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Sandy Landsman
Sandy Landsman is a children's book author. He was born in Great Neck, New York. He moved to the city to attend Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ..., where he majored in English. During his senior year, he began entertaining at children's parties as a musical clown. This became a career for him, along with a cable children's show which he wrote and starred in. He is the author of the children's books The Gadget Factor (1984), and Castaways on Chimp Island (1986).. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Landsman, Sandy American clowns American children's writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ...
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Great Neck, New York
Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kings Point, and Russell Gardens, and a number of unincorporated areas, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success and the border territory of Queens. The incorporated village of Great Neck had a population of 9,989 at the 2010 census, while the larger Great Neck area comprises a residential community of some 40,000 people in nine villages and hamlets in the town of North Hempstead, of which Great Neck is the northwestern quadrant. Great Neck has five ZIP Codes (11020–11024), which are united by a park district, one library district, and one school district. The hamlets are census-designated places that consolidate various unincorporated areas. They are statistical entities and are not recognized locally. However, there are locally recognized neighborhoods within the hamlet ...
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Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence. It is a member of the Ivy League. Columbia is ranked among the top universities in the world. Columbia was established by royal charter under George II of Great Britain. It was renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolution, and in 1787 was placed under a private board of trustees headed by former students Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In 1896, the campus was moved to its current location in Morningside Heights and renamed Columbia University. Columbia scientists and scholars hav ...
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The Gadget Factor
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ...
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Castaways On Chimp Island
A castaway is a person cast adrift or ashore. Castaway or Cast Away may also refer to: Literature * "The Castaways" (short story), P.G. Wodehouse * ''Castaway'' (book), a 1984 memoir by Lucy Irvine *''The Castaway'', Hallie Erminie Rives's 1904 novel that was the subject of Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, a landmark US copyright case * "The Castaway" (poem), an 1799 poem/ballad by William Cowper Film and TV * ''The Castaways'' (1910 film), 1910 film *'' Cast Away'', a 2000 film starring Tom Hanks * ''Castaway'' (film), a 1986 film starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed, adapted from the Lucy Irvine memoir *''Castaway 2000'', a BBC series *'' Castaway 2007'', a BBC series * ''Castaways'' (1978 TV series), a 1978 historical drama series featuring Annie Whittle * ''Castaway'' (TV series), a 2011 Australian television series * ''Castaways'' (TV series), an American reality television series produced by ABC * ''The Castaway'' (film), a 1931 Mickey Mouse animated short * ''The Castawa ...
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American Clowns
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ...
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American Children's Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ...
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Living People
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