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Buffalo City

(Encyclopedia) Buffalo City, metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. East London is…

Todd Duncan 1998 Deaths

Todd DuncanAge: 95 baritone who was the first black singer to join the New York City Opera. He created the role of Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Died: Feb. 28, 1998.Kenny DuckettA -…

David Duncan, 2002 News

former Arthur Andersen partner in charge of auditing Enron, pleaded guilty in April to obstruction of justice. He admitted to ordering the shredding of thousands of Enron-related documents…

Harry Duncan 1997 Deaths

Harry Duncanhand printer of books Duncan started hand-printing books in 1939 under the Cummington Press imprint and switched to an electric press in 1985 only because he didn't have an…

Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

WBMidseason DebutSunday 8:00–8:30 p.m.Cast:Selma Blair, Mary Page Keller, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum and Azura Skye The WB's spin on Friends has four high-school students hanging out in…

Nairn, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) NairnNairnnârn [key], town (1991 pop. 7,721), Highland, N Scotland, at the mouth of the Nairn River on Moray Firth. It is a tourist resort and fishing harbor. Other industries include…

Simon, Claude Eugène Henri

(Encyclopedia) Simon, Claude Eugène Henri, 1913–2005, French novelist. He was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and studied at Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge. He fought in World War II both as a…

Malcolm III

(Encyclopedia) Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore), d. 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93), son of Duncan I; successor to Macbeth (d. 1057). It took him some years after Macbeth's death to regain the…

Tsimshian

(Encyclopedia) TsimshianTsimshiantsĭmˈshēən [key], Native North Americans speaking a language probably falling within the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They lived around…

Strong, William Duncan

(Encyclopedia) Strong, William Duncan, 1899–1962, American anthropologist, b. Portland, Oreg., grad. Univ. of California (B.A., 1923; Ph.D., 1926). He served as curator at the Chicago Field Museum (…