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  John André - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
André was born 1750 in London to Huguenot parents, Antoine André (a merchant from Geneva, Switzerland) and Marie Louise Giradot (from Paris, France).
André then told them he was a British officer who must not be detained, when, to his surprise, they said they were Americans, and that he was their prisoner.
André offered them his horse and watch, if they would let him go, but they were not to be bribed (which was unusual at the time).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Andre   (958 words)

  
 Andre Agassi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andre Kirk Agassi, (born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 men's professional tennis player from the United States.
When Andre was five years old, he was already practicing with pros such as Jimmy Connors and Roscoe Tanner.
Andre has participated in many charity organizations, and founded the Andre Agassi Charitable Association, which assists the youth of Las Vegas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andre_Agassi   (4057 words)

  
 Major John Andre
Andre presented Howe a memoir he had compiled from his observations in "the colonies." Impressed by the young man's abilities, Howe first gave him a captaincy in the 26th Regiment and recommended him as an aide to Major-General Charles Grey.
Andre was present at the Battle of Brandywine, Grey's bloody night raid, known as the Paoli Massacre, the Battle of Germantown, the British occupation of Philadelphia, the Battle of Monmouth, and Grey's brutal raids of 1778 in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
Andre was imprisoned at Tappan, New York, and on September 29, 1780, he was found guilty of being behind American lines "under a feigned name and in a disguised habit." Andre was hanged as a spy at noon on October 2, 1780.
www.ushistory.org /march/bio/andre.htm   (1379 words)

  
 The Official Site of Andre the Giant: Biography
His drive, talent and ambition, however, proved to be as big as Andre himself, and the wrestler became legendary for his achievements in and out of the ring.
Andre was born Andre Rene Roussimoff in Grenoble, France on May 19, 1946.
Though professionally Andre will always be remembered as The 8th Wonder of the World, he is known and loved by fans across the globe as The Gentle Giant.
www.andrethegiant.com /bio.html   (664 words)

  
 Explorer Andre Michaux   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His name was Andre Michaux, and we should all remember his name, for he was one of the most remarkable human beings of the 18th Century, or of any century.
Andre Michaux was a linguist...master of French, English, Latin, Greek and every other language he ever encountered within a few weeks of encountering it, including, in due course, the Cherokee language.
Andre Michaux traveled in America for eleven years and along many thousands of miles of Indian trails and animal tracks, often venturing, alone with his pack horses, into territory unknown to settlers.
www.grandfather.com /museum/michaux/CKmichaux.htm   (1602 words)

  
 Weil
André Weil was born in Paris, the son of Jewish parents.
André fell in love with mathematics at an early age, and he writes that by the age of ten he was passionately addicted to it.
Andre Weil will be remembered for his fundamental work on the frontiers of mathematics, and for his carefully cultivated image as a cantankerous character - belied by his dry sense of humour.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Weil.html   (1300 words)

  
 Andre Masson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andre Masson (1896-1987) was one of the major early French Surrealist painters.
A close friend of Andre Breton, Joan Miro and Max Ernst, he joined the Surrealist movement in the early 20s, then disassociated with it in the early 30s, focusing instead on the human condition - the fundamental impulses of love and hatred - and reacting to the Spanish Civil War.
Andre Breton, for instance, celebrated the chemistry of the intellect" that marked for him Masson as the painter who understood the full implications of the surrealist project.
www.connectotel.com /masson   (331 words)

  
 ESA - Human Spaceflight - Astronauts - André Kuipers
In July 1999, André Kuipers joined the European Astronaut Corps of the European Space Agency, whose homebase is at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
André Kuipers was assigned to the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, continuing his former work for the Microgravity Payloads Division within the Directorate of Human Spaceflight.
André Kuipers is currently performing post flight activities and collateral duties in several areas, such as support to ESA payload development, parabolic flight campaigns, healthcare spin-off, as well as to ground support for missions of other ESA astronauts.
www.esa.int /export/esaHS/ESAMWUZUMOC_astronauts_0.html   (806 words)

  
 WrestleView.com - Andre The Giant FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andre was a very large man and could drink a lot more than a normal man could.
When Andre reached his 40's his heart had become weaker and was no longer able to circulate blood throughout his body.
Andre's last match was on December 4, 1992 at Budokan Hall teaming with Giant Baba and Rusher Kimura against Haruka Eigen, Motoshi Okuma, and Masa Fuchi.
www.wrestleview.com /info/faq/andre.shtml   (884 words)

