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Bk
Bk symbol for the element berkelium .
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder , 1946-82, German filmmaker, b. Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria. One of the most highly regarded and prolific directors of the post-World War II generation and a leading figure in modern German cinema, he began his career as an actor in Munich's avant-garde theater and establis...
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Michael Moore
Michael Moore 1954-, American documentary filmmaker, author, and sociopolitical activist, b. Flint, Mich. After working as an alternative print and radio journalist, he embarked on a career as a highly personal, populist, frequently polarizing, and increasingly controversial documentary filmmaker. ...
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida , 1930-2004, French philosopher, b. El Biar, Algeria. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, he taught there and at the Sorbonne, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and a number of American universities. In his famously ...
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Parke Godwin
Parke Godwin 1816-1904, American journalist, b. Paterson, N.J. He became associated while working on the New York Evening Post with William Cullen Bryant , whose daughter he married. He later published a biography of Bryant (1883) and edited his works (4 vol., 1883-84). He retained his connectio...
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Humboldt
Humboldt , city (1990 pop. 9,651), Gibson co., W central Tenn.; inc. 1865. It is a trade and processing center in a region yielding fruits (especially strawberries) and vegetables. Humboldt also has several granite and marble works and some diverse manufacturing.
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Philip Evergood
Philip Evergood 1901-73, American painter and etcher, b. New York City. His original name was Philip Blashki. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge and studied art in New York City and Paris. Evergood was famed for his murals, including The Story of Richmond Hill (1936-37; Public Library branch, ...
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coroner
coroner , judicial officer responsible for investigating deaths occurring through violence or under suspicious circumstances. The office has been traced to the late 12th cent. Originally the coroner's duties were primarily to maintain records of criminal justice and to take custody of all royal prop...
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Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin , 1933-96, American sculptor, b. New York City. In the early 1960s, Flavin experimented with fluorescent lights, bending them into complex, angular shapes. His sculptures, which are closely related to minimalism in underlying approach, incorporate installations of commercially made fixt...
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motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ).
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Experiments in photographing mov...
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