Search results for "City University of New York" - New World Encyclopedia
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- New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1933 by choreographer ... One of the foremost dance companies in the world, the New York City ...8 KB (1,196 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- Americans at their best, living lives of carefree bliss in a blessed ... middle-class family in Indianapolis, the son of John S. Tarkington and Elizabeth ...8 KB (1,173 words) - 19:34, 20 November 2023
- spirit and public mission to be a vital part of the life around it, not an ... regarded as a powerful force in the freeing of education from the strictures ...7 KB (1,084 words) - 16:14, 13 February 2024
- Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin ... piano or by the horn section. The presence of vocals, especially a catchy ...5 KB (835 words) - 16:13, 15 March 2023
- Huế (化 in chữ Nôm), the capital city of Thừa Thiên-Huế ... from the fifteenth century during the reign of Le Thanh Thong, one of the ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- Acamapichtli (which means "Handful of Arrows" or "Handful ... The culture of the Aztecs was warlike and expanding the empire was ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2021
- 1, 1918) was an American educator and one of the leaders of the Kindergarten ... at a young age became familiar with the work of Friedrich Froebel. She became ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject ... better living conditions for the thousands of people living in poorhouses ...11 KB (1,754 words) - 01:12, 8 February 2023
- American millionaire. He was the creator of the first Trust in America ... in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born to butcher ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:02, 8 April 2024
- [[Image:New_York_Public_Library_030616.jpg|300px|thumb|New York Public ... The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading libraries ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- to provide standardized health care to New York City’s Lower East Side ... middle-class family. She was the third of four children born to parents ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- Jewish-American sociologist. He was a member of the Chicago school of sociology ... As a member of the Jewish immigrant minority, Wirth understood first ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- social worker and reformer. She was one of the "ladies of Halsted ... in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of U.S. congressman William Darrah ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 17:41, 28 March 2024
- preeminent architect in America at the turn of the twentieth century, Burnham ... incorporating his own personal style. Much of his career work modeled the ...11 KB (1,511 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- in the American Civil Liberties Union, of which he was a founding member ... Hays was born in Rochester, New York. His father and mother, both ...9 KB (1,434 words) - 05:44, 9 January 2023
- The Chrysler Building is an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in New York ... Building was built in homage to the success of the auto giant for which it ...11 KB (1,614 words) - 21:55, 10 December 2023
- that played a major role in controlling New York City politics from the ... Tammany Hall is an example of how political parties, because they ...12 KB (1,699 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2023
- The Manhattan Center building, built in 1906 and located in the heart ... From its first incarnation as the Manhattan Opera House, home of Oscar ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 06:48, 5 November 2022
- dedicating her life to improving the lives of the under-privileged. Lowell ... in Roxbury, Massachusetts into a wealthy New England family. Her parents ...10 KB (1,566 words) - 19:42, 7 September 2022
- a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows ... fund for American students at Hebrew University and created a chair in ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
