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- (from the article "Billiard Games") ...Tour (IPT) was sponsored by Kevin Trudeau, an entrepreneur known for his aggressive television marketing. The tour began with a battle-of-the-sexes match between retired champions Mike Sigel and Loree Jon ...
- Jones, Louis Marshall
- American singer and banjo player who for over half a century was a popular member of the Grand Ole Opry and from 1968 to 1993 was featured on the "Hee ...
- Jones, Marion
- American athlete, who, at the 2000 Olympic Games, became the first woman to win five track-and-field medals at a single Olympics. In 2007, however, she admitted to using banned substances ... [5 Related Articles]
- Jones, Mary Cover
- (from the article "mental disorder") In 1920 Watson experimentally induced a phobia of rats in a small boy, and in 1924 Mary Cover Jones reported the extinction of phobias in children by gradual desensitization. Modern ...
- Jones, Matilda Sissieretta
- opera singer who was considered the greatest black American in her field in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Jones, Melvin
- (from the article "Lions Clubs, International Association of") civilian service club organized by a Chicago insurance broker, Melvin Jones, in Dallas, Texas, U.S., in 1917 to foster a spirit of "generous consideration" among peoples of the world and ...
- Jones, Mother
- labour organizer, widely known in the United States as a fiery agitator for the union rights of coal miners and other workers.
- Jones, Norah
- American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress, who rose to international stardom with her debut album Come Away with Me (2002), a fusion of jazz, pop, and country music. [2 Related Articles]
- Jones, Owen
- English designer, architect, and writer, best known for his standard work treating both Eastern and Western design motifs, The Grammar of Ornament (1856), which presented a systematic pictorial collection emphasizing ...
- Jones, Peter
- (from the article "totemism") ...those animals that live in the area in which they live and appear to be either friendly or fearful. The first accurate report about totemism in North America was written ...
- Jones, Philly Joe
- black American jazz musician, one of the major percussionists of the bop era, and among the most recorded as well.
- Jones, Quincy
- American musical performer, producer, arranger, and composer whose work encompasses virtually all forms of popular music. [3 Related Articles]
- Jones, R. William
- organizer of international basketball.
- Jones, Richard
- British economist and clergyman.
- Jones, Robert
- songwriter of the school of English lutenists that flourished at the turn of the 17th century.
- Jones, Robert C.
- (from the article "1978: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones for Coming HomeAdapted Screenplay: Oliver Stone for Midnight ExpressCinematography: Nestor Almendros for Days of HeavenArt Direction: Edwin O'Donovan and Paul Sylbert ...
- Jones, Robert Edmond
- U.S. theatrical and motion-picture designer whose imaginative simplification of sets initiated the 20th-century American revolution against realism in stage design. [2 Related Articles]
- Jones, Robert Trent, Sr.
- British-born American golf course architect (b. June 20, 1906, Ince, Eng.-d. June 14, 2000, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), was one of the world's leading designers of golf courses. He designed or ...
- Jones, Roy, Jr.
- American boxer who became only the second light heavyweight champion to win a heavyweight title. For several years beginning in the late 1990s, he was widely considered the best boxer ... [3 Related Articles]
- Jones, Rufus Matthew
- one of the most respected U.S. Quakers of his time, who wrote extensively on Christian mysticism and helped found the American Friends Service Committee. [2 Related Articles]
- Jones, Samuel
- (from the article "match") ...potassium chlorate, sugar, and gum could be ignited by dipping them into sulfuric acid. Later workers refined this method, which culminated in the "promethean match" patented in 1828 by Samuel ...
- Jones, Samuel M
- Welsh-born U.S. businessman and civic politician notable for his progressive policies in both milieus.
- Jones, Shirley
- (from the article "1960: Best Supporting Actress") Other Nominees
- Jones, Sir Harold Spencer
- 10th astronomer royal of England (1933-55), who organized a program that led to a more accurate determination of the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun. [1 Related Articles]
- Jones, Sir William
- British Orientalist and jurist who did much to encourage interest in Oriental studies in the West. [5 Related Articles]
- Jones, Steve
- (from the article "Sex Pistols, the") ...Johnny Rotten (byname of John Lydon; b. Jan. 31, 1956London, Eng.), Steve Jones (b. May 3, 1955London), Paul...
- Jones, T.A.D.
- American collegiate gridiron football coach who led the Yale team through the 1910s and '20s.
