• George "Shorty" Snowden (July 4, 1904 – May 1982) was an African American dancer in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. He and his partner Mattie Purnell...
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    Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American former NSA intelligence contractor and whistleblower who leaked classified documents revealing...
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    Lindy Hop dances, was born in the Harlem dance marathon in 1928 where George Snowden and Mattie Purnell reinvented the breakaway pattern by accident. That...
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    Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC (/ˈsnoʊdən/; 18 July 1864 – 15 May 1937) was a British politician. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade...
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  • Snowden is a 2016 biographical thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald. Based on the books The Snowden Files...
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    it that dancer "Shorty" George Snowden renamed the breakaway dance as the Lindy Hop in a dance contest. In this version, Snowden was one of the 24 couples...
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    there that the Lindy Hop dance flourished, started by dancers such as George Snowden and Frank Manning. The term jitterbug was originally a ridicule used...
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    George R. Snowden (February 12, 1841 – April 21, 1932) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and military officer who served as commander of the organization now...
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  • Elmer Snowden (1900–1973), American jazz musician Ethel Snowden (1881–1951), British socialist and feminist politician George Holburn Snowden (1901–1990)...
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    6-count rhythms. The name "Lindy Hop" is often attributed to "Shorty" George Snowden during an interaction with a newspaper writer who asked him what kind...
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    Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, to sculptor George Holburn Snowden and Louise Adel Snowden (née Weider), professionally known as the stage and...
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  • George Holburn Snowden NA (December 17, 1901 – December 15, 1990) was an American sculptor. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1941, was...
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    Rhythm. Swing in 1927 was originally named the Lindy Hop named by Shorty George Snowden. There have been 40 different versions documented over the years; most...
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  • 67th Academy Awards, Snowden and Fine's short Bob's Birthday received the Oscar. Snowden and Fine's NFB films Bob's Birthday and George and Rosemary are included...
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  • his feet. A forward walk with twisted knees originally performed by George Snowden. The natural spin turn is a common right-turning move in international...
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  • Permanent Record is a 2019 autobiography by Edward Snowden, whose revelations sparked a global debate about surveillance. It was published on September...
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    Myrtle E. Snowden and Mary H. Snowden, and two brothers, William E. Snowden and John C. Snowden. At the time of the murders, aged 31, Snowden lived in...
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  • are slightly apart, with the knees drooping together. Shorty George: Named for George Snowden. Walk a straight line using very small steps. Keep upper body...
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  • Yossarian (redirect from Harry Snowden)
    Also covered in this article are the characters Snowden and Yossarian's tentmates. Capt. John Yossarian is a fictional character, the protagonist of Joseph...
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    Washington, performed the first aerial in a swing dance competition against George Snowden, the inventor of the term Lindy Hop, and his partner, Big Bea. The air...
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    An engineer, George Snowden, was disciplined by Professional Engineers Ontario for his role in the collapse; in 2012, a design that Snowden approved caused...
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    Snowden, who obtained the trove while working for Booz Allen Hamilton. George Brandis, the Attorney-General of Australia, asserted that Snowden's disclosure...
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  • waiter, began organizing exceptional dancers, first under the aegis of George Snowden and then under White himself. Although many members felt mistreated...
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  • Rudolph Valentino dancing Tango. After Seben (1929) - short film starring George Snowden and featuring Breakaway. Flying Down to Rio (1933) - Carioca dance and...
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    Lupton, had been completely overthrown by Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden". In the "Coupon election" of December 1918 he led a coalition of Conservatives...
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  • Citizenfour (category Cultural depictions of Edward Snowden)
    is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10...
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  • profile in the United States revived noticeably in the 1980s. "Shorty" George Snowden, African American dancer in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. He is...
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    time to George Snowden Andrews, Jackson Wells Fargo agent from 1857 until 1875. In 1884 the owner of the house, Superior Court judge George Moore, was...
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    conceptual framework used to aid decision-making. Created in 1999 by Dave Snowden when he worked for IBM Global Services, it has been described as a "sense-making...
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    was originally approved by the engineer George Snowden, who was deceased by the time of the collapse. Snowden had been disciplined by Professional Engineers...
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