(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sir William Turner, 1902–83, English composer, b. Oldham. Walton studied at Oxford. One of his earliest works was a piano quartet (1918–19). In 1923, Façade, satirical poems by…
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(Encyclopedia) Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 1915–2009, American economist, b. Gary, Ind., grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.A., 1935), Harvard (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Appointed a professor of economics at the…
(Encyclopedia) United Mine Workers of America (UMW), international labor union formed (1890) by the amalgamation of the National Progressive Union (organized 1888) and the mine locals under the…
July 16 marks the anniversary of Kennedy's tragic plane crash by Beth Rowen John F. Kennedy, Jr., and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, died in a small plane on July 16, 1999. The Kennedys John…
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Bennett, Tony
(Encyclopedia) Bennett, Tony,
1926-, American singer, b. Queens, N.Y., as Anthony Dominick Benedetto. The
son of Italian immigrants, Bennett began…
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