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The Three Gertrudes.(Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Gertrude Stein and Gertie, The Three Gertrudes.(Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Gertie Stein and Gertie, or The Three Gertrudes.(Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Gertrud Stein and Gertie ?
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Gerty T. Cori
Gerty T. Cori The scientist Gerti T. Cory (1896-1957) made important discoveries in biochemistry, especially carbohydrate metabolism, and in 1947, along with her husband, received the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology. She later studied glycogen storage diseases and the role of enzymes in... Read more |
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Carl Ferdinand Cori
Carl Ferdinand Cori 1896-1984, and Gerty Theresa Cori , 1896-1957, American biochemists, b. Prague. Soon after receiving their medical degrees and marrying, they emigrated to the United States (1922), where they pursued their joint researches into the biochemical pathway by which glycogen , the... Read more |
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Joaquin Torres-Garcia
Torres-García, Joaquín (1874–1949). Uraguayan painter and art theorist, born in Montevideo. Most of his life was spent in Spain, to which he moved with his family in 1891 (his mother was Uraguayan, but his father was a Spanish immigrant). He lived mainly in Barcelona, where he moved... Read more |
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Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney with a core group of 700 art objects, many from her own collection. The museum was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914-18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918-28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries... Read more |
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Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein 1874-1946, American author and patron of the arts, b. Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pa. A celebrated personality, she encouraged, aided, and influenced—through her patronage as well as through her writing—many literary and artistic figures. After attending (1893-97)... Read more |
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Gertrude Caroline Ederle
Gertrude Caroline Ederle , 1905-2003, American swimmer, b. New York City. Ederle won three medals in the 1924 Olympic games. On Aug. 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel, which she crossed in rough seas in 14 hr and 31 min, breaking the previous men's record. She became a... Read more |
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Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway 1899-1961, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Oak Park, Ill. one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Life The son of a country doctor, Hemingway worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star after graduating from high school in 1917. During World War I he... Read more |
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Virgil Thomson
Virgil Thomson 1896-1989, American composer, critic, and organist, b. Kansas City, Mo. Thomson studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger . Until about 1926 he wrote in a dissonant, neoclassic style, but after his 16-minute quintet Sonata da chiesa (1926) he began to employ a highly simplified style... Read more |
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Tacoma
Tacoma , city (1990 pop. 176,664), seat of Pierce co., W Wash., on Commencement Bay and Puget Sound at the mouth of the Puyallup River; inc. 1884. It is a major seaport and railroad terminus and one of the chief industrial cities in the Northwest. Once known as the lumber capital of America, it is... Read more |
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Generation
GENERATION. In its most widely accepted modern sense, a generation is comprised of a group of people born around the same time and sharing certain formative experiences. The concept of generations has been used by social scientists, historians, and anthropologists to explain social change over time... Read more |
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Polo Santa Gertrudes increases exports.
...tiles complex, Polo Santa Gertrudes, based at Sao Paulo state, is to expand exports within three years to 100mil m2, aimed...In 2005, when Polo de Santa Gertrudes forecasts to ship 30% of its...ceramic sector sales. Santa Gertrudes manufactures between ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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HIKE OF THE WEEK
...overpass). Continue for about three miles past the Trapps Bridge...separates the Millbrook Mountain-Gertrudes Nose ridge, which you are...the start of the red-blazed Gertrudes Nose Path. Turn right and...ll eventually come out at Gertrudes Nose, the southern ... |
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Speeding and alcohol suspected in fatal La Mirada crash
...making a left turn onto Santa Gertrudes Avenue when it was hit by the...makeshift memorial on Santa Gertrudes Avenue. "All our family has...Beatitudes of Our Lord, on Santa Gertrudes, according to his uncle...construction in carpentry. He has three brothers ... |
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Life in the faster lane
...Boulevard to Lambert Road to Santa Gertrudes Avenue, speed limits will...been raised. One is on Santa Gertrudes Avenue from Leffingwell Road...survey of that stretch of Santa Gertrudes showed that 85 percent of cars...in that area during the last three ... |
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Whittier officials still believe in housing plan for Whittier Boulevard
...in particular east of Santa Gertrudes Avenue - for housing as part...calls for it east of Santa Gertrudes Avenue as well as La Serna...in the areas west of Santa Gertrudes Avenue. Mayor Greg Nordbak...invested. Although it may be three to five years before ... |
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La Mirada to set the standards for the Imperial Highway commercial corridor
...area from just east of Santa Gertrudes Avenue to Marquardt Avenue...the northeast corner of Santa Gertrudes and Imperial. Home Depot has...asked the council to consider three styles - Mediterranean modern...wanted more time to study all three styles. Still, ... |
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Tahmizian tapped as Teacher of the Year for Los Nietos district
...entire 32-year teaching career at Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary School, watching hundreds of students...professor for leading her into education. And in her three decades at Rancho Santa Gertrudes, Tahmizian has absorbed the history and the... |
 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS.(Obituaries)
...2001. Andrea was born to Jose and Gertrudes Alire de Griego in Santa Fe on May 23...preceded in death by her parents: Jose and Gertrudes Alire Griego; husband, Jose Concepcion...by her husband, Max, of Santa Fe; three sons, Craig of Stateline, Nev., Robert... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Obituaries
...until 1985, when she returned to St. Gertrudes due to failing health. She then spent...sister, Sister Aquinas Schaecher of St. Gertrudes. Memorial contributions may be made...Lake, Idaho; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions... |
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East Whittier news briefs, Nov. 3
...at the Whittwood branch, 10537 Santa Gertrudes Ave., of the Whittier Library. Refreshments...Whittwood branch library, 10537 Santa Gertrudes Ave. For information, call 562-464...media. Sculptural art is defined by three- dimensional art, content and form... |
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