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Duke of York Edward
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Katharine Graham
K ATHARINEG RAHAM Born: June 16, 1917 New York, New York Died: July 17, 2001 Boise, Idaho American publisher The renowned publisher Katharine Graham took over the management of the Washington Postafter the death of her husband.... Read more |
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Norman Norell
NORELL, Norman American designer Born: Norman David Levinson in Noblesville, Indiana, 20 April 1900. Education: Studied illustration at Parsons School of Design, New York, 1919; fashion design at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1920-22. Career: Costume designer, Paramount Pictures, Long... Read more |
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John Lamb
John Lamb 1735-1800, American Revolutionary leader, b. New York City. Prior to the Revolution he was a leader of the Sons of Liberty in New York and helped form the New York committee of correspondence to coordinate anti-British activity. With Isaac Sears he led (1775) a mob that seized the New... Read more |
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Richard Bennett
Bennett, Richard (1873–1944), actor. Born in Deacon's Mills, Indiana, he made his debut in Chicago in 1891 as Tombstone Jake in The Limited Mail, and then played the role in New York later that year. For the next several seasons he toured in popular plays of the day and spent some time in... Read more |
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Charles Francis Murphy
Charles Francis Murphy 1858-1924, American political boss, b. New York City. He was the owner of many saloons in New York City and took a keen interest in Democratic politics. His services to Tammany Hall brought him a job as dock commissioner. After the retirement of Richard Croker, Murphy became... Read more |
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Hal Linden
LINDEN, Hal 1931–PERSONALOriginal name, Harold Lipshitz; born March 20, 1931, in New York, NY; son of Charles (a printer) and Frances (maiden name, Rosen) Lipshitz; married Frances Martin (an actress and dancer), April 13, 1958; children: Amelia Christine, Jennifer Dru, Nora Kathryn, Ian Martin.... Read more |
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a self-supporting, interstate, corporate organization of New York and New Jersey. It was created in 1921 to protect and promote the commerce of New York Harbor and... Read more |
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Hattie Carnegie
CARNEGIE, Hattie American designer Born: Henrietta Kanengeiser in Vienna, 1889. Family: Married third husband, John Zanft, in 1928. Career: Left school at age 11 and moved with parents to New York, 1900; established as Carnegie-Ladies Hatter, 1909; opened custom dressmaking salon, 1918;... Read more |
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Religion and War
...1637; the Rev. John Eliot of Roxbury, Massachusetts...Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Ohio...Lutheran minister Richard John Neuhaus, who...archbishop of New York, and the Protestant...evangelist Billy ... |
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Gielgud, Sir (Arthur) John
...his career— John Worthing in Wilde...Gordon Daviot's Richard of Bordeaux...with Hamlet in New York in the same year...performances broke John Barrymore's...own roles were Richard II, Joseph Surface...directed, and ... |
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Ellison, Ralph
...he moved to New York City to study...friendship with Richard Wright turned...short fiction to New Masses, The Negro...Ellison, ed. John F. Callahan...eds. Maryemma Graham and Amritjit Singh, 1995. John F. ... |
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Scofield, (David) Paul
...portrayal of the Bastard in King John at the Birmingham Repertory...Theatre, Hammersmith, his Richard II and his Witwoud in Congreve...and the Glory, based on Graham Greene's novel, and as...including Russia again, and New York. Later roles ... |
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Dan Graham: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
...States, Dan Graham may he the most...Robert Smithson, Richard Serra, and Bruce Nauman, Graham has now gained...artist-critic John Miller puts it...be so? "Dan Graham: Beyond...American Art in New York, ... |
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The Blackwell Project. (musical benefit for drummer Richard Blackwell)...
...s partly because New Orleans, where he...swing and put that New Orleans groove to...Blackwell Project, a New York benefit for the drummer...Thomas on tenor, Graham Haynes on trumpet...or Elvin Jones and John Coltrane. ... |
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The next Billy Graham; Lexington.(Rick Warren )
...Graham". Billy Graham has been the most...Eisenhower summoned Mr Graham on his deathbed. Richard Nixon played golf...heart. When Mr Graham was hospitalised...in Flushing, New York, in 2005. He...conjure ... |
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Graham: The lion in winter
...For Billy Graham, who announced...the current New York City crusade...Hallelujah.' Graham, the nation...icon, Pope John Paul II...President Richard Nixon. Graham...Citing New ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Graham did much for Jews.(Religion)
...For Billy Graham, who announced...the current New York City crusade...Hallelujah." Graham, the nation...icon, Pope John Paul II...President Richard Nixon. Graham...Citing New ... |
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Graham Jabs Hard at Bush; Democrats Laud Message Despite Doubts About the...
...way Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla...days and weeks, Graham has compared Bush to President Richard M. Nixon; accused...evidence yet that Graham's flurry of...week, after the New York Times reported...said. Sen. John ... |
 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Avant-Garde Graham, Haunted by Masters, Shocked Modernists.(Arts&Entertainment)
...1961) is one of them. In New York in the 1930's, Graham was a legendary figure in...the formation of the New York School. As Lisa Bush Hankin...of the current show at the Richard York Gallery, ... |
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Graham-Field Signs $65 Million Agreement with VGM & Associates; Accord...
...the heart of Graham-Field's...agreement, Graham-Field will...products, John Bunn respiratory...products lines of Graham-Field. VGM...being held in New Orleans. Graham...Hauppauge, New York, ... |
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The Society for American Music is pleased to welcome these new members.
...Lansing, MI Graham Blair, St. John's, NF, CANADA...Boyd, North York, ON Martin Brody...DuPont, WA Nancy Graham, Monmouth Junction, NJ Richard Greene, Milledgeville...Bologna, ITALY John MacInnis, Tallahassee...James O'Leary, ... |
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On-song Europeans are all tuned up for New York raid; Hopes are high that...
Byline: GRAHAM CUNNINGHAM START...Cup returns to New York for the fourth...Newmarket to New York takes about 11...the cool of New York autumn means that...I've heard John Kettley ... |
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