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O'Connor, Flannery

(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, Flannery (Mary Flannery O'Connor), 1925–64, American author, b. Savannah, Ga., grad. Women's College of Georgia (A.B., 1945), Iowa State Univ. (M.F.A., 1947). As a writer, O'…

Judith Marie Flannery Biography

Judith Marie FlanneryAge: 57 four-time world champion and six-time U.S. champion triathlete; was killed when a car driven by an unlicensed man struck her as she rode her bikeDied: Chevy…

Milledgeville

(Encyclopedia) Milledgeville, city (1990 pop. 17,727), seat of Baldwin co., central Ga., on the Oconee River, in a fertile farm area; inc. 1836. Among its industries are the manufacture of clothing,…

John Harold FLANNERY, Congress, PA (1898-1961)

FLANNERY John Harold , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa., April 19, 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated from Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.,…

Edna Flannery KELLY, Congress, NY (1906-1997)

KELLY Edna Flannery , a Representative from New York; born Edna Patricia Flannery, in East Hampton, Suffolk County, N.Y., August 20, 1906; graduated from East Hampton High School, East Hampton, N.…

Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr., 1908–2000, American novelist, short-story writer, and editor, b. Lincoln, Ill. Educated at the Univ. of Illinois and Harvard, he began his career as a…

Gros Ventre

(Encyclopedia) Gros VentreGros Ventregrō văNˈtrə [key] [Fr.,=big belly], name used by the French for two quite distinct Native North American groups. One was the Atsina, a detached band of the…

Jones, Bill T.

(Encyclopedia) Jones, Bill T. (William Tass Jones), 1952–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Bunnell, Fla. A gay African American who has experienced dual prejudices, he has often brilliantly…

short story

(Encyclopedia) short story, brief prose fiction. The term covers a wide variety of narratives—from stories in which the main focus is on the course of events to studies of character, from the “short…

Ross Finney Biography

Ross Finney Age: 90composer, teacher Finney wrote eight string quartets, four symphonies, two ballets and several chamber pieces and song cycles. Finney's works include Landscapes Remembered…