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Terry Riley Terry Riley
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Thomas Riley Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall
Thomas Riley Marshall 1854-1925, U.S. Vice President (1913-21), b. North Manchester, Ind. A lawyer in Columbia City, Ind., he was Democratic governor of the state (1909-13) and sponsored much labor and social legislation before being elected Vice President on the ticket with Woodrow Wilson. His was... Read more
Fort Riley Fort Riley
Fort Riley U.S. military post, 5,760 acres (2,331 hectares), NE Kans., on the Kansas River; est. 1852 to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from attack by Native Americans. Located near the geographic center (though not the geodetic center) of the United States, it was first called Camp... Read more
James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley 1849-1916, American poet, b. Greenfield, Ind., known as the Hoosier poet. He was at various times a traveling actor, a sign painter, and a newspaperman. Under the name "Benj. F. Johnson of Boone" he began to write verse in the Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal ... Read more
John Riley John Riley
Riley, John (b London, 1646; d London, 27 Mar. 1691). English portrait painter. His early career is obscure, but he emerged as the most distinguished figure in English portraiture in the brief interval between the death of Lely in 1680 and the dominance of Kneller. Although he was appointed... Read more
Wild Bill Hickok Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok 1837-76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill. His real name was James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceeding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butterfield stage line, and gained fame as a gunfighter. He served as a Union scout in the... Read more
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columnist the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. Usually independent of the policy of the... Read more
op art op art
op art , movement that became prominent in the United States and Europe in the mid-1960s. Deriving from abstract expressionism , op art includes paintings concerned with surface kinetics. Colors were used in creating visual effects, such as afterimages and trompe-l'oeil. Vibrating colors,... Read more
Richard Lohse Richard Lohse
Lohse, Richard (1902–1988). Swiss painter and graphic artist, born in Zurich, where he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts. In his early works he experimented with various subjects and styles, but in the 1940s he became one of the leading representatives of Concrete art. His paintings... Read more
Bridget Riley Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley 1931-, English painter. Associated with the pop art movement, Riley covers large canvases with interlocking bands, undulating curves, scattered discs, or repeated squares or triangles. Because of their sequential arrangement and the relationship of their color values, these patterns... Read more

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