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Paul Rosenbergart dealer, collectorBorn: 1881Birthplace: Paris, France An art dealer famous for representing artists such as Picasso, Braque, and Matisse. He began his career in his father's…
Paul StuartAge: 49 Nevada sports information director since 1981; former sports writer at The Albuquerque Journal. Died of a heart attack.Died: Reno, Nev., October 13, 1999David StricklandS…
Paul ReynaAge: 19 270-lb. freshman lineman at Boise State who was injured when he hit his head on the artificial turf during the team's first scrimmage of fall practice. He died of a blood…
Paul BowlesAge: 88 maverick writer and composer who influenced a generation of Beat writers with his moody, dark stories and novels and his eccentric lifestyle. He's best known for his 1949…
Paul (Bear) BryantBorn: Sept. 11, 1913Football coached at 4 colleges over 38 years; directed Alabama to 6 national titles (1961,64-65, 1973, 78-79); retired in 1982 as the winningest coach of…
Paul RobesonBorn: Apr. 9, 1898Black 4-sport star and 2-time football All-America (1917-18) at Rutgers 3-year NFL pro; also scholar, lawyer, singer, actor and political activist; long-tainted…
(Encyclopedia) Lauterbur, Paul Christian, 1929–2007, American chemist, b. Sidney, Ohio, Ph.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1962. Lauterbur was (1969–85) a faculty member at the State Univ. of New York at…
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