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Larry Leon Hamlin
Larry Leon Hamlin1948-2007 Actor, association executive Often dressed head to toe in purple, Larry Leon Hamlin was a hurricane-strength force on the stage of black theater. He was the vision, the fury, and the power behind the National Black Theatre Festival, the world's largest gathering of black... Read more |
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Zane
Zane1967(?)— Novelist Zane is a literary pseudonym used by the writer of best-selling erotic fiction whose works consistently dominate the Essence bestseller lists. With sales of six million books in less than a decade, Zane is the leading name in a fiction genre dubbed urban erotica. "Once I got... Read more |
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Navarre Scott Momaday
Momaday, N[avarre] Scott (1934– ),Oklahoma‐born author of Kiowa ancestry whose books include House Made of Dawn (1969, Pulitzer Prize), a novel about a young Indian man unable to be at home in either the white or his ancestral society: The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969), Kiowa legends... Read more |
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Clint Black
Clint Black Singer, songwriter, guitarist Throughout the 1990s the country charts were dominated by a new young star named Clint Black, a Houston-based honky tonker with an expressive voice and movie star good looks. Black's debut album, Killin' Time, went platinum and spent a phenomenal eight... Read more |
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Flaming Lips
Flaming Lips Rock group The odd band known as the Flaming Lips languished on the edges of alternative rock obscurity for more than a decade, known only to fellow fringe-music aficionados who appreciated the band's unique, distorted sound. Music writer Jim DeRogatis has called them "one of the... Read more |
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Jann Arden
Jann Arden Singer, songwriter Canadian singer/songwriter Jann Arden traveled a circuitous road to success, after spending more than a decade singing rock 'n' roll covers and jazz and blues standards in smoky Canadian bars and lounges. After a series of failed relationships and a bout with... Read more |
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Possession
P OSSESSION I n February 2001, a 53-year-old Oklahoma woman who had no history of mental illness, drug or alcohol abuse, or domestic strife, began working a Ouija boardwith her daughter and two granddaughters. Later that night, claiming to be... Read more |
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Eddie Murphy
Murphy, Eddie1961— Comedian, actor Eddie Murphy once told his tenth grade social studies teacher, as reported in Rolling Stone, "I'm going to be bigger than Bob Hope." The enormously popular entertainer was well on his way to turning that youthful boast into a statement of fact after releasing... Read more |
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Ekaterina Gordeeva
Ekaterina Gordeeva From triumph to tragedy and back, Ekaterina Gordeeva (born 1971) is not only a champion ice skater, but also a symbol of grace, strength, and courage. At age 11, Ekaterina Gordeeva (called Katia by her friends) became one of a pair-a pair of "G's"-Gordeeva and Grinkov. In... Read more |
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Myths
MYTH. The study of myth across the disciplines is united by the questions asked. The main questions are those of origin, function, and subject matter. Origin in this context means why and how myth arises; function, why and how myth persists. The answer to the why of origin and function is usually a... Read more |
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Asian debt shrinking, economist tells Oklahoma State U. crowd
...Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told an audience Tuesday that he...ownership and is reluctant to sell property to outside owners...To make money you have to sell assets, replacing debt with...every social system has genetic strengths and weaknesses. ... |
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Home Sales in Oklahoma City Area Set Hot Pace in 2003.
...home sales kept Oklahoma City-area real...homes sold -- told a story even...else about the Oklahoma City housing...rates and the strength of the economy...as well. The Oklahoma City metro area...seeing homes sell within 50 ... |
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Bond buyer Southwest conference spotlights what's up in economy following the...
...University of Oklahoma Professor Lex...professor who was Oklahoma's finance...M University economist Jared Hazelton...loopholes. All told, Hazleton projects...crediting the strength of the districts -- which often sell ... |