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hart in Christian iconography, the hart can symbolize a soul longing for the water of baptism, in allusion to Psalm 42. A hart can also stand as an image of Christ as the adversary of Satan, since the Bestiaries attribute to deer the power of finding and killing snakes.A hart (or stag), sometimes... Read more |
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Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart Drummer, percussionist For the Record… Joined the Grateful Dead Developed Own Musical Pursuits Continued Interest in World Music Selected discography Selected writings Sources Mickey Hart is best known as one of two drummers in the improvisational.... Read more |
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Lorenz Milton Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart 1895-1943, American lyricist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. Hart began collaborating with Richard Rodgers in 1919; their initial success was The Garrick Gaieties (1925). Thereafter, the team of Rodgers and Hart produced such popular musicals as Connecticut Yankee ... Read more |
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Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart
Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart (1907-1992) became a leading scholar in the field of legal philosophy after publishing his most influential work, The Concept of Law, in 1961. Hart was a foremost proponent of legal positivism. Law Career H.L.A. Hart was born on... Read more |
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Bret Harte
Bret Harte (Francis Brett Harte) , 1836-1902, American writer of short stories and humorous verse, b. Albany, N.Y. At 19 he went to California, where he tried his hand at teaching, clerking, and mining. In 1868 he helped establish the Overland Monthly, where his short stories and verse first... Read more |
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
Hart, Alvin Youngblood1963— Musician Steeped in the acoustic blues tradition of his Mississippi ancestors, guitarist and singer Alvin Youngblood Hart has earned both critical and popular acclaim. His songs honor the blues heritage of such seminal figures as Leadbelly and Robert Johnson, but also... Read more |
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John Hart
John Hart 1711?-1779, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Hopewell Township, N.J. A prosperous farm and mill owner, he was a member of the provincial assembly (1761-71), of several provincial congresses, and of the Continental Congress of 1776.... Read more |
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Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton 1889-1975, American regionalist painter, b. Neosho, Mo.; grandnephew of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton and son of Congressman Maecenas E. Benton. In 1906 and 1907 he attended the Art Institute of Chicago and at 19 went to Paris, where he remained five years. On his return to the United... Read more |
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Moss Hart
Moss Hart 1904-61, American dramatist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. His first important play, Once in a Lifetime (1930), marked the beginning of a long collaboration with George S. Kaufman . Among their other successful comedies are Merrily We Roll Along (1934), You Can't Take It... Read more |
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Henry Hart Milman
Henry Hart Milman 1791-1868, English clergyman, poet, and historian, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, from 1849. He was the author of several dramatic poems as well as some important historical works. His History of the Jews (1830) was the first work of English theology to subject the Bible... Read more |
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Handicapping the Homestretch; Media Complain Polls Turn Primary Into Horse...
...media are increasingly focused on poll numbers and handicapping, despite a dubious track record. Reporters here religiously...president Walter F. Mondale holding a huge lead over Gary Hart. Hart won the primary with a late surge. "New Hampshire... |
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Why political journalism fails at handicapping the race: there is too much...
...an understanding of what fuels voters' passions. The handicapping role of political journalists, while it might not be...other election walk-up years, when Jimmy Carter, Gary Hart, and Bill Clinton were pulling surprise ascents like... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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HANDICAPPING THE GRAMMYS
...generally conservative lot, may recall his tawdry association with Donna Rice, the reputed lover of presidential hopeful Gary Hart (who met her at a party at Henley's house). A recent Grammy membership drive has signed up younger voters who might... |
 "The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)")
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Mid-South Memories - Inching ahead
...would gamble on Colorado's Sen. Gary Hart for president in 1984 if he were...a dark horse, I'd pick Gary Hart," Baker said in handicapping the Democratic candidates for Sunday's Washington Post. He called Hart charismatic, ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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POLLS TRIVIALIZE PRESIDENTIAL RACES: YES NO UNDECIDED.(Main)
...media are increasingly focused on poll numbers and handicapping, despite a dubious track record. Reporters religiously...President Walter F. Mondale holding a huge lead over Gary Hart. Hart won the primary with a late surge. "New Hampshire... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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WASHINGTON IS NOT 'EVIL' IT'S MERELY 'DECADENT'
...Racing Form of the city, offering up-to-the-minute handicapping of the political scene. The current contest features...according to his chief sponsor, Sen. John Danforth. Gary Hart might as well have been a fugitive from justice, so... |
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Historic role models for '04
...Other presidential wannabes -Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Gary Hart and Wesley Clark - may also find road maps in history...chief of Campaigns & Elections magazine. For his ongoing handicapping of elections across the nation, see The Political Oddsmaker... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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The Pundit Primary has a winner.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
...s got the best legs and the most impressive lungs. Handicapping the candidates, dishing the campaign gossip and peddling...include the likes of Edmund Muskie, Nelson Rockefeller and Gary Hart, to name only three. Henry Cabot Lodge came home from... |
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WASHINGTON PLAYS HARDBALL; MEDIA TELL WHO'S AHEAD.(MAIN)
...Racing Form of the city, offering up-to-the-minute handicapping of the political scene. The current contest features...according to his chief sponsor, Sen. John Danforth. Gary Hart might as well have been a fugitive from justice, so... |
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Town Without Pity
...Racing Form of the city, offering up-to-the-minute handicapping of the political scene.Here's an excerpt from Monday...according to his chief sponsor, Sen. John Danforth. Gary Hart might as well have been a fugitive from justice, so... |
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