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Francis Wayland
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Wayland
Wayland town (1990 pop. 11,874), Middlesex co., E Mass., W of Boston; settled c.1638, inc. 1835. Electronic and chemical research is carried on there.... Read more |
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Wayland Smith
Wayland Smith A character in German mythological romance, father of Weltich, whom he trained in the art of warfare and sent to the Court of Dietrich in Bern. Wayland Smith gave the sword Miming to Weltich and told him of a mermaid to whom he was to apply when in difficulty. Wayland Smith is also... Read more |
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Paul Wayland Bartlett
Paul Wayland Bartlett 1865-1925. American sculptor, b. New Haven, Conn. The son of a sculptor, he lived in Paris in his boyhood and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and under Frémiet . The Bohemian Bear Trainer won a gold medal at the Salon of 1888. Of his other works, The... Read more |
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Plainview
Plainview 1 Uninc. city (1990 pop. 26,207), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. It is chiefly residential. 2 City (1990 pop. 21,700), seat of Hale co., NW Tex., on the Llano Estacado; inc. 1907. The level plain, irrigated by shallow wells from a large underground water belt, yields wheat,... Read more |
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Booker Taliaferro Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington 1856-1915, American educator, b. Franklin co., Va. His mother was a mulatto slave on a plantation, his father a white man. After the Civil War, he worked in salt furnaces and coal mines in Malden, W.Va., and attended school part time, until he was able to enter the... Read more |
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Lucille Lortel Theatre
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
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Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball The face of comedienne Lucille Ball (Lucille Desiree Hunt; 1911-1989), immortalized as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, is said to have been seen by more people worldwide than any other. "Lucy" to generations of television viewers who delighted at her rubber-faced antics and zany... Read more |
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Lucille Farms Inc
Lucille Farms, Inc. 150 River RoadMontville, New Jersey 07045U.S.A.Telephone (973) 334-6030Toll Free: (800) 654-6844Fax: (973) 402-6361Web site: http://www.lucille-farms.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1976Employees: 106Sales: $41.4 million (2001)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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Lucille Wayland.
...Sara Agnew Sep. 9--Lucille Wayland has no pretensions about...local television. In 1962, Wayland opened her own sewing shop called "Lucille's," which she operated...jobs until retiring at 70. Wayland didn't start painting... |
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MARGARET L. ROSS | NELLIE POAD | MABEL M. LAPIERRE | EWING T. WAYLAND | LOIS...
...Chicago, IL 60614. ***** Ewing T. Wayland, 82, died Friday, Dec. 24, 1999...Prospect and Little Rock, Ark., Mr. Wayland received a bachelor's degree from Hendrix...a USNR Chaplain. After the war, Mr. Wayland was employed as editor of the Arkansas... |
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SENATE-PASSED SMOKING BILL FACES HOUSE FIGHT
...session. "It's going to be a problem," said Rep. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland). "We're going to give it a shot and I've...but had no commitment as of late yesterday. The Wayland lawmaker said the Senate action signaled a new attitude... |
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A STATELY HOTEL: NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY AFTER BEING BUILT, THE 3-STORY...
...continuously operating hotel in Dare County. Owners Lucille Purser Winslow, Wayland Sermons and Julian and Lima Oneto opened officially...you had to do was gather it and brew it,'' says Lucille Winslow, who served as the first manager almost... |
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DIVORCE'S FORGOTTEN VICTIMS
...laws that give grandparents the right to petition state courts for visitation rights. In Massachusetts, Rep. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland) has introduced legislation setting up a commission to study the subject of grandparents' rights. Nationally... |
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AGREEMENT REACHED ON PLAN TO TELEVISE STATE SENATE PROCEEDINGS
...been a goal of rules reformers for years, and Sen. Michael Barrett (D-Cambridge), who along with Sen. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland) coordinated a push for coverage, yesterday hailed the agreement as a good first step toward rules reform... |
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SHORT CIRCUITS
Will Senate Republican leader David Locke of Wellesley once again pass over Sen. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland) when he fills a GOP vacancy on the Ways and Means committee? Locke has never forgiven Hicks for quietly suggesting that he be... |
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GOP RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS RECAST CARD'S DECISION NOT TO MAKE RUN FORCES...
...would have enormous appeal to a broader cross section of voters than some Republican candidates," said Rep. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland), a Cellucci supporter. "That's the name of the game for us. We have got to get Democr |
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HOUSE DUMPS HIKE IN GAINS TAX
...incentives for businesses to locate in Massachusetts. "There is nothing more short-sighted," said Rep. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland). "We may as well put Massachusetts in a tub of hot water and open a vein." Leaders had their first indication... |
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GOP NURTURES BIGGER '90 CROP
...chance of reaping a decent crop from the political seeds they planted this spring appeared when State Rep. Lucille Hicks (R-Wayland) easily defeated Weston Selectman Joseph Mullins, a Democrat, in last Tuesday's special election for the... |