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	market research market research organized use of sample surveys, polls , focus groups, and other techniques to study market characteristics (e.g., ages and incomes of consumers; consumer attitudes) and improve the efficiency of sales and distribution. Development of new products, opening of new markets,... Read more
	Stephen Joshua Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim 1930-, American composer and lyricist, b. New York City. As a young man, he studied lyric writing with Oscar Hammerstein 2d, and early in his career he wrote lyrics for Leonard Bernstein 's West Side Story (1957) and collaborated with Jule Styne in the writing of Gypsy... Read more
	Amanda Amanda ♀ A 17th-century literary coinage from the Latin gerundive (feminine) amanda ‘lovable, fit to be loved’, from amare ‘to love’. This is evidently modelled on Miranda; the masculine form Amandus, borne by various saints from the 4th to the 7th century, seems... Read more
	Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz 1964— Singer, songwriter, guitarist Lived in Two Worlds Released First Album Influenced by the Beatles Selected discography Sources Lenny Kravitz has fused a broad range of styles from the 1960s and 1970s to create his own blend of psychedelia, funk, soul, and rock. Initially... Read more
	Ostia Ostia , ancient city of Italy, originally at the mouth of the Tiber but now inland as the Tiber delta has grown. It was founded (4th cent. BC) as a protection for Rome, then developed (from the 1st cent. BC) as a Roman port, rivaling Puteoli. Augustus, Claudius I, Trajan, and Hadrian expanded the... Read more
	Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun , 1859-1952, Norwegian author, a pioneer in the development of the modern novel. Virtually without formal education, in his youth he led a wandering life, and on his second visit to the United States (1886-88) worked as a streetcar conductor, lecturer, peddler, clerk, and harvest hand.... Read more
	Tom Stoppard Tom Stoppard 1937-, English playwright, b. Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), as Tomas Straussler. During his childhood he and his family moved to Singapore, later (1946) settling in Bristol, England, where he became a journalist. In 1960 he moved to London, where he became a... Read more
	Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev , 1894-1971, Soviet Communist leader, premier of the USSR (1958-64), and first secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union (1953-64). Early Career Of a peasant family, he worked in the plants and mines of Ukraine, joined the Communist party in 1918, and in... Read more
	Marche (Italy) Marche or the Marches, region (1991 pop. 1,429,205), 3,742 sq mi (9,692 sq km), E central Italy, extending from the eastern slopes of the Apennines to the Adriatic Sea. Ancona is the capital of the region, which is divided into the provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, and Pesaro e... Read more
	Matteo Maria Boiardo Matteo Maria Boiardo , 1441?-1494, Italian poet, count of Scandiano. A favorite at the Este court in Ferrara, he served on diplomatic missions and became ducal captain of Modena and later of Reggio. He wrote Latin eclogues and songs and lyric love poems, and he translated Herodotus, Xenophon,... Read more