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Harrison, town (1990 pop. 13,425), Hudson co., NE N.J., an industrial suburb on the Passaic River opposite Newark; inc. 1869. The town has several foundries. Its manufactures include plastics, paperboard, and metal products. Harrison 1. Benjamin. 1833--1901, 23rd president of the US (1889--93) 2. George. 1943--2001, British rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter: a member of the Beatles (1962--70). His solo recordings include All Things Must Pass (1970) and Cloud Nine (1987) 3. Rex (Carey). 1908--90, British actor. His many films include Major Barbara (1940), Blithe Spirit (1945), and My Fair Lady (1964) 4. Tony. born 1937, British poet, dramatist, and translator: best known for his poems for television and his translations for the stage 5. grandfather of Benjamin, William Henry. 1773--1841, 9th president of the US (1841) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| L'inovation sociale: emergence et effets sur la transformation des societes, sous la direction de Juan-Luis Klein et Denis Harrisson. One of the great projects in preserving the voice of the common people in the twentieth century was the English Mass Observation Archive, which began in 1936 when Tom Harrisson decided that the everyday world of his neighbours in Bolton, Lancashire, was just as interesting for an anthropologist as the more exotic society of the cannibals he had studied in the South Pacific. The ten paintings were the work of Jalong Liban, an accomplished Kenyah artist of Long Nawang, East Kalimantan, and were originally commissioned by Tom Harrisson and painted in 1966. |
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