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Otto Liman von Sanders
Otto Liman von Sanders , 1855-1929, German general. In 1913 he was made head of the German military mission to Constantinople to reorganize the army of the Ottoman Empire. His appointment caused a diplomatic crisis between Germany and Russia, which suspected German designs on the Ottoman capital. A ... Read more
Nicholas Sanders
Nicholas Sanders 1530-81, English Roman Catholic churchman. He became prominent at Oxford as an ally of Cardinal Pole and had to flee on the accession of Elizabeth I. He attended the Council of Trent and traveled in Poland and Lithuania. He rose to prominence as a leader of the exiled English Catho... Read more
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe 1564-93, English dramatist and poet, b. Canterbury. Probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare, Marlowe, a shoemaker's son, was educated at Cambridge and he went to London in 1587, where he became an actor and dramatist for the Lord Admiral's Company. His most im... Read more
Benjamin Peirce
Benjamin Peirce 1809-80, American mathematician and astronomer, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1829. From 1833 he was a professor at Harvard; he helped establish the Harvard Observatory and was an organizer of the Dudley Observatory, Albany, N.Y. In the field of mechanics he made studies of the fo... Read more
ergonomics
ergonomics the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions. The objective is to improve the efficiency of operation by taking into... Read more
Laramie
Laramie , city (1990 pop. 26,687), seat of Albany co., SE Wyo., on the Laramie River; inc. 1874. It is a commercial, railroad, and industrial center for a livestock and timber region. Laramie has railyards, sawmills, a cement factory, and meat-storage facilities. Other industries produce beverages, ... Read more
Charles Sanders Peirce
Charles Sanders Peirce , 1839-1914, American philosopher and polymath, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1859; son of Benjamin Peirce . Except for occasional lectures he renounced the regimen of academic life and was in government service with the Geodetic Survey for many years. Regarding logic a... Read more
John Richard Hersey
John Richard Hersey , 1914-93, American author, b. China, grad. Yale, 1936. Reflecting his experiences as a war correspondent in World War II, many of his writings are concerned with the problem of intolerance and inhumanity. His first novel, A Bell for Adano (1944; Pulitzer Prize), depicts the Am... Read more
tattoo
tattoo the marking of the skin with punctures into which pigment is rubbed. The word originates from the Tahitian tattau [to mark]. The term is sometimes extended to scarification, which consists of skin incisions into which irritants may be rubbed to produce a permanent raised scar. The modern m... Read more
essay
essay relatively short literary composition in prose, in which a writer discusses a topic, usually restricted in scope, or tries to persuade the reader to accept a particular point of view. Although such classical authors as Theophrastus, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, and Plutarch wrote essays, the term... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "George Sanders"

Brown, George
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Brown, George (1914–85). Brown was one of the Labour...at the general election of 1970 and was made Lord George-Brown the same year. Notorious for his drinking...1968 confirmed his political irrelevance. Andrew Sanders
Baker v. Carr
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...that was first announced in Gray v. Sanders (1963) and was confirmed with respect...legislative districts in Wesberry v. Sanders (1964) and Reynolds v. Sims (1964...the Tennessee secretary of state, and George McCanless, the attorney general. The...
Marshall, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...1778 at Valley Forge , and came to revere George Washington . He resigned his commission...the College of William and Mary under George Wythe, one of Virginia's most respected...once in a constitutional case, Ogden v. Sanders (1827). Although sometimes prone to...
zoos
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...citizens made their own collections. Sir Sanders Duncombe, a physician, had a small zoo...governor of New South Wales in 1792 sent George III the first kangaroo to be trans-shipped...private and municipal zoos multiplied. George Wombwell's travelling menagerie was...
Hugo Lafayette Black
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...first term in the Senate he supported the efforts of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska to keep Muscle Shoals dams for public...inaugurated the expression "one man one vote." In Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), Black ruled that "as nearly as practicable one...
Kurt Weill
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...nden (1933, The Seven Deadly Sins ), with choreography by George Balanchine, and he composed the scores for two musical plays...biography, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982. Sanders, Ronald, The days grow short: the life and music of Kurt...
Alfred Jules Ayer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Origins of Pragmatism: Studies in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce and William James (1968); Philosophical Essays...Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein and by the earlier empiricism of George Berkeley and David Hume. The book is a milestone in the development...
Manson, Charles M. (1934-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Manson in His Own Words. New York: Grove Press, 1986. George, Edward. Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars. Griffin Trade...Family Portrait. New York: Richard Merek Publishers, 1980. Sanders, Ed. The Family. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1971. Reprint...
Logic, Symbolic
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...as techniques of algebra were applied to issues of logic in the work of George Boole (1815 – 1864), Augustus de Morgan (1806 – 1871), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839 – 1914), and Ernst Schr ö der (1841...
Christopher Marlowe
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...long poem Hero and Leander (1598), which was finished by George Chapman , and the beautiful lyric that begins "Come live with...Kocher (1946), H. Levin (1952, repr. 1964), W. Sanders (1969), J. B. Steane (1964, repr. 1970), R. Erikson...

