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David Halberstam David Halberstam
David Halberstam 1934-2007, American journalist and author, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1955). A reporter (1956-60) for newspapers in Mississippi and Tennessee, he chronicled the nascent civil-rights struggle. Moving (1960) to the New York Times, he covered the crisis in the Congo,... Read more
Otto Jespersen Otto Jespersen
Otto Jespersen , 1860-1943, Danish philologist. Professor of English language and literature at the Univ. of Copenhagen and later rector there, Jespersen first earned a reputation for brilliant work in phonetics and later wrote widely used books on the English language and linguistics in general,... Read more
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Rebound At the beginning of the decade, few fans held their breath over what team would be crowned champion of college basketball. Many fans—and even a few sportswriters—complained that the winning ways of the John Wooden-coached UCLA Bruins had robbed the season and... Read more
Sebastiano Mazzoni Sebastiano Mazzoni
Mazzoni, Sebastiano (b Florence, c.1611; d Venice, 22 Apr. 1678). Italian painter, poet, and architect, active mainly in Venice, where he settled in 1646/8. He was one of the most individualistic of Italian Baroque painters, often choosing unusual subjects and expressing a vivid sense of movement... Read more
Robert Altman Robert Altman
Robert Altman 1925-2006, American film director, b. Kansas City, Mo. One of the most original talents in late-20th-century American filmmaking, he created complex, often loosely plotted movies marked by brilliant and often huge ensemble casting, sharply delineated characters, overlapping dialogue,... Read more
Franklin Henry Giddings Franklin Henry Giddings
Franklin Henry Giddings 1855-1931, American sociologist, b. Fairfield co., Conn., grad. Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. In 1894 he became professor of sociology at Columbia, where he earned a reputation as a brilliant teacher. His explanation of social phenomena was based on the principle of ... Read more
Mighty Handful Mighty Handful
MIGHTY HANDFUL Group of nationally oriented Russian composers during the nineteenth century; the name was coined unintentionally by the music and art critic Vladimir Stasov. The "Mighty Handful" (moguchaya kuchka ), also known as the New Russian School, Balakirev Circle, or the Five, is a group of... Read more
Sir Denis Mahon Sir Denis Mahon
Mahon, Sir Denis (1910– ). British art historian and collector. A private scholar with private means, he has devoted himself single-mindedly to the study of 17th-century Italian (particularly Bolognese) painting, and has not only built up a choice collection in this field, but also... Read more
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gesso. Brilliant white preparation of powdered chalk mixed with glue, used during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as a ground to prepare a panel or canvas for painting or gilding. The gesso was applied in several layers, with the proportion of chalk to glue progressively increasing. When... Read more

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