  
 Andre DiMera
André, who was a failed but classically-trained actor, had been given flawless plastic surgery so that he looked exactly like his cousin Tony.
André was to make one last appearance as the Slasher to claim his final victim, Marlena.
André continued to act like Tony so that he couldn't be arrested, because the police didn't know who to arrest.
www.bethsdayspage.com /days/characters/Andre.html   (2082 words)

  
 Andrė
Andrė is young musician and artist in many areas at the very upstart of her career.
Andrė collaborates with the best local and guest musicians during festivals and other events.
Andre Pabarciute: jazz vocalist, jazz and academic composer, and pianist
andre.lt   (637 words)

  
 The Namibian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
ANDRE the World's Most Hilarious Hypnotist will be back at the National Theatre of Namibia from June 8-19.
Andre makes a strong distinction between his work and that of the medically qualified hypnotherapists.
Andre with some of the props he uses in his hilarious show which will be running at the NTN from June 8-19.
www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/Arts6-99/hypnotise.htm   (394 words)

  
 Pacific Union College
Andre Hall is a sprawling “V” shaped building with a private central lawn located directly across from Winning Hall.
Andre, which houses approximately 170 women on three floors, also has a spacious parlor complete with fireplace.
Andre Hall provides second and third floor parlors and, like the other residence halls on the PUC campus, provides laundry, and kitchen facilities for convenient student use.
www.puc.edu /PUC/puclife/housing/residencelife/andre.shtml   (183 words)

  
 ANDRE NORTON ORG: s
Andre Norton dies at the age of 93
Since middle February she had been fighting with a combination of flu and pneumonia and has at last succumbed to a congestive heart failure.
Norton, informing her fans at the Andre Norton forum of the Lady's death.
www.andre-norton.org /anorton/andeath.html   (407 words)

  
 ESA - Delta Mission - André Kuipers
In 2002, André Kuipers completed ESA’s Basic Training Programme, which is performed at EAC, Cologne, and Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City), near Moscow.
Second, together with André, the new permanent crew was brought up to the Station, in exchange for the old crew, who returned with him to Earth.
Third, André performed 21 experiments in the field of human physiology, biology, technology and education.
www.esa.int /export/SPECIALS/Delta_Mission/ESAMWUZUMOC_0.html   (789 words)

  
 Andre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andre Norton was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 17th, 1912.
Thus, the citation of "Andre" as a pseudonym for her given name, Alice Mary, in a number of bibliographies, biographies, and critical accounts is in error.
Andre Norton quickly contends that her life has not been interesting.
www.oasfis.org /Andre.html   (883 words)

  
 André Lwoff - Biography
André Michel Lwoff was born on 8 May 1902 in Ainay-le-Château (Allier).
André Lwoff obtained his M. in 1927 and his Ph.
André Lwoff has been honoured by the following prizes of the Académie des Sciences: Lallemant, Noury, Longchampt, Chaussier, Petit d'Ormoy prizes and the Charles-Léopold Mayer Foundation prize.
nobelprize.org /medicine/laureates/1965/lwoff-bio.html   (701 words)

  
 Guggenheim Collection - Artist - Andre - Biography
Carl Andre was born September 16, 1935, in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Andre’s first solo show was held in 1965 at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York.
Notable among the many retrospectives of his work are those held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1970; the Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, in 1978; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, in 1987; the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England, in 1996; and the Musée Cantini, Marseilles, in 1997.
www.guggenheimcollection.org /site/artist_bio_3.html   (296 words)

  
 ANDRE NORTON ORG: Index: Andre Norton
This page concentrates on Andre Norton and her life, featuring one of the most detailed biographies you will find anywhere, in both electronic and printed sources.
Andre Norton's writing talent is widely acknowledged in the SF-F half-world - she received almost every possible award in the field of Fantasy.
The interview is one of the most comprehensive ever conducted (and believe me, I've read quite a few of them) and is a great source of information on Ms.
www.andre-norton.org /anorton   (206 words)

  
 Untitled Document
From the town of Stryn in the Sogn and Fjordane district on the west coast of Norway, synonymous with summer skiing more so than football, Tore André Flo was preceded by his brother Jostein and cousin, Håvard.
Tore André left Norway in mid-1997 after representing Sogndal, Tromsø and Brann where he was very successful, in particular Brann for whom he scored 28 goals in 40 matches over 18 months.
In doing so, he attracted keen interest from England, primarily Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea; his reputation was further heightened by memorable performances for Brann in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup against PSV and Liverpool.
www.geocities.com /torflo19   (636 words)

