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Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern 1920-2001, American violinist, b. Kremenets, in what is now Ukraine. Brought to the United States as an infant, Stern began piano lessons at the age of six and violin lessons at eight. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and made his debut at 11 with the San Francisco Symphony... Read more |
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Tuskegee Syphilis Study RACISM PERSEVERANCE SCIENTIFIC VALUE A LESSON FOR RESEARCH ETHICS BIBLIOGRAPHY From 1932 to 1972, the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) sponsored an observational study of syphilis in black men in Macon County, Alabama. This trial has come to be known as the... Read more |
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Juan Batlle Planas
Batlle Planas, Juan (b Torroella de Montgri, nr. Girona, 3 Mar. 1911; d Buenos Aires, 8 Oct. 1966). Argentine painter, printmaker, designer, and writer, considered the father of Surrealist art in his country. He was born in Spain and moved to Buenos Aires with his family in 1913. Although he had... Read more |
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Robert Strange McNamara
Robert Strange McNamara , 1916-, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1961-68), b. San Francisco. He taught (1940-43) business administration at Harvard, served in World War II, and was (1946-60) an executive of the Ford Motor Company, where he was responsible for many of the managerial and product changes... Read more |
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proverb
proverb short statement of wisdom or advice that has passed into general use. More homely than aphorisms, proverbs generally refer to common experience and are often expressed in metaphor, alliteration, or rhyme, e.g., "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," "When the cat's away, the... Read more |
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Lester Young
Lester Young 1909–1959 Jazz musician Stern Lessons Engendered Young’s Spontaneity Spent Peak Performance Years With Basie Long, Stow Decline Towards De... Read more |
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David Foster
David Foster Keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, record company executive Fostered Reputation as Gifted Keyboardist Reveled in Variety Dominated Charts 1992 an Unforgettable Year Selected discography Sources David Foster started his music career at the age of five in Victoria,... Read more |
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Gabriel Metsu
Gabriel Metsu , 1630?-1667, Dutch genre painter, b. Leiden. In 1657 he moved to Amsterdam, where he remained for the rest of his life. In his youth he painted biblical subjects, such as Woman Taken in Adultery (Louvre), which show Rembrandt's influence. His true gift was for genre, and he is best... Read more |
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Sex education
Sex Education The idea that schools and the state have a responsibility to teach young people about sex is a peculiarly modern one. The rise of sex education to a regular place in the school curriculum in the United States and Western Europe is not, however, simply a story of modern enlightenment... Read more |
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