- Jones, Thomas Gwynn
- Welsh-language poet and scholar best known for his narrative poems on traditional Celtic themes. [1 Related Articles]
- Jones, Tommy Lee
- (from the article "International Film Awards 2005") Other Nominees
- Jones, Vaughan
- New Zealand mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1990 for his study of functional analysis and knot theory. [1 Related Articles]
- Jonesboro
- city, Craighead county, northeastern Arkansas, U.S. It lies on Crowley's Ridge, bordering the Mississippi River valley, about 68 miles (109 km) northwest of Memphis, Tennessee. Founded as the county seat ...
- Jonesborough
- town, seat of Washington county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies just west of the northern portion of Cherokee National Forest, near Johnson City. Founded in 1779 as a planned community ...
- Jonestown
- former site of the People's Temple commune in northwestern Guyana, near the Venezuelan border. A religious cult group, the commune ended in 1978 when the cult's founder and leader, Jim ... [2 Related Articles]
- Jonestown Massacre
- (from the article "Guyana") ...the government in his favour. In 1978 one of the most bizarre incidents in modern history occurred in Guyana when some 900 members of a religious cult in a commune ...
- Jong, Erica
- (from the article "American literature") The surge of feminism in the 1970s gave impetus to many new women writers, such as Erica Jong, author of the sexy and funny Fear of Flying (1974), and Rita ...
- Jongen, Joseph
- composer who is often considered second only to Cesar Franck among Belgian composers.
- Jonghelinck, Jacob
- (from the article "medal") ...Quentin Massys, made in Antwerp, is the grandest northern Renaissance medal, but it had no progeny. Of the regular professional medalists some, like Steven van Herwyck (c. 1530-67) and Jacob ...
- Jongkind, Johan Barthold
- painter and printmaker whose small, informal landscapes continued the tradition of the Dutch landscapists while also stimulating the development of Impressionism. [2 Related Articles]
- Jonglei Canals
- (from the article "Sudd, Al-") ...The Sudd presents an almost impenetrable barrier to navigation on the river and is only sparsely inhabited by the pastoral Nilotic Nuer people. In the early 1980s construction began on ...
- jongleur
- professional storyteller or public entertainer in medieval France, often indistinguishable from the trouvere. The role of the jongleur included that of musician, juggler, and acrobat, as well as reciter of ... [7 Related Articles]
- Jonkoping
- lan (county) of southern Sweden, in Gotaland region. It extends southward from Lake Vatter through part of the traditional landskap (province) of Smaland. Jonkoping is the highest county of southern ...
- Jonkoping
- city and capital of the lan (county) of Jonkoping, southern Sweden. It lies at the southern end of Lake Vatter and on the shores of Munk Lake and Rock Lake. ...
- Jonquiere
- former city, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, southern Quebec province, Canada. In 2002 it merged with Chicoutimi and other former nearby municipalities to form the city of Saguenay and became a district in ...
- jonquil
- (from the article "narcissus") ...of bulbous, often fragrant, ornamental plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. The genus contains about 40 species, native primarily to Europe. Daffodil, or narcissus (N. pseudonarcissus), jonquil (N. jonquilla), and poet's ...
- Jonson, Ben
- English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic. He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I. Among his ... [27 Related Articles]
- Jonsson, Arngrimur
- scholar and historian who brought the treasures of Icelandic literature to the attention of Danish and Swedish scholars.
- Jonsson, Hjalmar
- Icelandic folk poet who was noted for his mastery of the rimur (shorter poetic narratives) and for his brilliant use of satire.
- Jonsson, John Erik
- American corporate executive under whose management Texas Instruments Inc. became a leading electronics manufacturer. He also served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, from 1964 to 1971.
- Jonsson, Karl
- (from the article "saga") ...called Eirikr Oddsson, dealing with several 12th-century kings of Norway. Sverris saga describes the life of King Sverrir (reigned 1184-1202). The first part was written by Abbot Karl Jonsson under ...
- Joos Van Cleve
- Flemish painter known for his portraits of royalty and his religious paintings. He is now often identified with the "Master of the Death of the Virgin."
- Jooss, Kurt
- German dancer, teacher, and choreographer whose dance dramas combined Expressionistic modern-dance movements with fundamental ballet technique. [2 Related Articles]
- Joplin
- city, Jasper and Newton counties, in the Ozark region of southwestern Missouri, U.S. It lies adjacent to Webb City, near the Kansas and Oklahoma borders. It was settled about 1840 ...
