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Objectivism
Objectivism RAND’S LIFE AND WORK BIBLIOGRAPHY Objectivism is the philosophy enunciated by the Russian-born American novelist and philosopher, Ayn Rand (1905–1982). Rand Read more |
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Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand , 1905-82, American writer, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. She came to the United States in 1926 and worked for many years as a screenwriter. Her novels are romantic and dramatic, and they espouse a philosophy of rational self-interest that opposes the collective of the modern welfare state.... Read more |
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Bernard Rands
Bernard Rands Bernard Rands (born 1934) is a major composer and conductor in contemporary music, publishing more than 100 works in a wide range of performance genres. Born in England but now an American citizen, Rands studied in Italy under Luciano Berio, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Roman Vlad. His... Read more |
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Witwatersrand
Witwatersrand [Afrik.,=white water ridge] or the Rand, region, Gauteng (formerly a part of Transvaal ), South Africa. The area, which forms the watershed between the Vaal and Olifants rivers, is c.25 mi (40 km) wide and extends more than 60 mi (100 km) from west to east in a series of parallel... Read more |
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Rand Corporation
Rand Corporation research institution in Santa Monica, Calif.; founded 1948 and supported by federal, state, and local governments, as well as by foundations and corporations. Its principal fields of research are national security and public welfare. Research in national security affairs includes... Read more |
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Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan 1926-, American economist, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (1987-2006), b. New York City. Influenced by the philosophy of Ayn Rand , Greenspan is a strong supporter of the free market and an opponent of government intervention in the economy. He was private economic consultant... Read more |
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Ingersoll-Rand Company
Ingersoll-Rand Company 200 Chestnut Ridge RoadWoodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07675U.S.A.(201) 573-0123Fax: (201) 573-3448 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1905Employees: 35,932Sales: $4.51 billion (1994)Stock Exchanges: New York London AmsterdamSICs: 3429 Hardware, Not Elsewhere Classified; 3492... Read more |
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Alfred Beit
Beit, Sir Alfred (1853–1906) South African financier and philanthropist. Of German origin, he settled in Kimberley as a diamond merchant in 1875 and became a close friend of Cecil RHODES. His interest in gold greatly contributed to the development of the Rand and the British South African... Read more |
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Des Plaines
Des Plaines , city (1990 pop. 53,223), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1925. Among its manufactures are chemicals and electronic equipment. It was founded in the 1830s as the town of Rand; the name was changed in 1869, and Riverview was annexed in 1925. O'Hare... Read more |
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Letters of Ayn Rand.
...senior citizens, Rand's language is...are also early letters to Nathan Blumenthal...tumultuous split with Rand in 1968. Even...here--with Rand thanking him for...Many of these letters confirm that Ayn Rand ... |
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'Charity fraud alert'.(Ayn Rand Institute promotional letter)(Brief Article)
...receiving a promotional letter that has given her a...outlook on promotional letters. It's accompanied...title as this piece. The letter is from Richard E. Ralston...managing director of the Ayn Rand Institute. Ralston wishes...of the late ... |
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Ayn Rand believed in liberty and reason, hardly the ideals of a...
Thank you for your Sept. 9 article on Ayn Rand ("Rand disciples try to restore society's reason," Culture...on individual liberty is anathema to the philosophy of Ayn Rand, which holds the life of the individual as its highest... |
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Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical.
...Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand - spoke out in the name...sets out to answer in Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical...elections, the name of Ayn Rand has appeared repeatedly...Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn ... |
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CHAMPIONING THE EXAMPLE OF AYN RAND; HER SENSE OF LIFE INSPIRES...
...has optioned one of Rand's early short stories...Hollywood explores Rand's box-office appeal...footage - from ``Love Letters'' to her many TV...making a film about Ayn Rand was going to cost...licensing donated. With Ayn ... |
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FOCUSING ON TWO VIEWS OF AYN RAND'S SENSE OF LIFE.(VIEWPOINT)
...born writer Ayn Rand (1925-1982...Hollywood'' (Ayn Rand Institute...also edited ``Letters of Ayn Rand...the late 1960s. Rand's arguments against...feminism apply Rand's ... |
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Commentary: Influence of Ayn Rand still felt today
...forces of mediocrity. Rand first entered popular...virtue of selfishness, Rand argued that individuals...Greenspan, who spent time in Rand's inner circle and fired off an angry letter to The New York Times...Yet in the gap between Ayn ... |
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Rand-O-Rama: Ayn Rand's long shelf life in American culture.
...dig a nude fold-out of Ayn Rand?"--"Hefner and His...his bed, with a copy of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead...scorn) and an unfinished letter to Exxon protesting the...acknowledgement to the genius of Ayn ... |
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The author and her `intellectual heir' Biopic tough on Ayn Rand
...By the end of her life, Ayn Rand had concluded that the philosophy...Showtime's "The Passion of Ayn Rand," premiering at 7...and Rand's journals and letters and watching two interviews...person who was wrong. ... |
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Ready for her close-up: re-examining Ayn Rand's place in American...
Ayn Rand and the World She Made...Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American...much critical abuse as Ayn Rand? Her best-known...Anne C. Heller's Ayn Rand and the World She...s place in ... |
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