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Robert Ferdinand Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner , 1877-1953, American legislator, b. Germany. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1885 and grew up in poor surroundings in New York City. After he received his law degree, he became attached to Tammany Hall and was elected (1904) to the New York state assembly.... Read more
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson 1941-, dramatist, director, and designer, b. Waco, Tex. He began his arts career as a painter. A leading figure in postmodern theater since 1963, when he arrived in New York City, he has created lengthy, often controversial multimedia events that combine drama, dance, and stylized ges... Read more
Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw 1837-63, Union hero in the American Civil War, b. Boston. An ardent white abolitionist, he was colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first body of black troops raised in a free state. He was killed leading the regiment in the attack on Fort Wagner, Charleston, S.C. A scu... Read more
Charles Robert Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin 1809-82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood . He firmly established the theory of organic evolution known as Darwinism . He studied medicine at Edinburgh and for the ministry at Cambridge but lost interest in both profess... Read more
Charles Francis Murphy
Charles Francis Murphy 1858-1924, American political boss, b. New York City. He was the owner of many saloons in New York City and took a keen interest in Democratic politics. His services to Tammany Hall brought him a job as dock commissioner. After the retirement of Richard Croker, Murphy became ... Read more
English horn
English horn musical instrument, the alto of the oboe family, pitched a fifth lower than the oboe and treated as a transposing instrument . It has a pear-shaped bell, giving it a soft, melancholy tone. The first important parts for it were written by Rossini in William Tell (1829) and by Meyer... Read more
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer , 1791-1864, German operatic composer. He traveled in Italy and experimented in various styles of composition, but his real success came only with his spectacular French grand operas— Robert le Diable (1831) and his masterpiece, Les Huguenots (1836). For these and two othe... Read more
John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles 1888-1959, U.S. Secretary of State (1953-59), b. Washington, D.C.; grandson of John Watson Foster , Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison, and nephew of Robert Lansing , Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. A graduate (1908) of Princeton, he was admitted (191... Read more
Herbert Henry Lehman
Herbert Henry Lehman , 1878-1963, American political leader, b. New York City. At first an executive of a textile firm, he became (1908) a partner in the family banking house of Lehman Brothers. In World War I he was assistant director of purchase, storage, and traffic of the U.S. army. He was finan... Read more
Taft-Hartley Labor Act
Taft-Hartley Labor Act 1947, passed by the U.S. Congress, officially known as the Labor-Management Relations Act. Sponsored by Senator Robert Alphonso Taft and Representative Fred Allan Hartley, the act qualified or amended much of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act of 1935, the federal law ... Read more

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Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. A lawyer and public official, Robert F. Wagner (1910-1991) was one of New York City...mayors, 1954-1965. A New York City mayor for 12 years, Robert F. Wagner was intimately involved in politics from childhood...
Robert Ferdinand Wagner
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Robert Ferdinand Wagner Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877-1953) was probably the most effective legislative...the principal architects of modern American political liberalism. Robert F. Wagner was born in Nast ä tten, Germany, on June 8...
Wagner, Robert Ferdinand
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law WAGNER, ROBERT FERDINAND Robert Ferdinand Wagner served as a U.S...shifted to international issues, and Wagner's social welfare agenda fell out...bargaining for his wages." — Robert F. Wagner Wagner resigned from the...
Wagner, Robert F.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Wagner, Robert F. (1877–1953), U.S...a young son (the future New York mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr.), in 1919, he was appointed...Bibliography Joseph Huthmacher , Senator Robert F. Wagner and the Rise of Urban Liberalism...
Fort Wagner, Siege of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Fort Wagner, Siege of (1963).Constructed...Island, Fort (or Battery) Wagner was integral to the Confederate...Colored Troops commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, spearheaded General...Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw , 1994. Russell...
Wagner Act
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law WAGNER ACT The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (29...labor unions violated an employee's liberty of contract. Senator robert f. wagner, a Democrat from New York, introduced the legislation in 1935...
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act). Signed by President Franklin...s New Deal revolution. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, who supervised the...representatives of their own choosing. The Wagner Act constituted a fundamental change...
Wagner, Edward A. (1906-1982)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Wagner, Edward A. (1906-1982...charlatans. Houdini died in 1926 and Wagner turned his attention to astrology...order to carry out that task, Wagner immersed himself in the subject...Sources: Holden, James H., and Robert A. Hughes. Astrological Pioneers...
Morris, Robert
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...James E., ed. The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781 – 1784...Greenwood, 1983, s.v. "Morris, Robert." Van Steeg, Clarence Lester. Robert Morris, Revolutionary Financier . New York: Octagon, 1972. Wagner, Frede
Robert Wilson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...various classics, including Wagner's Parsifal, Bü...See C. Nelson, ed., Robert Wilson, The Theater of Images (1984); L. Shyer, Robert Wilson and His Collaborators...Holmberg, The Theatre of Robert Wilson (1996); K. Otto...

