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Barenaked Ladies Biography

Barenaked LadiesCanadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist.…

Super Bowl Ads 2001: Revenge of the Blue Chipss

Philip Morris and Mastercard are in; the dot-coms are out by Mike Morrison The Big Boys Bounce Back The past year's economic fears have resulted in two things: Most of the dot-coms have been…

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Freyre, Gilberto

(Encyclopedia) Freyre, GilbertoFreyre, Gilbertojēlbĕrˈt&oomacr; frāˈrə [key], 1900–1987, Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist, grad. Baylor Univ., 1920, M.A. Columbia, 1922. He taught,…

Gregg, Josiah

(Encyclopedia) Gregg, Josiah, 1806–50, American trader and historian of the Santa Fe Trail, b. Overton co., Tenn. He moved with his family to Illinois (1809) and then to Missouri (1812). He gained…

Harris, Townsend

(Encyclopedia) Harris, Townsend, 1804–78, American merchant and diplomat, b. Sandy Hill, N.Y. A merchant in New York City for many years, he became (1846) a member of the board of education, served…

Hand, Learned

(Encyclopedia) Hand, LearnedHand, Learnedlûrˈnəd [key], 1872–1961, American jurist, b. Albany, N.Y. He received his law degree from Harvard in 1896. He was a judge of the U.S. District Court for New…

Hart, Lorenz Milton

(Encyclopedia) Hart, Lorenz Milton, 1895–1943, American lyricist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. Hart began collaborating with Richard Rodgers in 1919; their initial success was The Garrick…

Coase, Ronald Harry

(Encyclopedia) Coase, Ronald HarryCoase, Ronald Harrykōz [key], 1910–2013, British economist, b. London, Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1951. He was raised and educated in England before coming to the United…