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Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku 1890-1968 American surfer Duke Kahanamoku achieved legendary status in two sports—swimming and surfing—and in the process became Hawaii's best-known citizen. More than a sports champion or media celebrity, however, Kahanamoku also represented a vital link with... Read more |
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Spencer Compton Cavendish 8th duke of Devonshire
Spencer Compton Cavendish Devonshire, 8th duke of , 1833-1908, British statesman. He became marquess of Hartington in 1858. He frequently held office in Liberal cabinets and by 1880 was a recognized leader of the conservative (Whig) faction of the Liberal party with regard to social legislation. He... Read more |
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Bill Duke
Duke, Bill 1943-PERSONALFull name, William Henry Duke, Jr.; born February 26, 1943, in Poughkeepsie, NY; son of William Henry and Ethel Louise (maiden name, Douglas) Duke. Education: Boston University, School of Fine Arts, B.F.A., theatre, 1966; New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, M.F.A.,... Read more |
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Duke of York Edward
Edward, duke of York. See York, duke of.... Read more |
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Duke University
Duke University at Durham, N. C.; coeducational; opened 1838, chartered 1841 as Union Institute in Randolph County. Reorganized 1852 as Normal College, it became Trinity College (Methodist) in 1859 and moved to Durham in 1892. It was renamed in 1924 for James B. Duke , who gave it financial... Read more |
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Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses traditional name given to the intermittent struggle (1455-85) for the throne of England between the noble houses of York (whose badge was a white rose) and Lancaster (later associated with the red rose). About the middle of the 15th cent. Richard, duke of York , came to the... Read more |
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Archibald Campbell 3d duke of Argyll
Archibald Campbell Argyll, 3d duke of 1682-1761, Scottish nobleman; brother of the 2d duke. As lord high treasurer of Scotland (1705) and a commissioner for the union (1706), he helped negotiate the union (1707) of the kingdoms of Scotland and England. He had been created earl of Islay in 1705, and... Read more |
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Meiningen Players
Meiningen Players German theatrical company that toured Europe from 1874 to 1890. The group, inspiring theatrical reforms wherever it performed, was a major influence in the movement toward modern theater. George II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen, who had organized the company, strove to perfect ensemble... Read more |
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Ted Nugent
The Amboy Dukes Rock group The Amboy Dukes' hard-driving acid-rock guitar onslaught brought psychedelia to the American Midwest in the mid-1960s with feedback- and distortion-driven garage pop classics such as "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Journey to the Center of the Mind." The... Read more |
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Aquitaine
Aquitaine , Lat. Aquitania, former duchy and kingdom in SW France. Julius Caesar conquered the Aquitani, an Iberian people of SW Gaul, in 56 BC The province that he created occupied the territory between the Garonne River and the Pyrenees; under Roman rule it was extended northward and eastward... Read more |
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Native American student group struggles to be recognized at Duke
...helping the group to coordinate...year, the group co-sponsored...contact with Native Americans, they often...think Native American they automatically...500 federally recognized tribes in ... |
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POETS TURNED PROPHETS.
...between the dukes of hazzard...African-American writer, South Carolina native Nikky Finney...African-American writers in...one of the group's founders...It's the group's intense...Affrilachian students. "The ... |