VAN HORN Robert Thompson , a Representative from Missouri; born in East Mahoning, Indiana County, Pa., May
19, 1824; attended the common schools; apprenticed to a printer; moved to Ohio in 1844…
Thompson's Lunch Room — Grand Central StationStudy in WhitesWax-white —
Floor, ceiling, walls.
Ivory shadows
Over the pavement
Polished to cream surfaces
By constant sweeping.
The big room is…
(Encyclopedia) KamloopsKamloopskămˈl&oomacr;ps [key], city (1991 pop. 67,057), S British Columbia, Canada, at the junction of the North Thompson and South Thompson rivers. A trading post was…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856–1915, American industrial engineer, b. Germantown, Pa., grad. Stevens Institute of Technology, 1883. He was called the father of scientific management.…
(Encyclopedia) de Kooning, Willemde Kooning, Willemdə k&oomacr;ˈnĭng [key], 1904–97, American painter, b. Netherlands; studied Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and Techniques. De Kooning immigrated…
The 2001–2002 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 20, 2002, at New York's Webster Hall.Playwriting:…
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