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Bowling Green State University
(Encyclopedia) Bowling Green State University, at Bowling Green, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1910 as a normal school, opened 1914. It became a college in 1929, a university in 1935. The school has…Gans, Herbert
(Encyclopedia) Gans, HerbertGans, Herbertgăns [key], 1927–, American sociologist and educator, b. Cologne, Germany. He came to the United States in 1940 and became a U.S. citizen. In The Urban…music video
(Encyclopedia) music video, videotaped performance of a recorded popular song, usually accompanied by dance or a fragmentary story and sometimes employing concert footage. Typically three to five…Leibovitz, Annie
(Encyclopedia) Leibovitz, AnnieLeibovitz, Annielēbˈəvĭts [key], 1949–, American photographer, b. Waterbury, Conn., as Anna-Lou Leibovitz. A celebrated portrait photographer, she began contributing…DiMaggio, Joe
(Encyclopedia) DiMaggio, Joe (Joseph Paul DiMaggio)DiMaggio, Joedĭmăjˈēōˌ, –mäjˈēōˌ [key], 1914–99, American baseball player, b. Martinez, Calif. One of the most charismatic of 20th-century sports…robot
(Encyclopedia) robot or automatonrobotôtämˈətänˌ [key] mechanical device designed to perform the work generally done by a human being. The Czech dramatist Karel Čapek popularized the expression […Madonna
(Encyclopedia) Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) Madonna mədŏnˈə, chĭkōˈnē [key], 1958…Las Vegas
(Encyclopedia) Las VegasLas Vegasläs vāˈgəs [key], city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban…Murakami, Haruki
(Encyclopedia) Murakami, HarukiMurakami, Harukihär&oomacr;ˈkē m&oobreve;rˌäkäˈmē [key], 1949–, Japanese novelist. He lived in Europe and the United States from 1986 to 1995. Widely considered…Ono, Yoko
(Encyclopedia) Ono, Yoko, 1933- , Japanese-American conceptual artist, songwriter, and recording artist, b. Tokyo, Japan. Ono’s father was a banker…Trending
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