1) Brundage, Avery. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Brundage, Avery, (a´vre brun´dij) (KEY) , 1887-1975, American sports executive, b. Detroit, Mich. A member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic track and field team, he became... 2) Avery Island. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Avery Island, salt dome, c.200 ft (60 m) high and 2 mi (3.2 km) in diameter, S La., in an area of sea marshes and swamps. The island's former owner, Edward Avery... 3) Avery, Milton. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Avery, Milton, (a´vre) (KEY) , 1893-1965, American painter, b. Altmar, N.Y. Avery moved to New York City in 1925. Bold massing of forms is characteristic of his figurative... 4) Craven, Avery Odelle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Craven, Avery Odelle, 1886-1980, American historian, b. Randolph co., N.C.; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1923. He taught at several colleges in the Midwest before returning... 5) Lomax, John Avery. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Lomax, John Avery, (lo´maks) (KEY) , 1867-1948, American folklorist, b. Goodman, Miss. Lomax's first book, Cowboy Songs (1910), contained for the first time in print... 6) Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...1889-1956, American historian of architecture, b. New York City. He was librarian of the Avery Library, Columbia Univ. (1934-45), and professor of architecture there.... 7) Rinehart, Mary Roberts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Circular Staircase (1908), established her as a leading writer of the genre; Rinehart and Avery Hopwood successfully dramatized the novel as The Bat (1920). Her other... 8) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Broadway. Lincoln Center is a complex of many buildings, including the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher (formerly Philharmonic) Hall, New York State Theater, Juilliard... 9) Downers Grove. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...manufactures are baked goods, plastic and metal products, and electrical components. The Avery Coonley School, a private, progressive elementary school, is there.... 10) Connecticut, University of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...law, insurance, and social work are in or near Hartford. There are also campuses at Groton (Avery Point), Stamford, Waterbury, and Torrington. The university operates... |