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Petraeus, David Howell
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......Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for...Ricks, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military...Cloud and G. Jaffe, The Fourth Star (2009); F. Kaplan, The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change......
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Beckham, David
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...David Beckham (David Robert Joseph Beckham), 1975–, English...handsome, and married (1999) to pop star Victoria Adams ( "Posh Spice" of the Spice...Both Feet on the Ground (2003), and David Beckham: My Side (2003)....
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Ross, Barney David
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...Barney David Ross, 1909–67, American boxer...Rasofsky; he was also known as Beryl David Rasofsky and Barnet David Rasofsky. After an amateur career...Guadalcanal in 1942, Ross won the Silver Star for gallantry in action for attempting......
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Bowie, David
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...David Bowie, 1947–, British rock and roll singer and songwriter, b. Brixton as David Robert Jones. He scored his first hit with...most famously the androgynous alien/glam rock star Ziggy Stardust, featured in concert, film, and......
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Selznick, David O.
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...David O. Selznick, 1902–65, American film producer, b. Pittsburgh. He worked...movie is Gone with the Wind (1939). His other important films include A Star Is Born (1937), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Rebecca (1940), Spellbound......
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Gill, Sir David
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...Sir David Gill (gĬl), 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ...Zimbabwe). He was a leader in the use of photography in the preparation of star catalogs. His photographic survey of almost half a million stars in the......
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Hare, David
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...David Hare, 1947–, British playwright. Hare is a prominent member of the British...acclaim with Plenty (1978), a dramatic tour-de-force for its female star, which deals with disillusionment in post–World War II Britain. His most......
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Low, Sir David
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...Sir David Low (lō), 1891–1963, British cartoonist, b. New Zealand. In 1919 Low went to England, where he worked on the London Star (1919–27). Thereafter he successively joined the staff of the Evening......
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Eisenhower, Dwight David
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...Dwight David Eisenhower (ī´zənhou´ər), 1890–1969, American general and 34th President...Europe (1948).In Dec., 1944, he was made general of the army (five-star general), and in 1945 he commanded the U.S. occupation forces in Germany......
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McGwire, Mark David
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...Mark David McGwire (məgwīr´), 1963–, American baseball player, b. Pomona, Calif. A muscular first baseman who was a college and Olympic (1984) star, McGwire broke into the American League as Rookie of the Year in 1987 with......