year at the Ecole Technique de Photographie et Cinématographie, Paris. Family:Married Renée Bartlett,... Read more |
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OConnor
O'Connor ( Ó Conchobhair). The Connacht royal family (to be distinguished from the unrelated Offaly dynasty of O'Connor Faly) descended from Conchobar (d. 973) of the Uí Briúin Aí, one of the lines claiming descent from Brión, legendary elder brother of Niall... Read more |
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde), 1854-1900, Irish author and wit, b. Dublin. He is most famous for his sophisticated, brilliantly witty plays, which were the first since the comedies of Sheridan and Goldsmith to have both dramatic and literary merit. He studied at Trinity... Read more |
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GRACE FLAHERTY, 96 MANAGED MACHINE COMPANY
Grace M. (Cooney) Glennon Flaherty, 96, of Swampscott...Swampscott, Mrs. Flaherty was educated in Swampscott...retiring in 1970. Mrs. Flaherty leaves four daughters, Claire Madison of Ancram...25, at 10:30 a.m. in St. John ... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Flaherty speaker Campbell decks many sports halls
...s eighth annual Ray Flaherty Scholar/Athlete Banquet...tickets for the 7 p.m. dinner at the Downtown...finalists for the Ray Flaherty Award will be announced...1990s. Tipoff is 7 p.m. Billiards Three men...83. Women's soccer: Claire ... |
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Friends for hire: when it comes to an entourage, where does one draw the line...
...privacy? To find out, Marie Claire fixed me up with my own full...cramped Manhattan), and I'm about to kick back and admire...in some lame teen flick. I'm not the chattiest Cathy, but...usual. On the other hand, I'm full of dread--I haven't... |
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Beauty travelogue Italy: talk about la dolce vita: skin-clearing thermal...
...edits the beauty pages of Marie Claire Italia--the look on her face...products. (Personally, I'm obsessing over a transparent...the cobblestone streets, I'm convinced it has more to do with...the Bulgari Hotel, where I'm told gorgeous Italian socialites... |
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Game fair provides a taste of country life
...Hugo Duncan kept revellers entertained. Billy and Claire Flaherty from Fermanagh brought their son Oisin (2) to...year. Shame the weather wasn't better, but I'm impressed," Mr Flaherty said. Tom Scullion from Phoenix Falconry had the... |
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BRIEF EXAM DIAGNOSES COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS...
...behavioral changes that arise," said Claire Flaherty-Craig, Ph. D., assistant...the disease process," said Flaherty-Craig. "The PSFTS represents...study were Allyson Brothers, M. A.; Chengwu Yang, M. D.; Ph. D.; Ryan Svoboda... |
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Paul E. Kerans, 69 Globe composing room foreman
...Elks Club. He leaves his wife, Doris M. (Rizzi); two sons, Alan P. of...of Middleton, Wis.; two sisters, Claire Flaherty of Mashpee and Patricia Norling of...Mass will be said Monday at 10 a.m. in St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church... |
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COLLEGE GRADUATES
...administration. Wood-Ridge: Andrew M. Mihalik, business administration. MILLSVILLE UNIVERSITY Carlstadt: Claire V. Flaherty, M.S. in psychology. MONMOUTH COLLEGE...Michael P. Kurtz, B.A.; Robert M. Wolowitz, B.A. Rutherford... |
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Julia R. Kerans, 96 Longtime Democratic activist
...church's Sunday school. She leaves two daughters, Claire M. Flaherty of Quincy and Patricia A. Norling of Braintree; three...grandchildren. A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Church in Quincy. Burial... |
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In Swim League, Everybody Wins; Competition Is Second Behind Family, Fun
...couple's daughter, Claire, now dons a swim cap...Germantown under Coach Joe Flaherty, who was Malinda's...almost cried," said Flaherty, who coached at Flower...that idea that attracted Flaherty to swimming about 28...close at 11:30 a.m., ... |
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