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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…

Chisum, John Simpson

(Encyclopedia) Chisum, John SimpsonChisum, John Simpsonchĭzˈəm [key], 1824–84, American cattleman, b. Tennessee. In 1837 he moved with his family to Texas. He had no formal education but worked as a…

Aurora, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Aurora Aurora ərôrˈə, ô– [key]. 1 City (2020 pop. 386,261), Adams and Arapahoe counties, N central Colo., a growing suburb on the east side of Denver; inc.…

Cárdenas, García López de

(Encyclopedia) Cárdenas, García López deCárdenas, García López degärthēˈä lōˈpĕth dā kärˈdānäs [key], fl. 1540, Spanish explorer in the Southwest. A member of the 1540 expedition of Francisco Vásquez…

The Wings of the Dove

Director: Iain Softley Writer: Hossein Amini Director of Photography: Eduardo Serra Editor: Tariq Anwar Music: Ed Shearmur Production Designer: John Beard Producers…

Sun Tzu on the Art of War: Waging War [1]

Laying Plans [1] Attack by Stratagem Waging War [1] Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a…

Guggenheim

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

Goodnight, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Goodnight, Charles, 1836–1929, Texas cattleman, b. Macoupin co., Ill. He went to Texas in 1846, where he joined the Texas Rangers and became a noted scout and Indian fighter. He was…

Wieman, Carl Edwin

(Encyclopedia) Wieman, Carl Edwin, 1951–, American physicist, b. Corvallis, Oreg., Ph.D. Stanford, 1977. He was a professor at the Univ. of Colorado from 1984 to 2006. In 2007, he joined the Univ. of…