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Lumière, Louis Jean

(Encyclopedia) Lumière, Louis JeanLumière, Louis Jeanlwē zhäN lümyĕrˈ [key], 1864–1948, and Auguste LumièreLumière, Louis Jeanōgüstˈ [key], 1862–1954, French inventors, brothers. They invented the…

Mao Tun

(Encyclopedia) Mao Tun or Mao DunMao Dunmou d&oobreve;nˈ [key], pseud. of She Yen-pingShe Yen-pingshəˈ yĕnˈbĭngˈ [key], 1896–1981, Chinese novelist and Minister of Culture (1949–65). His fiction…

1996 Olympics: Table Tennis

Men Singles: 1. Liu Guoliang, CHN, def. 2. Wang Tao, CHN (21-12, 22-24, 21-19, 15-21, 21-6); 3. Joerg Rosskopf, GER, def. Petr Korbel, CZE (21-17, 19-21, 21-18, 21-19). Doubles: 1. Kong Linghui…

2000 Olympics: Table Tennis

MEN Singles: 1. Kong Linghui, CHN def. 2. Jan-Ove Waldner, SWE (21-16, 21-19, 17-21, 14-21, 21-13); 3. Liu Guoliang, CHN def. Joergen Persson, SWE (21-18, 19-21, 21-14, 21-13). Doubles: 1. Wang…

Jingdezhen

(Encyclopedia) JingdezhenJingdezhenjĭng-d&oobreve;-jŭn [key] or FowliangFowliangf&oomacr;ˈlyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 294,000), NE Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River. It is world…

Lee, Tsung-Dao

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Tsung-DaoLee, Tsung-Daodz&oobreve;ngˈ-douˈ lēˈ [key], 1926–, American physicist, b. China, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1950. He was a member (1951–53) of the Institute for…

Charles A. GONZALEZ, Congress, TX (1945)

GONZALEZ, Charles A., (son of Henry Barbosa González), a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 5, 1945; graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School, San…

Daniel Andrew MICA, Congress, FL (1944)

MICA, Daniel Andrew, a Representative from Florida; born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., February 4, 1944; attended Horace Mann School, Binghamton, N.Y., 1950; graduated, Miami Edison High…

John L. MICA, Congress, FL (1943)

MICA, John L., (brother of Daniel Andrew Mica), a Representative from Florida; born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., January 27, 1943; graduated from Miami-Edison High School, Miami, Fla.;…

Frank GUINTA, Congress, NH (1970)

GUINTA, Frank, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Edison, Middlesex County, N.J., September 26, 1970; graduated from Canterbury School, New Milford, Conn., 1989; B.A., Assumption…