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Gallipoli campaign

(Encyclopedia) Gallipoli campaign, 1915, Allied expedition in World War I for the purpose of gaining control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits, capturing Constantinople, and opening a Black Sea…

Lagerlöf, Selma

(Encyclopedia) Lagerlöf, SelmaLagerlöf, Selmasĕlˈmä läˈgərlöv [key], 1858–1940, Swedish novelist. Her native Värmland is the background for many of her excellent stories, which deal with peasant life…

Tetley, Glen

(Encyclopedia) Tetley, Glen (Glenford Andrew Tetley, Jr.), 1926–2006, American dancer and choreographer, b. Cleveland. He studied in New York City with Hanya Holm and trained with Martha Graham,…

Joe Gould's Secret

Director:Stanley TucciWriter:Howard RodmanUSA Films/October Films; R; 108 minutesRelease:4/00Cast:Sir Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis Joe Gould's Secret comes as a welcome change after…

eXistenZ

Director/Writer: David CronenbergDimension Film; R; 90 minutesRelease:4/99Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Willem Dafoe David Cronenberg's latest is a strange…

Louis, Murray

(Encyclopedia) Louis, Murray, 1926–2016, American modern dancer and choreographer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Murray Louis Fuchs. He served in naval intelligence in San Francisco during World War II, then…

Masisi, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe

(Encyclopedia) Masisi, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe, 1962–, Botswanan political leader. An educator, he studied in the United States and Great Britain, then worked for the United Nations Children's Fund…

Sir Ian McGregor Biography

Sir Ian McGregorsteel magnateBorn: 1912Birthplace: Kinlochleven, Highland, Scotland Though educated in Scotland at the Royal College of Science and Technology, he worked first in the U.S.…

Ian Dury 2000 Deaths

Ian DuryAge: 57 gravel-voiced musician whose band, the Blockheads, was at the fore of the punk movement. The band's simple yet humorous songs include “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”…

Ian Hamilton 2001 Deaths

Ian HamiltonAge: 63 British poet, editor, and biographer who wrote a controversial, unauthorized biography of J. D. Salinger. Salinger successfully sued to block distribution of the book.…