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Felicien Rops
Rops, Félicien (b Namur, 7 July 1833; d Essonnes [Corbeil-Essonnes], 23 Aug. 1898). Belgian printmaker (and occasional painter), active mainly in Paris (he settled at Essonnes, a few miles south of the city, in 1874). Rops was a friend of Baudelaire, who helped to launch him in the Paris art... Read more |
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Motley
Motley, costume designers. Founded in the early 1930s in London by Audrey Sophia Harris, Margaret F. Harris, and Elizabeth Montgomery, the company designed clothes for West End shows for a decade before beginning to offer their work to Americans in 1941. Among the plays that featured their... Read more |
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George (Palmer Garrett Jr.)
Garrett, George [Palmer, Jr.] (1929–), born in Florida, educated at Princeton, to which he returned as a professor after teaching writing and criticism at Hollins College and the University of South Carolina. His first publication was poetry, continued in The Sleeping Gypsy (1958), Abraham's... Read more |
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syndicalists
syndicalists. Disliking capitalism and fearing that the triumph of communism would merely introduce a different form of state oppression, syndicalists argued for the transfer of power to the trade unions, if necessary through a general strike. Their theorists included Proudhon and Sorel, they... Read more |
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Rolonda Watts
Rolonda Watts 1959– Television journalist, talk show host <... Read more |
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Trade shows
Trade Shows A trade show is an event where companies that are involved in a certain industry gather to exhibit their products, learn about current trends in their industry, and gain knowledge about their competitors. Trade shows provide opportunities for selling, reinforcing existing business... Read more |
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Wild West Show
Wild West Shows Sources Colorful Effects.From 1883 to 1916 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show enjoyed a place as the “National Entertainment.” Ownership and the show’s title changed several times, but the show always contained cowboys performing feats of skill and... Read more |
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Sayyid
Sayyid ETHNONYMS: none The Sayyids are descendants of Ali, the son-in-law of Mohammed by Fatima, Mohammed's daughter; and those found in South Asia today are the representatives of the Sayyids who, during the Muslim supremacy, flocked to India as religious teachers, soldiers, and adventurers,... Read more |
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Vauxhall gardens
Vauxhall gardens (London), just south of the Thames, opened soon after the Restoration as New Spring gardens, and were visited by Pepys, who complained of high prices. In 1732 Jonathan Tyers arranged a grand reopening, attended by Frederick, prince of Wales. The central features were the Rotunda... Read more |
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