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Dick Clark Productions Inc
Dick Clark Productions, Inc. 3003 W. Olive AvenueBurbank, California 91505U.S.A.(818) 841-3003Fax: (818) 954-8609 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1977Employees: 525 (est.)Sales: $46.64 million (1995)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 7812 Motion Picture & Video Production; 7389 Business Services, Not... Read more |
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Dick Clark
Dick Clark Rock music promoter, producer Rock ‘n Roll History With Fame Came Wealth His Face was Everywhere Sources Dick Clark doesn’t play a musical instrument, has written a few bad songs, and made one record that sunk without a trace, but he has been a prevailing force in the music... Read more |
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Franco-American Alliance
Franco‐American Alliance (1778–1800).In 1778, Benjamin Franklin and France's foreign minister, the comte de Vergennes, signed two documents—a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, and a Treaty of Alliance—midway through the American Revolutionary War. They expressed... Read more |
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pemmican
pemmican , a travel food of the Native North American. Slices of lean venison or buffalo meat were sun dried, pounded to a paste, and packed with melted fat in rawhide bags. Dried currants or wild berries were sometimes included in the paste. Pacific coast Native Americans used a similar fish... Read more |
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Francis Edward Clark
Francis Edward Clark 1851-1927, American Congregational clergyman, founder of Christian Endeavor . He was born of American parents in Aylmer, Que., and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873. While serving as pastor of the Williston Congregational Church in Portland, Maine, he organized... Read more |
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The National Park of American Samoa
The National Park of American Samoa c.9,000 acres (3,645 hectares), American Samoa, S Pacific Ocean. Comprising areas on the islands of Ofu, Ta'u, and Tutuila, the park features the only paleotropical rain forest in the U.S. national park system, flying foxes and other tropical wildlife, numerous... Read more |
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croquet
croquet , lawn game in which the players hit wooden balls with wooden mallets through a series of 9 or 10 wire arches, or wickets. The first player to hit the posts placed at each end of the field wins. The game developed in France in the 17th cent. Though the American public identifies it as a... Read more |
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William Clark
William Clark 1770-1838, American explorer, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition , b. Caroline co., Va.; brother of George Rogers Clark . He was an army officer (1792-96), serving in a number of engagements with Native Americans. In 1803 he was chosen by his friend Meriwether ... Read more |
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Oliver Pollock
Oliver Pollock 1737-1823, American merchant, b. Ireland. He arrived in America at the age of 23 and became a successful merchant. After moving to New Orleans, Pollock speculated advantageously in land and in the slave trade and gained the confidence of the Spanish government. He contributed... Read more |
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Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) gained acclaim across genres with novels and short stories that anticipated major aspects of life in the late 20th century and beyond. Prolific in the extreme, Dick wrote about the nature of consciousness and reality in a... Read more |
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