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Modigliani, Amedeo

(Encyclopedia) Modigliani, AmedeoModigliani, Amedeoämādĕˈō mōdēlyäˈnē [key], 1884–1920, Italian painter, b. Livorno. In Paris after 1906, Modigliani first worked as a sculptor and was influenced by…

Putnam, Rufus

(Encyclopedia) Putnam, Rufus, 1738–1824, American Revolutionary general, one of the founders of the Ohio Company of Associates, b. Sutton, Mass.; cousin of Israel Putnam. In the French and Indian War…

Detroit, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Detroit Detroit dĭtroitˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 639,111), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the…

Lorne Michaels

(Lorne Lipowitz)writer, producerBorn: 11/17/1944Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario Best known as the creator and producer of NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975–80, 1985– ), Michaels has also produced films…

Edmonton

(Encyclopedia) Edmonton Edmonton ĕdˈməntən [key], city, provincial capital, central Alta., Canada, on the North…

Garden City, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Garden City. 1 City (2020 pop. 10,289), Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry, distribution center, and industrial city on the Savannah…

Nauman, Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Nauman, BruceNauman, Brucenouˈmən [key], 1941–, American artist, b. Fort Wayne, Ind., B.A. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (1964), M.F.A. Univ. of California, Davis (1966). One of the most…

Levine, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Levine, Philip, 1928–2015, American poet, b. Detroit, grad. Wayne State Univ. (B.A., 1950; A.M., 1954), Univ. of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957). The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, he held a…

Saarinen, Eero

(Encyclopedia) Saarinen, EeroSaarinen, Eeroāˈrō säˈrĭnĕn [key], 1910–61, Finnish-American architect, grad. Yale (B.A., 1934), became an American citizen in 1940; son of Eliel Saarinen. Saarinen's…

Shelley Long

actressBorn: 8/23/1949Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Originally a TV producer and host, Long broke into film acting in the early 1980s, notably in Night Shift (1982) with Henry Winkler and Michael…