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Lynch, David (Keith)

(Encyclopedia) Lynch, David (Keith), 1946–, American film and television writer, producer, and director, b. Missoula, Mont. Trained as a painter, he studied at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington…

Kazantzakis, Nikos

(Encyclopedia) Kazantzakis, NikosKazantzakis, Nikosnēˈkôs käˌzändzäˈkēs [key], 1883?–1957, Greek writer, b. Crete. After obtaining a law degree he studied philosophy under Henri Bergson in Paris and…

Langdon, Harry

(Encyclopedia) Langdon, Harry, 1884–1944, American silent film comedian and director, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa. He repeatedly ran away from home to join traveling shows and circuses as a youngster,…

Berger, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Berger, ThomasBerger, Thomasbûrˈgər [key], 1924–2014, American novelist, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati (B.A., 1948). He is known for bitterly comic novels that often deal…

Bakunin, Mikhail

(Encyclopedia) Bakunin, MikhailBakunin, Mikhailmēkhəyēlˈ bək&oomacr;ˈnyĭn [key], 1814–76, Russian revolutionary and leading exponent of anarchism. He came from an aristocratic family but entered…

Paleolithic period

(Encyclopedia) Paleolithic periodPaleolithic periodpāˌlēəlĭthˈĭk, –lēō–, pălˌ– [key] or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is…

2018 Winter Olympics: Bobsleigh

Offspring of the toboggan Source: AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson Related Links 2018 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics Encyclopedia: Ancient Olympics…

John Robert HANSEN, Congress, IA (1901-1974)

HANSEN, John Robert, a Representative from Iowa; born in Manning, Carroll County, Iowa, August 24, 1901; attended the Manning public schools; attended the State University of Iowa, 1919-1921;…

Gonda

(Encyclopedia) Gonda Gonda gōnˈdə [key], town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Sarayu River and the…

Gordon, Charles William

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Charles William, pseud. Ralph Connor, 1860–1937, Canadian clergyman and novelist. His popular stories were based on his experience as a Presbyterian missionary in the lumber…