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Alba Longa
Alba Longa , city of ancient Latium, in the Alban Hills near Lake Albano, c.12 mi (19 km) SE of Rome. It was a city before 1100 BC and apparently the most powerful in Latium. Legend says that it was founded by Ascanius, son of Aeneas, and that Romulus and Remus were born there, thus making it the mo... Read more
Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi , 1890-1964, Italian painter and etcher, b. Bologna. He studied at that city's Fine Arts Academy (grad. 1913) and from 1930 to 1954 was a professor there. Influenced early by Cézanne, cubism, and futurism and subsequently associated with the pittura metafisica (1918-20) of ... Read more
Epimenides
Epimenides , fl. 6th cent.? BC, Cretan prophet and miracle worker. According to one story, he was called to Athens to purify the city after the murder of Cylon on the Acropolis. Many poems, oracles, and sayings were attributed to him (Titus 1.12 is supposed to contain one of these). ... Read more
Sir Patrick Abercrombie
Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1879-1957, British architect and town planner. Professor of civil design at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1915 to 1935 and of town planning at the Univ. of London after 1935, he acted as consultant in the rebuilding and planning of London, Edinburgh, Bath, and other British ci... Read more
Paul J. Sachs
Paul J. Sachs , 1878-1965, American art teacher and collector, b. New York City. As professor of fine arts at Harvard, Sachs influenced and inspired many art historians and curators during the years of growth in the history of American art museums. His major publications include Drawings in the Fog... Read more
Goliath
Goliath , in the Bible, a giant of Gath , a Philistine city, who challenged the Israelites. The young David , fortified by faith, accepted the challenge and killed him with a stone from a sling. In 2 Samuel it says that Elhanan killed Goliath, though 1 Chronicles says Elhanan killed Lahmi the brot... Read more
Cairo
Cairo , Arab. Al Qahirah, city (1996 pop. 6,789,479), capital of Egypt and the Cairo governorate, NE Egypt, a port on the Nile River near the head of its delta, at the boundary of ancient Upper and Lower Egypt. The city includes two islands in the Nile, Zamalik (Gezira) and Roda (Rawdah), which ar... Read more
Holy See
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Robert Goldwater
Robert Goldwater 1907-73, American art historian, b. New York City. Goldwater taught at Queens College, N.Y., from 1934 to 1957, when he was appointed professor of fine arts at New York Univ. The same year he also became the director of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York City. Known primarily fo... Read more
Guy Pène du Bois
Guy Pène du Bois , 1884-1958, American painter and critic, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; studied under William Chase and in Paris. In New York City after 1906 he worked as a reporter and art critic for various newspapers and edited Arts and Decoration. The wry humor of his early paintings of social ma... Read more

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Nostalgia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...Nostalgia, Harvard professor Svetlana Boym says that the word was coined...another, and of exploring cities rich in archaeological...exile with, as Boym says, Adam and Eve as prototypes...wine. Seen from the perspective of the mature and successful...
Niels Henrik David Bohr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...he was appointed assistant professor at the university. When Bohr...public subscription, and the city donated a choice site to the...1920s, Bohr could rightly say that "in these years a unique...experience into radically new perspectives. Bohr contributed an important...
Drucker, Peter Ferdinand
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PERSPECTIVE: Professor says city must stop being 'the willing victim' Public Affairs Editor Paul Dale looks back at the Parkinson masterplan.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/29/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: Paul Dale Professor Michael Parkinson called for...more of a Scouse swagger. The city needed to be less conscious...and workers who will see the city as part of a wider South East...bring back into use some of the city's "gritty" architecture. In other towns and cities, Digbeth would ...
PERSPECTIVE: I'm not a professor but I wish I was; Earlier this month Chris Game began a debate in these pages with an article on an elected mayor for Birmingham. Here he attempts to douse some of the fires he started.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/30/2005; 700+ words ; ...like 'Dr' or even 'Professor', even when, as in...It would be nice if, say, my university's Vice...that chap Game's a Professor. We'd better up his...being contemplated by the city's previously sceptical...dominate the budget of a city like Birmingham and the...
For travel, a novel perspective; A Calgary professor produces a series of guides designed for Christian tourists. (book review)
Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine; 4/30/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...very unlikely proposition, says Irving Hexham, professor of religious studies at the...in 50 years all major German cities will have Islamic majorities...Protestants, Prof. Hexham says, although he hopes they will...One of the last is the city of Worms, noted for its long...
Science Professors Give Their Perspective
Magazine article from: The Hunter Envoy; 11/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Administration and science professors at Hunter say that the college needs...houses six New York City public schools, on...said Hunter biology Professor Roger Persell. "Science...said Hunter biology Professor Ben Ortiz. "Training...effective at what we do." Professor Lynn ...
U. South Florida professors' offer views on student political perspectives
News Wire article from: University Wire; 8/31/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...under way in New York City and the Democratic convention...Florida political science professor J. Edwin Benton says that many students are...Political science professor Susan MacManus disagrees...Thousands of police kept the city under tight security...
Respect Is Dwindling In the Hallowed Halls; Study Gives Voice to Professors' Global Discontent
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/20/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...university professors are getting...the biology professor found a minefield...Academics say they have...money, he says, but he argues...International Perspective," professors around the...We like to say we don't...backlash." Some professors at the AAUP...economics ...
Professors Study Ways to Improve Image
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/24/1994; ; 684 words ; ...percent of U.S. professors believe respect...criticism university professors are getting comes...recently, the biology professor found a minefield...tuition. Academics say they have not been...and money, he says, but he argues...An International Perspective," professors around ...
Interview: Professor Rashid Khalidi of the University of Chicago talks about the Palestinian perspective on the peace talks that are taking place at Camp David
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 7/16/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...0000 Interview: Professor Rashid Khalidi of...the Palestinian perspective on the peace talks...Rashid Khalidi, professor of Middle Eastern...summit goes, Khalidi says Jerusalem is the...sticking point. Professor RASHID KHALIDI...which is an Arab city with over 200...
Perspective: Change in the city is hard to comprehend; Tonight Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, of the University of Warwick, delivers the first of a series of lectures to celebrate 150 years of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. Here are some of his musings on Birmingham, business and battles for the future.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/29/2005; 700+ words ; Byline: Professor Lord Bhattacharyya The...of the changes in the city hard to get our heads...canalside pub. For years the city had turned its back on...development of any modern city. A vital ingredient...base. Diversity makes a cities economy more resilient...has come from Asia to ...
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: RELIGIOUS VALUES AND CORPORATE DECISION MAKING: AN ECONOMIST'S PERSPECTIVE
Magazine article from: Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...materials. It says he has been teaching...realize that the professors also can teach for over a millennium. Professor Zamagni has been...Sciences in Vatican City. One of my friends...an economist's perspective; it should be noted that Professor Zamagni can provide...philosopher's ...