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Key West

(Encyclopedia) Key West, city (1990 pop. 24,832), seat of Monroe co., S Fla., on an island at the southwestern extremity of the Florida Keys; inc. 1828. About 150 mi (240 km) from Miami (but only 90…

Guggenheim

(Encyclopedia) GuggenheimGuggenheimg&oobreve;gˈənhīm [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to…

Feiffer, Jules

(Encyclopedia) Feiffer, JulesFeiffer, Julesfīˈfər [key], 1929–, American cartoonist and writer, b. New York City. He began publishing a cartoon strip in the Village Voice in 1956, maintaining his…

Brooks, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Brooks, Albert ,1947-, American comedian, actor, film writer, and director, b. Beverly Hills, Ca., as Albert Lawrence Einstein. Brooks…

White, Stanford

(Encyclopedia) White, Stanford, 1853–1906, American architect, b. New York City; son of Richard Grant White. In 1872 he entered the office of Gambrill and Richardson in Boston, at the time when H. H…

Wallace, Sir William

(Encyclopedia) Wallace, Sir William, 1272?–1305, Scottish soldier and national hero. The first historical record of Wallace's activities concerns the burning of Lanark by Wallace and 30 men in May,…

R-T

Maurice F. Rabb, Jr.Joseph Rainey Virginia RandolphNancy Davis ReaganBenjamin ReifelHiram RevelsJoseph Jones ReynoldsCondoleezza RiceBill RichardsonElliot RichardsonNorbert RillieuxJ.…

Skiing, Alpine–Women

Downhill1948 Hedy Schlunegger, Switzerland 2:28.301952 Trude Jochum-Beiser, Austria 1:47.101956 Madeleine Berthod, Switzerland 1:40.701960 Heidi Biebl, Germany 1:37.601964 Christl Haas,…

Peter Viertel Biography

writerDied: Nov. 4, 2007 (Marbella, Spain) Best Known as: Hollywood screenwriter and novelist Author and screenwriter who produced proactive works of…