  
 Andre Massena, duke De Rivoli --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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A French writer, art critic, and political activist, André Malraux used his novels to express the existentialist view that the individual can give significance to his life through dedication to a cause.
The French political scientist and educator André Siegfried was regarded as one of the most perceptive political commentators of his time.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9051304?source=RSSOTD   (800 words)

  
 SlyTurtle
Those of us who live in the northern United States, and continue to do so by choice, share in one of the great pleasures in life: to love something you have full license to also complain about.
In the process, I've thrown out my back, but as I soak in the tub an hour later, a fine book in hand, I appreciate the tiny pleasures of life all the more, and out the window, for as far as the eye can see, the ground sparkles like a field of diamonds.
Andre likes cats, lattes, autumn, Jazz, red, and the Document Object Model.
www.slyturtle.com   (2038 words)

  
 André Benjamin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The 18th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2004) (TV) (as André 3000)....
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic (2003) (V) (as Andre 3000)....
The 30th Annual American Music Awards (2003) (TV) (as André 3000)....
www.imdb.com /name/nm0238803   (350 words)

  
 Andre Lhote Online
Andre Lhote in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
André Lhote copyright requests handled by the Artists Rights Society.
All images and text on this Andre Lhote page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/lhote_andre.html   (151 words)

  
 Andre Previn - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Conductor, composer and pianist, André Previn continues to redefine the possibilities in his extraordinary career.
As guest conductor of the world's major orchestras both in concert and on recordings, André Previn annually appears with the Vienna Philharmonic, both in Vienna and at the Salzburg Festival, as well as the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, to name a few.
André Previn's discography spans more than 50 years of recordings for all of the major labels.
www.schirmer.com /composers/previn/bio.html   (804 words)

  
 ARC Staff - Andre Banks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andre Banks, Communications Associate at the Applied Research Center, is a writer and communications professional with extensive experience in non-profit advocacy campaigns and project management.
Andre began his career as a student organizer with the Columbus Network for Equal Rights and Justice while earning a B.A. in Political Science from the Ohio State University.
Andre has been a featured media spokesperson for print, television and radio outlets including, BBC World News, BBC radio, Voice of America, National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Free Speech Radio affiliates, The Nation, The American Prospect and Pound magazine.
www.arc.org /Pages/staff/abanks.html   (214 words)

  
 Andre Williams
Andre began recording under various pseudonyms such as The Five Dollars and the Don Juans.
Andre was always a wild man with the ladies and never said no to a party and by the 1980’s Andre Williams found himself down and out – living on the streets and at the end of a crack pipe.
In 1998 Andre released his sleaze-rock masterpiece, "Silky", on In The Red Records which proved to be a commercial and critical smash for Andre.
www.intheredrecords.com /pages/andre.html   (403 words)

  
 André Harvey - Bronze Sculpture
André Harvey creates commissioned small and large scale bronze sculptures for private and corporate clients worldwide.
No part of this website may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission.
All rights reserved under the International and Pan American Copyright Conventions by André Harvey or his heirs.
www.andreharvey.com   (147 words)

  
 Maurice André
Today there are more than 130 transcriptions for the piccolo trumpet and some of the pieces, like the Tartini Concerto in D major for Trumpet and Orchestra (originally for violin), transcribed by Jean Thilde is very popular and several trumpet artists are performing it now.
Maurice André has toured all over the world and played with a lot of the great conductors and great orchestras.
In an interview 20 years ago (in 1978) he told Jean-Pierre Mathéz that he did 220 concerts that year and an average of 180 so that up to 1978 he must have done more than 2700 concerts.
abel.hive.no /trompet/andre   (1033 words)

  
 Halina André
For the past 3 decades Halina Andre’s Enzyme Performing Masque has significantly improved all types of skin through an all-natural exfoliation process.
Halina Andre’ skin care products are based on 30 years of research in biochemistry, dermatology and cosmetic technology.
Most spas, salons and clinics charge anywhere from $65 -$125 per treatment depending on the area of the country and the prestige of the spa.
halina-andre.com /general/faq.html   (1409 words)

  
 Andre Derain Online
Andre Derain in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
André Derain copyright requests handled by the Artists Rights Society.
All images and text on this Andre Derain page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/derain_andre.html   (409 words)

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