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Wagner, Fritz Arno
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers WAGNER, Fritz Arno Cinematographer...Lamprecht); Spiel mit dem Feuer (Robert) 1935 Amphitryon (Sch...Vierte kommt nicht (Kimmlich); Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer...Philipp) Publications By WAGNER: articles— Film...
Wagner—Connery Act
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Wagner—Connery Act (official name National Labor Relations Act ) (1935) A US labour Act, introduced by Senator Robert Wagner of New York, that intended to outlaw employer-dominated trade unions...
Duvall, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DUVALL, Robert Nationality: American. Born: Robert Selden Duvall in San Diego, California, 5 January 1931...Coppola) (as Tom Hagen) 1975 Breakout (Gries) (as Jay Wagner); The Killer Elite (Peckinpah) (as George Hansen) 1976...
Donington, Robert
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Donington, Robert ( b Leeds, 1907; d Firle, Sussex, 1990). Eng. author, composer...note works. Several books on early mus. but most famous books are his Wagner's ‘Ring’ and its Symbols (1963), a detailed...
Shaw, Robert Gould
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Shaw, Robert Gould (1837–63) Union army officer. Born in Massachusetts...organize a defensive retreat. Shaw then volunteered his troops to attack Fort Wagner , the first step in the assault on Charleston. Although the assault failed...
Meissner, Georg
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...friend and patron in Rudolph Wagner, who was professor of physiology...Meissner took an active part in Wagner ’ s investigations...Meissner and Billroth accompanied Wagner on a research expedition to...xFC; gge. The bacteriologist Robert Koch was among his pupils...
Right-to-Work Laws
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, and they remain on the...the perspective animating the Wagner Act, they aim to undercut collective...labor agreements long before the Wagner Act, but the law lent them...Chicago Press, 1950. Zieger, Robert. The CIO: 1935 –...
The Player
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Lily Tomlin, Robert Wagner, Bruce Willis. Awards: Best Director...1992. Publications Books: Kolker, Robert P., A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn...York, 1988. McGilligan, Patrick, Robert Altman: Jumping Off the Cliff...
criticism, musical
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...who wrote criticism, notably Robert Schumann in the Neue Zeitschrift...Wiener Salon-Blatt ), Weber, Wagner, and Debussy (under the pseudonym...in the divergence of views on Wagner and Brahms. This resulted in...immortalized by his opponent Wagner as Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger...
Bruckner, (Joseph) Anton
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...who also introduced him to Wagner's mus. From this period...Albert Hall. In 1865 first met Wagner in Munich at the premiè...3rd sym. of 1873 was ded. to Wagner. Though this was a matter of...first under the editorship of Robert Haas and later of Leopold Nowak...

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Actor Robert Wagner: Life And Romance
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/25/2008; ; 700+ words ; ROBERT SMITH NPR Morning Edition 09-25-2008 Actor Robert Wagner: Life And Romance Host: ROBERT SMITH Time 10:00-11:00 AM Play Audio ROBERT SMITH, host: In 1980, when the actor Robert Wagner turned 50, his wife Natalie Wood threw...
Robert Wagner: Hollywood's star shines in fashion. (promotes formalwear line)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 11/8/1984; ; 700+ words ; CHICAGO -- Actor Robert Wagner has been chosen to receive one of the...industry couldn't be more pleased. Wagner, who will be given his award tonight...his first public appearance for the Robert Wagner line at the American Formalwear...
Robert Wagner Named Director Emeritus to Brightpoint's Board of Directors
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 8/6/2007; 419 words ; Wireless News 08-06-2007 Robert Wagner Named Director Emeritus to Brightpoint...WIRELESS NEWS-August 6, 2007-Robert Wagner Named Director Emeritus to...announced that its former member, Robert F. Wagner, has been appointed as...
Arts: Survival of the smoothest From 1950s screen idol to Austin Powers villain, Robert Wagner has demonstrated his versatility time and again. Matthew Sweet enjoys a heart to heart
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/17/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the difference between Robert Wagner and Richard Wagner. How...common, but I suspect that Robert John Wagner, still twinkly...were a golden decade for Wagner. He enjoyed the patronage...everything changed for Robert Wagner. The studio system...
Robert Wagner, Milton Galamison and the Challenge to New York City Liberalism
Magazine article from: Afro - Americans in New York Life and History; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...York City's most liberal mayors, Robert F. Wagner (1954-1965) the city faced a...harmonious race relations existed, Wagner found himself under siege by numerous...labor's efforts that helped bring Robert F. Wagner, the son of the famous...
`Love Letters' // Robert Wagner - Stefanie Powers, together again
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/23/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...believe you asked me that," says Robert Wagner gruffly. "Some things one cannot...Liz (just kidding). And now, Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers, who...inevitable as a high school one. This is Robert Wagner speaking now: actor, Stefanie...
Jurors convict Clark of murder ; The state says he lost all credibility when he kept changing his story about how Robert Wagner died.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 1/30/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...changing his story about how Robert Wagner died. Byline: GREGORY...in prison for shooting Robert Wagner last Feb. 15 in...reason to be afraid of Wagner and was justified in defending...is sentenced. Justice Robert E. Crowley ordered Clark...
Former N.Y. Mayor Robert Wagner Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/13/1991; 609 words ; Robert F. Wagner, 80, who was mayor of New York City from 1954 to 1965...to serve in the United States Senate as his father, Robert F. Wagner Sr., had done for 23 years. Robert F. Wagner Jr. ran for the Senate once, in 1956, losing...
Body of missing Gray man found ; Police say Robert Wagner, 28, was killed by Steven M. Clark of Portland, who has been charged with murder.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 2/23/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...missing Gray man found ; Police say Robert Wagner, 28, was killed by Steven M...Wednesday, they found the remains of Robert Wagner, 28, the Gray resident...Photos: Caption: Steven M. Clark Robert Wagner Copyright 2006 Blethen Maine Newspapers...
THAT'S AMORE REAL-LIFE COUPLE ROBERT WAGNER AND JILL ST. JOHN BRING `LOVE LETTERS' TO LIFE.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/12/2004; 700+ words ; ...Jill St. John tends to finish Robert Wagner's sentences. She peppers her...they can sell the pictures.'' Wagner still does the occasional movie...LETTERS'' stars real-life spouses Robert Wagner and Jill St. John. The two say...