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actress, producer, writerBorn: 4/24/1936Birthplace: London, England Jill Ireland began her career as a dancer, making her screen debut in the Michael Powell-Emeric Pressburger film Oh, Rosalinda…
DENT, Charles W., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., May 24, 1960; graduated from William Allen High School, Allentown, Pa., 1978; B.A., Penn State…
poetBorn: May 9, 1938Birthplace: Belgrade, Yugoslavia Charles Simic replaced Donald Hall as Poet Laureate of the U.S. in 2007. Born in Yugoslavia in 1938, Simic moved to…
(Encyclopedia) Harris, Kamala DeviHarris, Kamala Devikäˈmələ dāˈvē [key], 1964–, Vice President of the United States (2021–), b. Oakland, Calif., B.A. Howard Univ., 1986, J.D. Univ. of California,…
(Encyclopedia) Flavin, DanFlavin, Danflāˈvĭn [key], 1933–96, American sculptor, b. New York City. In the early 1960s, Flavin experimented with fluorescent lights, bending them into complex, angular…
(Encyclopedia) Mnuchin, Steven TernerMnuchin, Steven Ternermən&oomacr;chən [key], 1962–, U.S. business leader, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1985. An investment banker, he joined Goldman Sachs in…
(Encyclopedia) McClatchy, J. D. (Joseph Donald McClatchy, Jr.), 1945–2018, American poet, b. Bryn Mawr, Pa., B.A. Georgetown Univ., 1967, Ph.D. Yale, 1974. His first collection of poems, Scenes from…
(Encyclopedia) Powell, Jerome Hayden, 1953–, U.S. investment banker and government official, b. Washington, D.C., A.B. Princeton, 1975, J.D. Georgetown Univ., 1979. He worked with New York law firms…