Dictionary entries related to "George Sanders"

Sanders, George
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers SANDERS, George Nationality: British. Born: St. Petersburg, Russia, of English parents...over the next few years; 1957—host of TV series The George Sanders Mystery Theatre. Awards: Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for All...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Lorraine Albright (after ). Cast: George Sanders (Lord Henry Wotton) ; Hurd Hatfield...Evanston), no. 9, 1997. Turner, George, "The Picture of Dorian Gray...during the 1940s. All featured George Sanders, fin-de-siècle...
The General
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Close Up, Berkeley, 1977. Wead, George, and George Ellis, The Film Career of Buster...Maryland), Spring 1975. Wead, George, "The Great Locomotive Chase...no. 166, June-July 1989. Sanders, J., "Dreaming in Pictures...
Gregory (More Correctly Gregorie), James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x201C; clerk ” William Sanders in drafting a scornful reply...hydrostatics by the Glasgow professor George Sinclair: to Sanders ’ Great and New Art...x201D; Backed in turn by Sanders, the next year he implemented...
Mule
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...slaughtered and eaten when meat was low and wild game impossible to find. George Washington used his influence to get embargoes removed so mules could be...American West. Battle Mountain, Nev.: Medicine Wolf Press, 1992. Peggy Sanders
County and State Fairs
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...and selling. America's first fairs were promoted by King George II in 1745 in Trenton Township, New Jersey, for the buying...and County Fairs in the USA. New York: Morrow, 1974. Peggy Sanders See also Circus and Carnival .
Brackett, Leigh
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...York, 1944. Stranger at Home (ghost-written for George Sanders), New York, 1946. Shadow over Mars, New York...Sleep (screenplay), in Film Scripts One, edited by George P. Garrett, O. B. Harrison, Jr., and Jane Gelfmann...
Nolte, Nick
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...TV) 1977 The Deep (Yates) (as David Sanders) 1978 Who'll Stop the Rain (Reisz...Player (Altman); Lorenzo's Oil (George Miller) (as Augusto Odone) 1993 Gettysburg...Berkhamsted, England), July 1991. "George Stover on Film," in Fatal Visions...
Robeson, Paul
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...The Emperor Jones (Dudley Murphy) (as Brutus Jones) 1935 Sanders of the River (Bosambo ) (Z. Korda) (as Bosambo) 1936...Mount Paul," in New World Review, February 1962. Fishman, George, "Paul Robeson's Student Days and the Fight against Racism...
pragmatism (philosophy of)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...significantly in emphasis, its key proponents are generally agreed to be the realists Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey , and the nominalists William James and George Herbert Mead . It is identified with the Chicago School of sociology, and Paul Rock...

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Phyllis Iannella, George Sanders marry in Scituate
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 9/28/2002; ; 339 words ; Phyllis Iannella of Weymouth and George Sanders of Braintree were married July 28 at the Barker Tavern in Scituate...Norwell, was maid of honor. The groom is the son of Marjorie Sanders of Braintree. His friend, James Maloney of Dorchester, was...
George V. Sanders
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 3/19/2005; ; 351 words ; SANDWICH - George V. Sanders, 52, of Sandwich, an employee at...Sanders of Braintree; a brother, Paul Sanders of Plymouth; two sisters, Mary Fritz...California. He was the son of the late George Sanders. A funeral Mass will be celebrated...
George Phillip Sanders
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 2/12/2008; 318 words ; ...Hills Funeral Home, Yakima YAKIMA - George Phillip Sanders, age 65, passed away in Yakima on February...20, 1942 in Yakima to John and Almira Sanders. He was preceded in death by his son George Sanders Jr. He is survived by his daughter Lorrie...
George T. Sanders Co. changes management team. (News: companies associations people government trends).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 1/1/2003; 648 words ; Matthew D. Sanders became president of wholesale firm George T Sanders Co. (Wheat Ridge, Colo...administration; and Beverly A. Sanders, vice president/human resources...Knoxville, Tenn.); George Conyngham Jr., president...
Running backs put end to Heisman jinx George, Salaam, Sanders show their mettle as pros
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/8/1996; ; 700+ words ; Eddie George ran wild in college and won...What Heisman Jinx? Barry Sanders, the 1988 winner, is the...awards in football," says George, who has 1,021 yards on...fare in the pros. Even after Sanders ran for an NCAA-record 2...
George T. Sanders Co. hosts field marketing summit.(Industry News)(George T. Sanders Company Inc.)(Conference news)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 4/1/2009; 573 words ; Employees of wholesale firm George T. Sanders Co., Wheatridge, CO, met with local representatives from 12 Affiliated Distributor vendors in February for the company's...
George T. Sanders Co.(Trade Shows, Conferences ...)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 3/1/2008; 523 words ; Wholesaler George T. Sanders Co., Wheat Ridge, CO, hosted its second annual Affiliated Distributors Field Marketing Summit Jan. 17. Among the attendees...
George T. Sanders Co.(INDUSTRY NEWS ...)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 7/1/2009; 390 words ; George T. Sanders Co. (Wheat Ridge, CO) teamed up with Bender Plumbing and Homes For Our Troops to help build an accessible home for Staff Sergeant...
George T. Sanders Co.(PEOPLE ON THE MOVE)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 3/1/2009; 265 words ; George T. Sanders Co. Wheat Ridge, CO) promoted Derek Bell to vice president of sales and marketing,
Obituary: George Francis Sanders
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/6/2003; 462 words ; ...1924 in Burley, ID to Charles Alma and Gladys Ione Brown Sanders, one of nine children, raised in Rupert, ID. Joined the...Jessop. From this marriage, he had Peggy, Donna and Terry. George worked for the U.S. Postal Service for five years; worked...