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Keith David
DAVID, Keith 1956(?)–PERSONALFull name, Keith David Williams; born June 4, 1956 (some sources say May 8, 1954), in New York, NY; son of Lester and Delores (maiden name, Dickenson) Williams; married Margit Edwards, September 22, 1990 (divorced). Education: High School of Performing Arts, graduated,... Read more |
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Paul Bryant
Paul Bryant At the time of his retirement in 1982, Paul "Bear" Bryant (1919-1983), legendary coach of the University of Alabama's "Crimson Tide" football team, then had the best record of any coach in college football history: 323 wins, 85 losses, and 17 ties. Sixty-five of his former college... Read more |
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Black September Group
Black September BIBLIOGRAPHY The Black September Organization (BSO) was a Palestinian terrorist group most active in the early 1970s. The BSO named itself after the particularly bloody month in 1970 when King Hussein of Jordan declared military rule, expelling and killing thousands of... Read more |
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September
September the ninth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of autumn. The name comes (in late Old English) from Latin, from septem ‘seven’ (being originally the seventh month of the Roman year). The native Old English name was... Read more |
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Comnenus
Comnenus , family name of several Byzantine emperors— Isaac I , Alexius I , John II , Manuel I , Alexius II , and Andronicus I —who reigned in the 11th and 12th cent., and of the historian, Princess Anna Comnena . Though unable to turn back the forces that contributed to the... Read more |
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Hereford
Hereford , town (1991 pop. 48,277), Herefordshire, W central England. Hereford is a cattle-market town, from which the cattle breed takes its name. Industries include food processing, brewing, and light manufacturing. At its cathedral, which probably dates from the 11th cent., the Festival of the... Read more |
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Aalborg
Ålborg , city (1992 pop. 114,970), capital of Nordjylland co., N Denmark, on both sides of the Limfjord. It is a major industrial, transportation, and cultural center. Manufactures include cement, machinery, chemicals, liquor, ships, spitirs, and textiles. Known in the 11th cent., Ålborg... Read more |
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Chieti
Chieti , city (1991 pop. 55,876), capital of Chieti prov., Abruzzi region, central Italy, on the Pescara River, near the Adriatic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include textiles, clothing, fabricated metals, and construction materials. The city occupies the site of the... Read more |
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Harvard
Harvard ♂ Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, which is from the Old English personal name Hereweard, a compound of here ‘army’ + weard ‘guard’, which was borne by an 11th-century thane of Lincolnshire who led resistance against the advancing Normans. The... Read more |
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Keanu Reeves
REEVES, Keanu 1964– (K. C. Reeves) PERSONAL First name is pronounced Key–ah–noo; full name, Keanu Charles Reeves; born September 2 (other sources cite September 4 or August 2), 1964, in Beirut, Lebanon; son of Samuel Nowlin Reeves (a geologist) and.... Read more |
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