- Joplin, Janis
- American singer, the premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s, who dazzled listeners with her fierce and uninhibited musical style.
- Joplin, Scott
- American black composer and pianist known as the "king of ragtime" at the turn of the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
- jor
- (from the article "alapa") ...The principal portion of alapa is not metric but rhythmically free; in Hindustani music it moves gradually to a section known as jor, which ...
- Jord
- in Norse mythology, a giantess, mother of the deity Thor and mistress of the god Odin. In the late pre-Christian era she was believed to have had a husband of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Jordaens, Jacob
- Baroque artist whose boisterous scenes of peasant life and sensuous allegories made him one of the most important painters of 17th-century Flanders. [2 Related Articles]
- Jordan
- Arab country of Southwest Asia, in the rocky desert of the northern Arabian Peninsula. [35 Related Articles]
- Jordan algebra
- (from the article "Jordan, Pascual") ...by using nonassociative variables (variables that do not obey the associative law). His proposal did not manage to help quantum field theory but did result in the development of (nonassociative) ...
- Jordan curve theorem
- (from the article "number game") ...R, S, and T three wells. It is desired to have paths leading from each house to each well, allowing no path to cross any other path. The proof that ...
- Jordan measure
- (from the article "measure") ...given set, while the inner measure of a set is the upper bound of the areas of all such sets contained in the region. If the inner and outer measures ...
- Jordan refiner
- (from the article "papermaking") The original continuous refiner is the Jordan, named after its 19th-century inventor. Like the beater, the Jordan has blades or bars, mounted on a rotating element, that work in conjunction ...
- Jordan River
- river with the lowest elevation in the world. It rises on the slopes of Mount Hermon, on the Syrian-Lebanese border, flows southward through northern Israel to the Sea of Galilee, ... [9 Related Articles]
- Jordan Valley
- (from the article "Jordan") The Jordan Valley drops to an average of 1,312 feet (400 metres) below sea level at the Dead Sea, the lowest natural point on the Earth's surface.Lebanon
- Jordan, A.C.
- Xhosa novelist and educator who belonged to the second generation of South African black writers (of which Es'kia Mphahlele and Peter Abrahams are the best known). [1 Related Articles]
- Jordan, Abraham
- (from the article "keyboard instrument") ...the third G below middle C. If there was a third manual, it consisted of a short-compass echo department in which all the pipes were shut up in a box ...
- Jordan, Alexander
- (from the article "Spring Green") ...now constitute the summer headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. A few miles south is another unusual architectural structure-the House on the Rock, designed in the 1940s by Alex ...
- Jordan, Barbara C.
- American lawyer, educator, and politician who served as U.S. congressional representative from Texas (1972-78). She was the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South. [1 Related Articles]
- Jordan, Camille
- French mathematician whose work on substitution groups (permutation groups) and the theory of equations first brought full understanding of the importance of the theories of the eminent mathematician Evariste Galois, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Jordan, David Starr
- naturalist, educator, and the foremost American ichthyologist of his time.
- Jordan, Dorothea
- actress especially famed for her high-spirited comedy and tomboy roles.
- Jordan, Duke
- American jazz pianist (b. April 1, 1922, New York, N.Y.- d. Aug. 8, 2006, Valby, Den.), first became noted during the heyday of bebop as a member of Charlie Parker's ...
- Jordan, flag of
- horizontally striped black-white-green national flag with a red hoist triangle bearing a white star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 1 to 2.
- Jordan, Hamilton
- American political strategist and government official was a highly influential adviser to Jimmy Carter during the latter's successful 1976 U.S. presidential campaign and later served as chief of staff in ...
- Jordan, history of
- (from the article "Jordan") Jordan occupies an area rich in archaeological remains and religious traditions. The Jordanian desert was home to hunters from the Lower Paleolithic Period; their flint tools have been found widely ...
- Jordan, James Cunningham
- (from the article "West Des Moines") ...of Des Moines (which lies immediately to the east), Polk county, central Iowa, U.S. The area was settled in the 1840s and became an important rail junction in the 1850s ...
- Jordan, James J., Jr.
- American advertiser (b. Aug. 3, 1930, Germantown, Pa.-d. Feb. 4, 2004, Virgin Islands), wrote popular advertising slogans that became indelibly identified with the services or products for which they were ...
