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1992 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Event Time 100m Linford Christie, GBR 9.96 Frank Fredericks, NAM 10.02 Dennis Mitchell, USA 10.04 200m Mike Marsh, USA 20.01…Beckett, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Beckett, SamuelBeckett, Samuelbĕkˈĭt [key], 1906–89, Anglo-French playwright and novelist, b. Dublin. Beckett studied and taught in Paris before settling there permanently in 1937. He…2006 ConocoPhillips National Championships, 2006
(Irvine, Calif., Aug. 1-5, 2006) Men Time 50 m freestyle-Cullen Jones 0:21.94 100 m freestyle-Jason Lezak 0…Castle, Wendell
(Encyclopedia) Castle, Wendell, 1932–2018, American furniture designer, b. Emporia, Kans., grad. Univ. of Kansas (B.F.A. 1958, M.F.A. 1961). Trained as an industrial designer and sculptor, he became…butoh
(Encyclopedia) butoh [Jap.,=dance of darkness], avant-garde dance form developed in post–World War II Japan. First performed in 1959 by the dancers Tatsumi Hijikata (1928–86) and Kazuo Ohno (1906–…greenback
(Encyclopedia) greenback, in U.S. history, legal tender notes unsecured by specie (coin). In 1862, under the exigencies of the Civil War, the U.S. government first issued legal tender notes (…Appalachian Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Appalachian MountainsAppalachian Mountainsăpəlāˈchən, –chēən, –lăchˈ– [key], mountain system of E North America, extending in a broad belt c.1,600 mi (2,570 km) SW from the Gaspé…Mahler, Gustav
(Encyclopedia) Mahler, GustavMahler, Gustavg&oobreve;sˈtäf mäˈlər [key], 1860–1911, composer and conductor, born in Austrian Bohemia of Jewish parentage. Mahler studied at the Univ. of Vienna and…Fo, Dario
(Encyclopedia) Fo, Dario, 1926–2016, Italian playwright, actor, and director, b. Leggiuno Sangiano. Fo developed a sharp and irreverent satirical farce influenced by Bertholt Brecht and Antonio…1955 Academy Awards
The 1955 Academy Awards were presented March 21, 1956 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC Century Theatre, New York, N.Y.Best Motion PictureLove Is a Many Splendored…