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Odds
Odds Pop band For the Record… Familiar Sounds, Infectious Beats Lyrical Inspiration and Self-Engineering Looking Forward to Peaking Selected discography Sources Quintessential Canadian pop band, the Odds, have been compared to a re... Read more |
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Wolcott Gibbs
Gibbs, [Oliver] Wolcott (1902–58), critic. A descendant of Oliver Wolcott, signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was born in New York and attended the Hill School but not college. He held such odd jobs as architect's apprentice and railroad conductor before joining The New Yorker, for... Read more |
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Eccentricity
206. Eccentricity Addams Family weird family, presented in grotesque domesticity. [TV: Terrace, I, 29] Boynton, Nanny travels with set of Encyclopaedia Britannica to settle disputes. [Am. Lit.: “Percy” in Stories, 634–644] Dick, Mr. odd but harmless old gentleman.... Read more |
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Harry Mathews
Mathews, Harry (1930– ),New York City‐born author, long expatriated in France, whose esoteric, experimental works include short novels concerned with curiously convoluted quests. The Conversions (1962) presents a person who can inherit a huge fortune if able to answer three recondite... Read more |
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Jan Swart van Groningen
Swart van Groningen, Jan (b Groningen, c.1500; d ?Antwerp, c.1560). Netherlandish painter, book illustrator, and designer of stained glass. He worked mainly in Antwerp and Gouda, and also travelled to Italy early in his career. His pictures show that he was familiar with the work of Dürer,... Read more |
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Steven Soderbergh
SODERBERGH, Steven Nationality:American. Born:14 January 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia. Education:High school graduate, 1980. Family:Married Betsy Brantley, 1989 (divorced, 1994); one daughter. Career:Did odd jobs while writing scripts and directing... Read more |
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Jersey Joe Walcott
Walcott, Jersey Joe January 13, 1914February 25, 1994 Boxer Jersey Joe Walcott was born Arnold Raymond Cream and raised in Merchantville, near Camden, New Jersey, one of twelve children of Ella and Joseph Cream. His father, an immigrant from Barbados, died when Arnold was fourteen. To help... Read more |
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Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory1932— Comedian, Activist, Advocate Dick Gregory has made a name for himself in many areas: as an athlete, comedian, civil rights activist, author, nutritionist, outspoken defender of peaceful solutions to overseas conflicts, and, in the 2000s, elder statesman of every issue he has ever... Read more |
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Vitamin A deficiency
Vitamin A Description Vitamin A is one of four fat-soluble vitamins necessary for good health. It serves an important role as an antioxidant by helping to prevent free radicals from causing cellular damage. Adequate levels are important for good eyesight, and poor night vision may be one of the... Read more |
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