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Dunstable
Dunstable , town (1991 pop. 30,912), Bedfordshire, SE England. Located at the meeting point of the ancient Icknield Street and Watling Street , Dunstable is a developing residential and industrial district, with printing and cement plants and extensive automobile works. There are interesting... Read more |
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George Barker
George Barker (George Granville Barker), 1913-91, English poet, b. Essex, England. He has taught in Japan and the United States as well as in England. His highly dramatic poems, often concerned with themes of remorse and pain, led critics to place him—perhaps misleadingly—among the ... Read more |
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Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Biologist A career in wildlife biology may consist of conducting research through a university, zoo, or science museum or of working for the government or private corporations. When based out of an academic organization, wildlife biologists dedicate their time to... Read more |
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U2
U2 Rock group For the Record… U2 Got Serious Finally Won Critical Acclaim Zoo T... Read more |
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Saint Helier
Saint Helier , town (1991 pop. 24,941), capital of Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain, on St. Aubin's Bay. The administrative and cultural center of Jersey, St. Helier is also a residential town, resort, and point of export for local produce. Royal Square was the scene of a battle (1781), when... Read more |
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Selma
Selma city (1990 pop. 23,755), seat of Dallas co., S central Ala., on the Alabama River, in a fertile farm area; inc. 1820. Machinery, paper products, construction materials, transportation equipment, furniture, textiles, apparel, dairy products, and lumber are among its manufactures. A Confederate... Read more |
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Sylvester Stallone
STALLONE, Sylvester Nationality:American. Born:Michael Sylvester Stallone in New York City, 6 July 1946; brother of actor Frank Stallone. Education:Attended Devereux High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania; an American college in Leysin, Switzerland (also served as... Read more |
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Roland Smith
Smith, Roland 1951–PersonalBorn November 30, 1951, in Portland, OR; married, wife's name Marie; children: (stepchildren) Bethany, Shawn, Niki. Education: Attended Portland State University.AddressesHome—Wilsonville, OR. Agent—Barbara Kouts, P.O. Box 560, Bellport, NY 11713.... Read more |
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Central Park
Central Park 840 acres (340 hectares), the largest park in Manhattan, New York City; bordered by 59th St. on the south, Fifth Ave. on the east, 110th St. on the north, and Central Park West on the west. The land was acquired by the city in 1856; in the process several small communities were razed,... Read more |
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Jules Feiffer
Jules Feiffer , 1929-, American cartoonist and writer, b. New York City. He began publishing a cartoon strip in the Village Voice in 1956, maintaining his association with the paper until 1997; his strip continued until 2000 in several Sunday papers. Satirizing a world dominated by the atomic bomb... Read more |
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