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Axelrad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert S. Axelrad (born 1938), American rabbi * Édouard Axelrad (1918–2006), French writer * John Axelrad, editor of films including '' We Own the Night'' *Nancy Axelrad, publisher and author of some of the ''Nancy Drew'' series of books * Penina Axelrad, American aerospace engineer *Vicki Lawrence (b. 1949), born Vicki Ann Axelrad, American actress, comedian, and singer * Ali Axelrad, born Alison Axelrad, American Actress and singer. See also * Axelrod Axelrod or Akselrod (variant: Axelrad, meaning "axle wheel") is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Axelrod (1921–2004), American Olympic medalist foil fencer * Barry Axelrod (born 1946), American sports agent * Beth Axel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penina Axelrad
Penina Axelrad is an American aerospace engineer known for her research on satellite orbital dynamics and the Global Positioning System. She is Joseph T. Negler Professor in the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research and the Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences department at the University of Colorado. Education and career Axelrad earned bachelor's and master's degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 1985 and 1986 respectively. At MIT, she was also captain of the university's fencing team. She completed her Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1991, working on the plans for Gravity Probe B under the supervision of Bradford Parkinson. After continuing at Stanford for a year as a lecturer, while working in industry at Stanford Telecommunications Corp., she moved to the University of Colorado in 1992 as an assistant professor. She was promoted to full professor in 2005 and chaired the department of aero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Axelrad
Édouard Axelrad (10 June 1918 – 2006) was a French writer. Biography Axelrad was born in Paris in June 1918. During the Holocaust, Axelrad was detained at Auschwitz because of his Jewish heritage. Due to his talent as painter, a Nazi official spared his life. Axelrad was held at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until the end of World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ..., as he detailed in his 1988 book ''Le Jaune''. Axelrad died in 2006. In: ''gw.geneanet.org''. Retrieved August 8, 2019. Works * ''L'Arche ensevelie'', 1959 * ''La Terre de la gazelle' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Ann Lawrence ( Axelrad; born March 26, 1949), sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her character Mama (Thelma Harper). Lawrence originated multitudes of characters beyond Mama on CBS's ''The Carol Burnett Show'' from 1967 to 1978, the variety show's entire series run. In ''The Carol Burnett Show''s 7th season, Lawrence debuted her famed Mama role on a comedy sketch called '' The Family''. Only created as a one-off skit, ''The Family''s unexpected success with audiences led to it having recurring installments for the final 5 seasons of the program. With Lawrence portraying the character of a cold, unaffectionate, widowed elderly mother to the neurotic, misfortunate Eunice (played by Burnett despite Lawrence being 16 years younger), ''The Family'' bred some of ''The Carol Burnett Show''s most famed blooper moments. The success of ''The Family'' skits eventually spun off into Lawrence landing he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a Fictional character, fictional character appearing in several Mystery fiction, mystery book series, movies, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. The books are ghostwriter, ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Created by the publisher Edward Stratemeyer as the female counterpart to his Hardy Boys series, the character first appeared in 1930 in the ''Nancy Drew Mystery Stories'' series, which lasted until 2003 and consisted of 175 novels. Over the decades, the character has evolved in response to changes in American culture and tastes. Beginning in 1959, the books were extensively revised and shortened, partly to lower the printing costsRehak (2006), 243. with arguable success.Rehak (2006), 248. In the revision process, the heroine's original character was changed to be less unruly and violent.Lapin (1989). In the 1980s, an older and more professional Nancy emerged in a new series, ''The Nancy Drew Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Own The Night (film)
''We Own the Night'' is a 2007 American neo-noir dramatic crime thriller film directed and written by James Gray, co-produced by and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg, and co-starring Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall. It is the third film directed by Gray, and the second to feature Phoenix and Wahlberg together, the first being 2000's ''The Yards''. The title comes from the motto of the NYPD's Street Crimes Unit, which disbanded in 2002. The film premiered May 25, at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $55 million. Plot In 1988 Brooklyn, New York, Bobby Green is the manager of the El Caribe nightclub in Brighton Beach, which is frequented by Russian mobster and drug lord Vadim Nezhinski and owned by Vadim's uncle Marat Buzhayev. Bobby has distanced himself from his father, NYPD Deputy Chief Burt Grusinsky, and his brother, Captain Joseph Grusinsky. Bobby uses his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert S
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * Albert (1985 film), ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * Albert (2016 film), ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * Albert (album), ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * Albert (short story), "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (Discworld), Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert (suspiria), Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Axelrad
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Axelrad
Nancy may refer to: Places France * Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine ** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ** École de Nancy, the spearhead of the Art Nouveau in France ** Musée de l'École de Nancy, a museum * Nancy-sur-Cluses, Haute-Savoie United States * Nancy, Kentucky * Mount Nancy, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire * Nancy, Virginia People * Nancy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Nancy (singer) (born Nancy Jewel McDonie), member of Momoland * Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–2021), French philosopher * Nazmun Munira Nancy, Bangladeshi singer Vessels * * ''Nancy'' (1803 ship), a sloop wrecked near Jervis Bay in 1805 * ''Nancy'' (1789 ship), a schooner built in Detroit in 1789, best known for playing a pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Axelrad
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
