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(Encyclopedia) lie detector, instrument designed to record bodily changes resulting from the telling of a lie. Cesare Lombroso, in 1895, was the first to utilize such an instrument, but it was not…
(Encyclopedia) Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912–1997, American-Mexican composer, best known for his works for the player piano, b. Texarkana, Ark., studied Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and with…
Mudd, Roger Harrison
(Encyclopedia) Mudd, Roger Harrison,
1928-2021, American broadcast journalist, b. Washington,
D.C., Washington and Lee Univ. (BA, 1950), Univ. of N.C…
(Encyclopedia) Moholy-Nagy, LászlóMoholy-Nagy, Lászlóläˈslō môˈhôlē-nŏˈdyə [key], 1895–1946, Hungarian painter, designer, and experimental photographer. He turned to art after studying law. While…
(Encyclopedia) Breuer, Marcel LajosBreuer, Marcel Lajosbroiˈər [key], 1902–81, American architect and furniture designer, b. Hungary. During the 1920s he was associated, both as student and as…
(Encyclopedia) Frankfurt School, a group of researchers associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research), founded in 1923 as an autonomous division of the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 1537?–1583, English soldier, navigator, and explorer; half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Knighted (1570) for his service in the campaigns in Ireland, he later (…
