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(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…
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Director: Brian RobbinsWriters: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath SeifertDirector of Photography:Mac AhlbergEditor:Anita Brandt-BurgoyneMusic:Stewart CopelandProduction Designer:Steven…
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1952
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(Encyclopedia) Levi, PrimoLevi, Primoprēˈmō lāˈvē [key], 1919–87, Italian writer. A chemist of Jewish descent, Levi was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. His first…
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(Encyclopedia) Carter, Angela, 1940–92, English writer. She was a newspaper reporter before studying at the Univ. of Bristol (B.A., 1965), where she explored medieval literature, Freud, surrealism,…
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