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Sir William Orpen
Sir William Orpen 1878-1931, British portrait and genre painter, b. Ireland. He is best known for his scenes of Irish daily life, his paintings and sketches of life at the front in World War I, and his portraits. His paintings Myself and Venus (Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh) and Leading the Life in... Read more |
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Benjamin Edes
1754-1783: Communications: Chronology IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1754-1783 IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 1754-1783 1754 As postmaster general, Benjamin Franklin makes an inspection of branch offices in British North America, instructing local postmasters in how to improve mail... Read more |
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Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf , 1969-, German tennis player. A powerful baseliner, she drew international attention by winning the 1984 Olympic demonstration event. Graf won her first major title, the French Open, in 1987. In 1988 she captured the Grand Slam (Australian, French, and U.S. opens and Wimbledon),... Read more |
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Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams 1969–Actor, singer Famous for roles in such television shows as Melrose Place and Showtime's Soul Food, Vanessa Williams has become a prominent actress in Hollywood. Sometimes confused with Vanessa L. Williams, the former Miss America, Williams, who registered her name with the... Read more |
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Venus Williams
Williams, Venus (1980) Eldest of two professional tennis playing sisters. Venus and Serena (1981– ) shot to fame in the 1990s with a series of high-profile wins. In 1997 Venus became the first unseeded woman to reach the final of the US Open, and the first African-American woman to... Read more |
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Open-Heart Surgery
Open-heart surgery Opening the chest to operate directly on an exposed heart is major surgery. For many years the procedure was considered impossible because performing the operation would cause the heart to stop beating. A few pioneers, however, did perform emergency surgery directly on the open... Read more |
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Williams College
Williams College at Williamstown, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1785, opened as a free school 1791, became a college 1793, named for Ephraim Williams . The Williams campus, noted for its fine old buildings, includes West College (1790), the Van Rensselaer Manor House (moved from Albany, N.Y.),... Read more |
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Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras , 1971-, American tennis player, b. Washington, D.C. Learning the game in the Los Angeles area, he rose to world tennis supremacy after becoming the youngest man to win the U.S. Open, in 1990. Tall and long-armed, he was noted for his powerful serve and overhead as well as for his... Read more |
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Orpen season at the gallery
...Town: Memories of William Orpen were rekindled at the opening of an exhibition of...National Gallery this week. "Orpen loved women, and...varied sample" of Orpen's prolific work...in Dublin in 1978. William ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Racing: Orpen leads O'Brien team
ORPEN BECAME Aidan O'Brien...1 (from 8-1) by William Hill for next Saturday...until later in the week to decide about Stravinsky...Michael Kinane will be on Orpen and Sunspangled in...finished fourth in the opening race to Little Rock... |
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Ireland's best
...le Brocquy and Sir William Orpen followed hard on...million for one of Orpen's portraits of...this year, in the opening of a new wing at...the old sod. Last week in London, the salerooms...visitors, as well as Mr Orpen). It ... |
 "Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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For several years the art market has mirrored the Irish economy with the...
...That ended in London this week. Works by the likes of...Louis Le Brocquy and William Orpen elicited little interest...John McCormack by Sir William Orpen by the National Gallery...000. It sold to the opening bidder for ... |
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Exit stage left at Kilkenny festival
...finished up this week. Director Claudia...unexpected departure this week, contrary to some...indicated six or seven weeks ago. Nonetheless...a statement this week that she departed...Tuesday night for the opening of Conquering ... |
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Artists in the big league
...artists in Dublin this week. "I'm trying to take...Also present at the opening of the show, which runs...particular in the works by William Orpen because, explained Trench...for, The Immigrants by William Orpen and E275,00 ... |
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A great talent kept hidden too long
...distinction who studied under William Orpen and other leading painters...there until 1924 under William Orpen, WR Sickert, George...grandchildren videoed the opening so she could view it, and she died a couple of weeks ... |
 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Arts Focus: Marketing art.(Features)
...big auctioneers announce an 'Irish Sale'. Last week, works by Sir William Orpen and Jack Yeats duly obeyed the upward trend. But...much as aficionados in marketing its Summer Show, opening on Friday at 7.30pm. In case you might be worried... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Brain-dead planning leaves me frustrated; WILLIAM BUICK.(Sport)
...Roger Charlton summed it up very well this week when they called for change. I'm lucky...Smith's Silver Cup (2.40) and NORMAN ORPEN in the John Smith's Racing Stakes (3...don't give up on GOLDEN DESTINY in the opening City Walls Stakes (2.05). This mare... |
 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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RACING: Rising star one to follow.(Sport)
...in the ultra-competitive William Hill Hurdle. He was always...coming at this track. A few weeks off since Sandown should...weather at Wolverhampton, Orpen Wide could just be up to defying a penalty in the opening Littlewoods Bet Direct AW... |
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