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Beattie, Ann
(Encyclopedia) Beattie, AnnBeattie, Annbēˈtē, bāˈ– [key], 1947–, American writer, b. Washington, D.C. She gained attention in the early 1970s with short stories in the New Yorker; the 48 stories she…Maurice J. MURPHY, Jr., Congress, NH (1927-2002)
Senate Years of Service: 1961-1962 Party: Republican MURPHY Maurice J., Jr. , a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., October 3, 1927; graduated from Holy Cross…Trilling, Lionel
(Encyclopedia) Trilling, Lionel, 1905–75, American critic, author, and teacher, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1925; M.A., 1926; Ph.D., 1938). He began teaching literature at Columbia in…Tammany
(Encyclopedia) TammanyTammanytămˈənē [key] or Tammany Hall, popular name for the Democratic political machine in Manhattan. Tammany suffered a telling defeat in the election of 1932 and did not…Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss, and Richard Murphy, 2000 News
New York City plainclothes police officers who faced trial on charges of second-degree murder for showering with 41 bullets unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo, were acquitted of…Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, A Lost Generation Love Story
Author:Amanda VaillPublisher:Houghton Mifflin The story of Gerald and Sara Murphy has been told before, by Calvin Tomkins and their daughter, Honoria Murphy Donnelly, but the…Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Director:Peter SegalWriters:Barry Blaustein, David Sheffield, Paul and Chris WeitzUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller While Eddie…Demosthenes
(Encyclopedia) DemosthenesDemosthenesdĭmŏsˈthənēz [key], 384?–322 b.c., Greek orator, generally considered the greatest of the Greek orators. He was a pupil of Isaeus, and—although the story of his…Douglas, William Orville
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b. Maine, Minn. He received his law degree from Columbia in 1925 and later…Tonti, Henri de
(Encyclopedia) Tonti or Tonty, Henri deTonti or Tonty, Henri deboth: äNrēˈ də tôNtēˈ [key], c.1650–1704, French explorer in North America, b. Italy. Serving in the French army, he lost a hand in…Trending
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