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Philip Burke 2000 Deaths

Philip BurkeAge: 65 New York sports public relations executive in the 1960s who was a publicist at Columbia University and Roosevelt Raceway, then the nation's leading harness racing track,…

Philip Morrison 2005 Deaths

Philip MorrisonAge: 89 physicist who, as a member of the Manhattan Project, helped to assemble the first atom bomb—which was tested in July 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico—and the uranium…

Philip Cooney, 2005 News

Bush administration official and former oil-industry lobbyist, resigned his post as chief of staff of the Council of Environmental Quality in June, two days after the New York Times reported…

Philip Yordan 2003 Deaths

Philip YordanAge: 88 writer who won an Oscar for the screenplay to 1954's Broken Lance. He also wrote the breakthrough play Anna Lucasta, a Broadway play with an all-black cast. Died: San…

Philip Buchen 2001 Deaths

Philip BuchenAge: 85 attorney who led a group that worked secretly in 1974, making plans for Vice President Gerald Ford's transition to the presidency if President Nixon were to resign. He…

Brewer's: Namby Pamby Philips

Ambrose Philips (1671-1749). His nickname was bestowed upon him by Harry Carey, the dramatist, for his verses addressed to Lord Carteret's children, and was adopted by Pope. This was not…

Philip Seymour Hoffman Biography

Philip Seymour HoffmanactorBorn: 1968Birthplace: Fairport, N.Y. Versatile character actor known for portraying complex, often dysfunctional characters. He earned his acting chops in theater…

Conrad I, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire

(Encyclopedia) Conrad I, d. 918, German king (911–18). As duke of Franconia he distinguished himself by military exploits and in 911 was elected successor to Louis the Child by the Franconian, Saxon…

Quedlinburg

(Encyclopedia) QuedlinburgQuedlinburgkvādˈlēnb&oobreve;rkh [key], city (1994 pop. 26,853), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, at the foot of the lower Harz Mts. It is an industrial center and an…

McCormick, Robert Sanderson

(Encyclopedia) McCormick, Robert Sanderson, 1849–1919, American diplomat, b. Rockbridge co., Va.; nephew of Cyrus Hall McCormick. President McKinley appointed (1901) him minister to Austria-Hungary.…