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Battle of White Plains 1776
WHITE PLAINS, BATTLE OF WHITE PLAINS, BATTLE OF. The first military movement after the Battle of Harlem (16 September 1776) came when the British general William Howe moved his army up the East River to cut off General George Washington's communication with New England. His slow advance gave... Read more |
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Lindsay Lohan
Lohan, Lindsay July 2, 1986 • New York, New York Actress Lindsay Lohan was introduced to filmgoers in 1998 when she faced the difficult task of filling the shoes of beloved child actress Hayley Mills in a remake of The Parent Trap.Lohan offered herself up for... Read more |
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Tracy Morgan
Morgan, Tracy 1968-PERSONALBorn November 10, 1968, in the Bronx, New York, NY; son of Jimmy Morgan (a musician) and Alicia; married Sabina, c. 1985 (divorced); children: Tracy, Jr., Malcolm, Gitrid.Addresses:Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Super Artists,... Read more |
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airline industry
airline industry the business of transporting paying passengers and freight by air along regularly scheduled routes, typically by airplanes but also by helicopter. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin set up the first commercial airline in 1912, using a form of the dirigible to transport more than 34,000... Read more |
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Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming
Williamina Fleming The first of the famous women astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory, Williamina Fleming (1857-1911) helped to revolutionize astronomy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She discovered ten novae, or exploding stars, and more than 200 variable stars.... Read more |
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Chris Rock
Chris Rock 1967(?)– Comedian, actor At a Glance… Honed Comedic Skills on SNL Brand of Humor Drew Criticism Sources Chris Rock has been a stand-up comic in local New York comedy clubs since he was a teenager. But, with the signing of a five-year contract as a featured player on... Read more |
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Henry Morrison Flagler
Henry Morrison Flagler 1830-1913, American financier and real-estate developer, b. Hopewell, near Canandaigua, N.Y. As a youth he struck out for himself in Ohio. After trying the grain and salt business, he joined John D. Rockefeller in oil refining. The firm of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler... Read more |
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Hilton Hotels Corp
Hilton Hotels Corporation 9336 Civic Center DriveBeverly Hills, California 90210U.S.A.Telephone: (310) 278-4321Fax: (310) 205-7678Web site: http://www.hilton.com Public Company Incorporated: 1946Employees: 74,000Sales: $3.85 billion (2003)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: HLTNAIC: 721110... Read more |
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lodestar
lodestar a star that is used to guide the course of a ship, especially the pole star. The word is recorded from Middle English, and the first element means ‘way, course’. The figurative use developed early and was popular up to the 17th century; it was then revived in the early 19th... Read more |
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