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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson 1937— Singer At a Glance Read more |
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Francois-Gaspard Adam
Adam, François-Gaspard (b Nancy, 23 May 1710; d Paris, 18 Aug. 1761); Lambert-Sigisbert (b Nancy, 10 Oct. 1700; d Paris, 12 May 1759); and Nicolas-Sébastien (b Nancy, 22 Mar. 1705; d Paris, 27 Mar. 1778). French sculptors, brothers. All three spent several years in Rome after training... Read more |
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Jacques Bellange
Bellange, Jacques (d Nancy, 1616). French painter, etcher, draughtsman, and designer, active in Nancy, where he worked for the dukes of Lorraine from 1602. Much of his work has perished, including murals and ephemeral decorative work, and only a handful of surviving paintings are confidently... Read more |
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Nancy Sinatra
Lee Hazlewood Singer, producer, songwriter While Lee Hazlewood isn't a particularly well known name in music, he is an iconoclastic renaissance man, influential for generations of other musicians from Phil Spector to Sonic Youth. He is perhaps best known for discovering guitar phenom... Read more |
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Nancy
Nancy , city (1990 pop. 102,410), capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., NE France, on the Meurthe River and the Marne-Rhine Canal. It is the administrative, economic, and educational center of Lorraine . Situated at the edge of the huge Lorraine iron fields, Nancy is an industrial city manufacturing... Read more |
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Nancy Patricia Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi , 1940-, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-), b. Baltimore as Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro. The daughter of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr., who served as Baltimore's mayor and a congressman, she moved to California, where she became active in the... Read more |
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Nancy Evans
EVANS, NANCY Nancy Evans is co-founder and editor-in-chief of iVillage Inc., one of the Web's largest content sites and the leading online service for women. Visitors to the site total more than 5 million each month. iVillage targets women between the ages of 25 and 54 with 18 different channels:... Read more |
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Seascape
Seascape (1975), a play by Edward Albee. [Shubert Theatre, 65 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] On a deserted stretch of beach, the late‐middle‐aged couple Charlie ( Barry Nelson) and Nancy ( Deborah Kerr) are discussing their “pleasant” marriage when two human‐sized... Read more |
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Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez 1957- American golfer When Nancy Lopez burst onto the scene of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour during her rookie year in 1978 by winning a record five consecutive tournaments, she gave new life to the women's tour. Then-LPGA's director of publicity, Chip Campbell,... Read more |
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Howard Henry Baker Jr
Howard Henry Baker, Jr. 1925-, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn. As a moderate Republican senator (1966-87) from Tennessee, he gained (1973) national attention as a member of the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair . He became (1977) Senate minority leader... Read more |
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Reagan, Ronald
...All American, in which he starred as Notre Dame football legend George Gipp. That same year he married actress Jane Wyman. Involved...a secret informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Nancy Davis, an actress whom he met in 1949 and married three years... |
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Earhart, Amelia
...Extensive searches revealed no sign of fliers or plane. Theories and legends abound about Earhart's fate; it is generally assumed that the plane...Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism, 1993. Nancy Woloch |
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NSW: Nancy Bird Walton - a legend in Australian skies
...General News (Australia) 01-13-2009 NSW: Nancy Bird Walton - a legend in Australian skies Eds: Reissuing to add state...was all in a day's work for Australian aviation legend Nancy Bird Walton. The tireless promoter of women's... |
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Timeout with a true legend ; Nancy Lieberman will find quite a following...
...2011 Timeout with a true legend ; Nancy Lieberman will find quite a...the head coach of the Texas Legends. At an appropriate moment...connecting with another. A Maine legend and forerunner greeting a national...heard Lieberman and the Texas ... |
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Song Legend Nancy Wilson Receives Uncommon Height Award
...legacy of legendary jazz singer Nancy Wilson begs to never beforgotten...The evening's theme was "A Legend Honors a Legend," which paralleled Dr.Height...of Excellence: The Lady, The Legend, TheLegacy," a story about the... |
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Jazz legend Nancy Wilson celebrates Grammy win
Singer Nancy Wilson sounds proud when she says she's not trying "to cash in...years and see when I was doing then," she says. "I see the same Nancy." That "same Nancy" will be performing Downtown on Sunday in a show that will be in... |
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GSA SALUTES ITS LIVING LEGEND, NANCY POTTER
...Services Administration issued the following press release: Nancy Potter, the longest-serving employee in U.S. General Services...of achievement." "The history of GSA will forever include Nancy's contribution to the modernization of our financial systems... |
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Beatle legend Paul McCartney weds US heiress Nancy Shevell.
Beatle legend Paul McCartney weds US heiress Nancy Shevell London, October 09 2011...married American trucking heiress Nancy Shevell, who becomes the third...American - in 1969, the Beatle legend said he was feeling "absolutely... |
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POCKET ROCKET NICHOLAS SEES OFF HER BIG IDOL; "NANCY'S A LEGEND AND IT WAS...
...came from a book written by Nancy Lopez. Seven years ago, a...the American Tour by the same Nancy Lopez - who may now wish she...someone gave me a book by Nancy and told me it might help...delighted she did. She's a legend of the game and it was a ... |
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NikonNet and 'Legends Behind the Lens' Feature Commercial Photographer Nancy...
...and its inspiring monthly "Legends Behind the Lens" series (http://www.nikonnet.com/legends) will feature the work of...lifestyle and beauty photographer Nancy Brown. A successful model...www.nikonnet.com/legends. About "Legends Behind the... |
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Supervisors to Honor Nancy Wilson: 20th Anniversary of Living Legends Series
Supervisors to Honor Nancy Wilson: 20th Anniversary of Living Legends Series Supervisor Yvonne Burke...Anniversary Celebration of the Living Legends Program that will take place...in Japan today. The Living Legends Series high-lighted such... |
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Supervisors to Honor Nancy Wilson: 20th Anniversary of Living Legends
...1999 Supervisors to Honor Nancy Wilson: 20th Anniversary of Living Legends SeriesSupervisor Yvonne Burke...Celebration of the Living Legends Program that will take place...in Japan today.The Living Legends Series high-lighted such... |
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