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  • Marcel Mauss (May 10, 1872 – February 10, 1950) was a French sociologist ... The years of World War I were devastating for Mauss. Many of his friends ...
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  • of cultures from different parts of the world. Although he did not do extensive ... social anthropology at Oxford. The Second World War, however, prevented him ...
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  • #039;s books. Blyton is noted for numerous series of books based on recurring ... She is probably best known for several book series, including those ...
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  • It was use by the United States military during World War I that brought ... word jeep. R. Lee Ermey, on his television series Mail Call, disputes this ...
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  • Margaret Chase Smith (1949), Women's World Group Margaret Chase Smith ... on the House Naval Affairs committee during World War II. Her efforts to encourage ...
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  • many Americans and people throughout the world, he was the embodiment of ... #039; radio shows and his later television series were among America's ...
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  • :::HOG Butcher for the World, :::Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, ... Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons, a series of whimsical, sometimes melancholy ...
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  • to form. He reported his results in a series of papers until 1900, when ... research in this position until the outbreak of World War I. ...
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  • In 1950 Agnes joined Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, and Sir Cedric ... role as the witch Endora in the television series Bewitched. ...
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  • began to decline. Starting in 1951, a series of strokes followed. Williams ... laconic and focused on things in the world rather than abstractions ...
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  • made a notable contribution to the world of music while preserving ... quot;titans" of Soviet music, enjoying world-wide reputation as leading ...
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  • famous for such films as Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai ... film festival in 1951, and opened the world to Japanese cinematography ...
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  • length feature film, Cronaca di un amore (1950), broke away from neorealism ... a conventional narrative, he presented a series of apparently disconnected ...
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  • to acknowledge the crimes of Stalinism. His 1950 collection of essays, The ... The Liberal Imagination, was published in 1950, followed by the collections ...
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  • of knowledge of objects in the external world, however, it is probable ... many philosophers in the English-speaking world from the 1930s through the ...
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  • Past, the wild strawberries trigger a series of flashbacks in which both ... to lose. The game is interrupted by a series of episodes, including the ...
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  • early life in Malta, losing his father in World War I. He first appeared ... 50s and also opened bowling during the series, leading to him coming home ...
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  • to Europe two years later to fight in World War II as an infantry squad ... #039;l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950, by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; ...
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  • and its battle to maintain its values in a modern world. ... he began his journey to becoming one of the world's premier cartoonists. ...
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  • writers published articles and held a series of memorial events in response ... Anti-Japanese Writers Federation. After World War II Lao She published ...
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  • Nicolai Hartmann (February 20, 1882 – October 9, 1950) was one of ... of reality. Though Hartmann’s work was world-famous during his lifetime ...
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  • His fame peaked in the 1950s in a series of movies in which he co ... O'Connor was a favorite of millions of people around the world ...
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  • 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of the world's best swimmers in the ... On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record ...
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  • sports entertainment franchises in the world. Over the years, they have ... During the 1970s and 1980s, in addition to their world touring, the ...
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  • Ruth in 1948; Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956; Roger ... ===The World Series=== Since its 1923 opening, 37 of 83 World Series ...
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  • and measurement instruments. Nikon is the world's largest manufacturer ... Nikon is pronounced differently around the world. The Japanese pronunciation ...
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  • Deming is best known for his work in Japan after World War II, particularly ... Deming edited a series of lectures delivered by Shewhart at USDA, ...
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  • Patron of Christian Teachers by Pope Pius XII in 1950. ==Biography== ... began in 1904 when France began to enact a series of "secularization laws ...
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  • The second, at age 14, was the outbreak of World War I. Fromm witnessed many ... Henni Gurland. They moved to Mexico City in 1950 because of her health problems ...
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  • In 1950, Kennan left the Department of State, except for two brief ... At the outbreak of the World War II in 1939, Kennan was assigned to ...
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  • term was commonly used up until the end of World War II. Zaibatsu were usually ... After Japan’s surrender (1945) in World War II, the breakup of the ...
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  • * 5x Pro Bowl selection (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) * 10x All-Pro selection (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 ...
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  • section, and participated as cellist in the world premiere of Verdi's ... his career in Italy, entrusted with the world premieres of Puccini's ...
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  • Henry Louis (Skip) Gates, Jr. (born September 16, 1950, Piedmont, ... viewpoints from societies around the world. Gates' approach has ...
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  • freedom, and education throughout the world. It provided funding for ... Based on recommendations outlined in the 1950 Gaither report, the ...
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  • October 19, 1862 – November 24, 1950), a former nurse, and James ... in Anthony Mann's western The Furies (1950) and made her TV debut in ...
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  • Bella. While Chagall was in Russia, World War I erupted. During the ... With the outbreak of World War II, the Nazi occupation of France led ...
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  • The nation's entrance into World War II in 1941 marked the beginning ... In 1950, Williams began recording some sides as Luke the Drifter, ...
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  • to the "Country Music Capital of the World," Nashville, Tennessee ... accomplished. Rattling off a well-rhymed series of city names at an auctioneer ...
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  • first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times, ... in two rounds. In 1941, he defeated world champion Sammy Angott, future ...
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  • of the most important film festivals in the world, alongside the Venice Film ... War, in the city of Berlin divided after World War II. Over the years it ...
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  • 15, 1966) was the founder and coach of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters ... Ambassadors that travel all over the world. He was inducted into the ...
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  • the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church (1950-1977) and first and fourth ... a colony, as decolonization around then world gained momentum. His Presidency ...
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  • but escaped to join the Resistance. After World War II he was Finance Minister ... in a civilian capacity during the First World War and never wore a German ...
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  • . The American League champion plays in the World Series against the National ... postseason play in 1903 with the inaugural World Series, won by the Boston ...
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  • Skelton also helped sell World War II war bonds on the top-rated show ... Skelton was drafted in March 1944, and the popular series was discontinued ...
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  • Buster Keaton was born into the world of vaudeville. His father was ... Although he did not see active combat, he served in World War I, during ...
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  • the Globes' viewership around the world. ==History== ... In 1950, the HFPA established a special honorary award to recognize ...
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  • and civilization museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation ... museum in Sibiu to replace the one in Cluj. World War II and the new communist ...
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  • interrupted in June 1941 when, with World War II looming, Hubbard joined ... The Modern Science of Mental Health (1950), a system of self-improvement ...
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