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Allen, Woody

(Encyclopedia) Allen, Woody, 1935–, American actor, writer, and director, one of contemporary America's leading filmmakers, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Allen began his career…

Biographies: 2014 People in the News

2014 People in the News See also 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People…

Mia Farrow Biography

Mia Farrow(Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow)actressBorn: 2/9/1945Birthplace: Los Angeles Actress whose intelligent and sensitively shaped roles have more often been overshadowed by her…

Transcendental Meditation

(Encyclopedia) Transcendental Meditation, service mark for a meditation technique and program founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and based on Vedic philosophy. Stressing natural meditation and the…

Halley, Edmond

(Encyclopedia) Halley, EdmondHalley, Edmondhălˈē, hôˈlē [key], 1656–1742, English astronomer and mathematician. He is particularly noted as the first astronomer to predict the return of a comet and…

Samuel FARROW, Congress, SC (1759-1824)

FARROW Samuel , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Virginia in 1759; moved to South Carolina with his father's family, who settled in Spartanburg District in 1765; served in the…

Daniel John RONAN, Congress, IL (1914-1969)

RONAN Daniel John , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1914; attended parochial schools; graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1933, from Loyola University,…

Ralph Fasanella

Ralph FasanellapainterBorn: 9/2/1914Birthplace: New York City A longtime union organizer for the United Electrical Workers among others, he began teaching himself to paint in 1944 and gained…

Ralph Fasanella Biography

Ralph FasanellapainterBorn: 9/2/1914Birthplace: New York City A longtime union organizer for the United Electrical Workers among others, he began teaching himself to paint in 1944 and gained…