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Mazursky, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Mazursky, Paul (Irwin Lawrence Mazursky), 1939-2014, American film director, screenwriter, and actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooklyn…St. Denis, Ruth
(Encyclopedia) St. Denis, RuthSt. Denis, Ruthsānt dĕnˈĭs [key], 1877–1968, American dancer, b. Newark, N.J., whose name was originally Ruth Dennis. After her debut (c.1893) she toured with David…Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
(Encyclopedia) Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977–, one of the leading African writers of her generation, b. Enugu, Nigeria. She left Nigeria for the United States in 1997 to study, and since has split…Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy
(Encyclopedia) Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy, 1921–2009, American philanthropist and advocate for the intellectually disabled, b. Brookline, Mass., grad. Stanford (1943); she was a daughter of Joseph…King, Larry
(Encyclopedia) King, Larry, 1933-2021, American journalist, radio, and television personality, b. Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, Brooklyn, N.Y. After…Beaufort scale
(Encyclopedia) Beaufort scale, a scale of wind velocity devised (c.1805) by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort of the British navy. An adaptation of Beaufort's scale is used by the U.S. National Weather…Malcolm, Janet
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm, Janet 1934-2021, American journalist and author, b. Prague, Czechoslovakia, as Jana Klara Wienerova, Univ. of Michigan (B.A…Mudd, Roger Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Mudd, Roger Harrison, 1928-2021, American broadcast journalist, b. Washington, D.C., Washington and Lee Univ. (BA, 1950), Univ. of N.C…Theodore E. (Ted) DEUTCH, Congress, FL (1966)
DEUTCH Theodore E. (Ted) , a Representative from Florida; born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., May 7, 1966; graduated from Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pa., 1984; A.B., University of…STEVENS, Theodore F. (Ted), Congress, AK (1923)
Senate Years of Service: 1968- Party: Republican STEVENS, Theodore F. (Ted), a Senator from Alaska; born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 18, 1923; attended Oregon State College…