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Ernest Lehman 2005 Deaths

Ernest LehmanAge: 89 esteemed screenwriter who penned the classic films North by Northwest and Sweet Smell of Success. He adapted the plays Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Sound of…

Moses, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Moses, Robert, 1888–1981, U.S. public official, b. New Haven, Conn. He was appointed (1919) by Alfred E. Smith to the committee to study and revamp New York state government machinery…

Sassetta

(Encyclopedia) SassettaSassettasäs-sĕtˈtä [key], c.1400–1450, Italian painter of the Sienese school, whose original name was Stefano di Giovanni. A popular artist, he painted many large altarpieces,…

Nina Simone 2003 Deaths

Nina Simone(Eunice Kathleen Waymoa)Age: 70 sultry chanteuse whose difficult-to-classify music combined jazz, classical, folk, and gospel. Her biggest hit was “My Baby Just Cares for Me.” A…

Vassar College

(Encyclopedia) Vassar CollegeVassar Collegevăsˈər [key], at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1861 by Matthew Vassar, opened 1865 as Vassar Female College, renamed 1867. A leading…

Eleanor of Aquitaine

(Encyclopedia) Eleanor of AquitaineEleanor of Aquitaineăkwĭtānˈ, ăkˈwĭtān [key], 1122?–1204, queen consort first of Louis VII of France and then of Henry II of England. Daughter and heiress of…

Johnson, James Weldon

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, James Weldon, 1871–1938, American author, b. Jacksonville, Fla., educated at Atlanta Univ. (B.A., 1894) and at Columbia. Johnson was the first African American to be admitted…

Weather: La Niña: The Kid's Sister

La Nia: The Kid's SisterWeatherEl Nio: The Grown-Up ChildThe Connection Between the Sea and the AtmosphereChild's PlayLa Nia: The Kid's Sister El Nio refers to the warm portion of ENSO, but it is an…

Richard Henry LEHMAN, Congress, CA (1948)

LEHMAN Richard Henry , a Representative from California; born in Sanger, Fresno County, Calif., July 20, 1948; attended public schools; A.A., Fresno City College, 1968; attended California State…

William LEHMAN, Congress, FL (1913-2005)

LEHMAN William , a Representative from Florida; born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., October 5, 1913; graduated from Dallas Academy and Selma High School, Selma, Ala., 1930; B.S., University of…