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Beach, Moses Yale
(Encyclopedia) Beach, Moses Yale, 1800–1868, American journalist, b. Wallingford, Conn. As a young man he invented a rag-cutting machine and a gunpowder engine. In 1838 he bought the New York Sun…Eyre, Edward John
(Encyclopedia) Eyre, Edward JohnEyre, Edward Johnâr [key], 1815–1901, British colonial administrator. In Australia (1833–45) he was a magistrate, explorer, and writer on Australian geography, and had…Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr., 1935–2021, African-American civil-rights leader and lawyer, b. Atlanta, Ga., DePauw Univ. (BA, 1957), Howard…Warbeck, Perkin
(Encyclopedia) Warbeck, Perkin, 1474?–1499, pretender to the English throne, b. Tournai. He lived in Flanders and later in Portugal and arrived in Ireland in the employ of a silk merchant in 1491.…Curdled
Director:Reb BraddockWriters:John Maass and Reb BraddockDirector of Photography:Steven BernsteinEditor:Mallory GotliebMusic:Joseph Julian GonzalezProduction Designer:Sherman WilliamsProducers…Gang Related
Director/Writer: Jim KoufDirector of Photography:Brian J. ReynoldsEditor:Todd RamsayMusic:Mickey HartProduction Designer:Charles BreenProducers:Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler and John BertolliMGM…Alexander RAMSEY, Congress, PA (1815-1903)
Senate Years of Service: 1863-1875 Party: Republican RAMSEY Alexander , a Representative from Pennsylvania and a Senator from Minnesota; born near Harrisburg, Pa., September 8, 1815; attended…1996 Cannes Film Festival
Palme d'OrSecrets and Lies, Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)Grand PrizeBreaking the Waves, Lars von Trier (Denmark)Best ActorsPascal Duquenne and Daniel Auteuil, Eighth Day (France)Best…Judson Dance Theater
(Encyclopedia) Judson Dance Theater, a loose collective of dancers, musicians, and visual artists that produced an influential series of avant-garde performance pieces at Judson Memorial Church in…Kanin, Garson
(Encyclopedia) Kanin, GarsonKanin, Garsonkāˈnən [key], 1912–99, American director and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y.; grad. American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1933. He worked as a saxophonist, comedian,…