- Jordan, Jim; and Jordan, Marian
- husband and wife comedy team who co-starred on the classic radio program Fibber McGee and Molly, which aired from 1935 to 1957.
- Jordan, June
- African American author who investigated both social and personal concerns through poetry, essays, and drama. [1 Related Articles]
- Jordan, Louis
- American saxophonist-singer prominent in the 1940s and '50s who was a seminal figure in the development of both rhythm and blues and rock and roll. The bouncing, rhythmic vitality of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Jordan, Marlon
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans jazz community. Though most musicians scattered for safety, some outlasted the storm in the city, including noted trumpeter Marlon ...
- Jordan, Michael
- American collegiate and professional basketball player, widely considered to be the greatest all-around player in the history of the game. He led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Chicago Bulls to ... [3 Related Articles]
- Jordan, Neil
- (from the article "1992: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Neil Jordan for The Crying GameAdapted Screenplay: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala for Howards EndCinematography: Philippe Rousselot for A River Runs Through ItArt Direction: Luciana Arrighi for Howards...
- Jordan, Pascual
- German theoretical physicist who was one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.
- Jordan, Vernon E., Jr.
- American attorney, civil rights leader, business consultant, and influential power broker. Although he never held political office, Jordan served as a key adviser in the 1990s to U.S. President Bill ...
- Jordan, Winthrop Donaldson
- American historian, educator, and author explored the nature of race in meticulously researched works that included White over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 (1968), which won numerous ...
- Jordanes
- historian notable for his valuable work on the Germanic tribes. [3 Related Articles]
- Jordanovski, Ljubco
- (from the article "Macedonia") Area: 25,713 sq km (9,928 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 2,035,000 | Capital: Skopje | Chief of state: Presidents Boris Trajkovski, Ljubco Jordanovski (acting) from February 26, and, from ...
- Jorge Blanco, Salvador
- (from the article "Dominican Republic") ...economy fragile. A hurricane devastated the country in 1979, and the faltering economy produced inflation, strikes, and depressed conditions. Guzman was succeeded by another PRD candidate, Salvador Jorge Blanco, who ...
- Jorge, Seu
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...Gil, who followed his live album Eletracustico with a series of rousing shows proving that politics had not harmed his impressively varied musical skills. Brazil's latest celebrity, Seu Jorge, came ...
- Jorgensen, Anker
- (from the article "Denmark") Krag unexpectedly resigned in 1972, leaving the post of prime minister to Anker Jorgensen, who had to call an election in November 1973. An electoral landslide resulted in heavy losses ...
- Jorgensen, Christine
- American who captured international headlines in the early 1950s as the first person to undergo a successful sex-change operation.
- Jorgensen, Johannes
- writer known in Denmark mainly for his poetry (Digte 1894-98, 1898, and Udvalte Digte, 1944) but best known in other countries for his biographies of St. Francis of Assisi (1907) ...
- Jorgensen, Jorgen
- (from the article "Iceland") ...the country in the 1780s and killed one-fifth of the population. However, these hardships bred little criticism in Iceland of the country's status within the Danish realm. In 1809 Danish ...
- Jorgensen, Sophus Mads
- (from the article "coordination compound") ...The most successful and widely accepted of these theories was the so-called chain theory (1869) of the Swedish chemist Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand, as modified and developed by the Danish chemist ...
- Jorhat
- city, northeastern Assam state, northeastern India. Jorhat lies along a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. A road and rail junction, it is the commercial centre of a productive agricultural area. ...
- Joris, David
- religious Reformer, a controversial and eccentric member of the Anabaptist movement. He founded the Davidists, or Jorists, who viewed Joris as a prophet and whose internal dissension led-three years after ...
- Jormungand
- in Germanic mythology, the evil serpent and chief enemy of Thor (q.v.). [3 Related Articles]
- Jorn, Asger
- Danish painter whose style, influenced by the Expressionist painters James Ensor of Belgium and Paul Klee of Switzerland, creates an emotional impact through the use of strong colours and distorted ... [1 Related Articles]
- Jornal do Brasil, O
- daily newspaper published in Rio de Janeiro, regarded as one of the eminent newspapers of South America.
- Jorrocks, Mr.
- (from the article "Surtees, Robert Smith") English novelist of the chase and the creator of Mr. Jorrocks, one of the great comic characters of English literature, a Cockney grocer who is as blunt as John Bull ...
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