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Adele Simpson
SIMPSON, Adele American fashion designer Born: Adele Smithline, in New York City, 28 December 1904. Education: Studied dressmaking at Pratt Institute of Design, Brooklyn, New York, 1921-22. Family: Married textile manufacturer Wesley William Simpson, 1930 (deceased); children: Jeffrey, Joan.... Read more |
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James Montgomery Flagg
James Montgomery Flagg 1877-1960, American painter, illustrator, and author, b. Pelham Manor, N.Y. He studied in New York City, in England, and in Paris. Returning to New York, he rapidly won a reputation as an illustrator of versatility, vivacity, and technical skill, contributing to St.... Read more |
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William L Safire
William L. Safire , 1929-, American journalist and speechwriter, b. New York City. A former reporter and public-relations executive, he became a speechwriter (1968-73) for Richard Nixon during his 1968 presidential campaign. From 1973 to 2005 his editorial columns in the New York Times provided... Read more |
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Azariah Cutting Flagg
Azariah Cutting Flagg 1790-1873, American political leader, b. Orwell, Vt. He fought in the War of 1812, was editor of the Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Republican until 1825, and was elected (1823) to the New York state assembly. Flagg, a relentless Jeffersonian Democrat, was a leader of the Albany... Read more |
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Whitney Warren
Whitney Warren 1864-1943, American architect, b. New York City, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He began practice in New York City in 1894. Later he joined with Charles D. Wetmore in a firm that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and was known for the designing of large... Read more |
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Norman Norell
NORELL, Norman American designer Born: Norman David Levinson in Noblesville, Indiana, 20 April 1900. Education: Studied illustration at Parsons School of Design, New York, 1919; fashion design at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1920-22. Career: Costume designer, Paramount Pictures, Long... Read more |
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Elizabeth Hawes
HAWES, Elizabeth American designer Born: Ridgewood, New Jersey, 16 December 1903. Education: Studied at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1921-25. Family: Married Ralph Jester in 1930 (divorced, 1934); married Joseph Losey in 1937 (divorced, 1944), son: Gavrik Losey. Career: Worked in... Read more |
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Norma Kamali
KAMALI, Norma American designer Born: Norma Arraes in New York City, 27 June 1945. Education: Studied fashion illustration at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, 1961-64. Family: Married Mohammed (Eddie) Houssein Kamali in 1967 (divorced, 1972). Career: Freelance fashion illustrator,... Read more |
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American Labor Party
AMERICAN LABOR PARTY AMERICAN LABOR PARTY (ALP), formed in July 1936 as the New York State branch of the Nonpartisan League. Circumstances specific to New York—a Tammany machine unsympathetic to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and.... Read more |
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New perspectives on the Spanish-American war
...anniversary of the Spanish-American War, a conflict that...power. "A War in Perspective,1898-1998: Public...exhibition at The New York Public Library...Spain, and The New-York Historical...Randolph Hearst's ... |
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War and uncertainty. (On Democratic Ground: New Perspectives on John Hart Ely)
INTRODUCTION I. WARS ON FLAWED FACTS II...UNCERTAINTY AT THE THRESHOLD OF WAR A. Uncertainty: Past...factual premises for this war turned out to be, in...Mexican-American, Spanish-American, and Indochina Wars: The President of ... |
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Learning from history: historical examples highlight the importance of...
...Tzu's The Art of War, or one of the many...a problem from a new perspective, not letting obstacles...difficult situations in new ways, and then made...illustrative. During the Spanish-American War, the ... |
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PRE-EMPTION ISN'T ENTIRELY NEW.(PERSPECTIVE)
...And he said that a new war against Iraq would...Mexico or even the 1898 Spanish-American War. In a large democracy...possibility of avoiding war.'' Pre-emptive invasion...The Mexican-American War began after ... |
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ROGUES OF NEW YORK.(Perspective)
...unprecedented level of scandal in New York. Yet scandals have...served as president of the New York Stock Exchange...Stock Exchange fund, the New York Yacht Club (where...of the just-completed Spanish-American war. Roosevelt ... |
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A PRESIDENT'S TOUGHEST DECISION: SENDING TROOPS OFF TO WAR.(PERSPECTIVE)
...shed by the sword of war." For any president...he once was an anti-war activist who opposed...escaped serving during the war in Vietnam. He also...British in the Battle of New Orleans. Thirteen years...Juan Hill during the ... |
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The war in perspective; Will it be longest in U.S. history?(OPED)
...history without a major war. In January 1973 the...between any of our "real" wars: from the Revolution...1815 to the Mexican War; 1847 to the War Between the States; 1865 to the Spanish-American War; 1898 to ... |
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In the aftermath of war, expect growth in insurance. (Perspective).(how...
...occur with this present war. It is true that, I...into designing entirely new products and services...studying the impact of war on the insurance industry...brighter days ahead. During wars, people crave security...dramatic thing about any ... |
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History and Memory in the Two Souths: Recent Southern and Spanish American...
...century Spanish American literature...pronouncements made by Spanish American writers including...possibilities for "a new branch of...Southern and Spanish American writers...marginalized ... |
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Borderlines in Borderlands: James Madison and the Spanish-American Frontier,...
...James Madison and the Spanish-American Frontier, 1776-1821...C. A. Stagg. (New Haven and London...complex borderlands perspective. Seeking to connect...hands until after the War of 1812, when it was...tension and eventual ... |
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