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John Hearne
Hearne, John (Caulwell, Edgar) February 4, 1926December 12, 1994 John Hearne was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of Maurice Vincent Hearne and Doris Delisser-Hearne. He attended Jamaica College in Kingston, Jamaica, and at the age of seventeen he joined the Royal Air Force as an air gunner,... Read more |
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Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers The British architect Richard Rogers (born 1933) was an avowed modernist who represented high tech architecture with his concern for advanced technology. He was best known for his joint design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Renzo Piano and for the Lloyd's of London Building... Read more |
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Spyros Kyprianou
Spyros Kyprianou Spyros Kyprianou (born 1932) was president and speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, heading an island country comprising only some 3,500 square miles and 650,000 people, but one that was split into mutually hostile Greek and Turkish sectors. ... Read more |
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Martinus Willem Beijerinck
BEIJERINCK, MARTINUS WILLEM(b. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16 March 1851; d. Gorssel, Netherlands, 1 January 1931),microbiology, botany.Beijerinck was the youngest of four children of Derk Beijerinck, a tobacco dealer, and Jeannette Henriƫtte van Slogteren, After going bankrupt when Martinus was two,... Read more |
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Chris Rock
Chris Rock 1967(?)– Comedian, actor At a Glance… Honed Comedic Skills on SNL Brand of Humor Drew Criticism Sources Chris Rock has been a stand-up comic in local New York comedy clubs since he was a teenager. But, with the signing of a five-year contract as a featured player on... Read more |
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Richard Joseph Daley
Richard J. Daley Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and the last of the nation's big city bosses. The most powerful mayor in Chicago's history, Richard J. Daley, was born in a working class neighborhood on May 15, 1902, the only son of Michael Daley,... Read more |
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Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen , Mandarin Sun Wen, 1866-1925, Chinese revolutionary. He was born near Guangzhou into a farm-owning family. He attended (1879-82) an Anglican boys school in Honolulu, where he came under Western influence, particularly that of Christianity. In 1892 he received a diploma from a Hong... Read more |
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Bernard Ashley
ASHLEY, Bernard (John) 1935- Personal Born April 2, 1935, in London, England; son of Alfred Walter (an assistant company secretary) and Vera (a store proprietor; maiden name, Powell) Ashley; married Iris Holbrook (a headteacher), August 2, 1958; children: Christopher, David, Jonathan. Education:... Read more |
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Signs and symbols
Symbols UNIVERSAL VERSUS CULTURE-BOUND DIMENSIONS OF SYMBOLISM TERMINOLOGY AND THE LOGIC OF SYMBOLISM FEATURES OF SYMBOLIC COMMUNICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY Culture is based on symbols. Flags, traffic lights, diplomas, and mathematical notation are all, in their various ways, symbols. So... Read more |
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COMMUNITY BRIEFING
...SECOND CHANCE - A local youth education...earn GEDs or diplomas and then attend...Colony YMCA, will receive $174,000 annually...program, and cover student transportation...earning GEDs and diplomas, teaches job...partnership with ... |
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GRADUATION PUT OFF BY A BASEBALL DELAY
...the FleetCenter and receive his degree in front...president, presented the diploma during a special...University to honor our student athletes," said...the semifinals. Local ball players are...who coaches at Massasoit Community ... |