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{n} a pike that is full grown
American editor and publisher who cofounded Time (1923) and founded Fortune (1930), Life (1936), and Sports Illustrated (1954). Irigaray Luce Luce Clare Boothe Luce Henry Robinson
{i} family name; Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), American playwright and diplomat, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ambassador to Italy during the Eisenhower administration, wife of Henry Luce
United States playwright and public official (1902-1987)
United States playwright and public official (1902-1987) United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)
A pike when full grown
United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967)

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Luce Irigaray
born 1932?, Belgium French feminist psychoanalyst and philosopher. She examined the uses and misuses of language in relation to women in such works as Speculum of the Other Woman (1974), which argues that history and culture are written in patriarchal language and centred on men, and that the thinking of Sigmund Freud was based in misogyny. Among her other works are An Ethics of Sexual Differences (1984) and Je, tu, nous (1990)
Clare Boothe Luce
orig. Ann Clare Boothe born March 10, 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 9, 1987, Washington, D.C. U.S. politician, dramatist, and socialite. She was born into poverty to parents who never married. From 1930 to 1934 she worked as an editor at Vogue and Vanity Fair. In the latter she published short sketches satirizing New York society, some of which were collected as Stuffed Shirts (1931). In 1935 she married Henry R. Luce, the publisher of Time and later Life magazine. Three of her witty plays were adapted into films: The Women (1936), Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1938), and Margin for Error (1939). From 1939 to 1940 she worked as a war correspondent for Life and recounted her experiences in Europe in the Spring (1940). As a member of the House of Representatives (1943-47), she became influential in Republican Party politics. She served as ambassador to Italy from 1953 to 1956, was a public supporter of Barry Goldwater in the 1960s, and served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan in the 1970s and '80s. In 1983 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She is remembered for her fiesty demeanour and her acid wit, which she displayed in oft-quoted aphorisms such as, "No good deed goes unpunished
Clare Boothe Luce
(1903-1987) American playwright and diplomat, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ambassador to Italy during the Eisenhower administration, wife of publisher Henry Luce
Henry Luce
(1898-1967) American journalist and publisher, founder of the magazines "Time" "Life" "Fortune" and "Sports Illustrated
Henry R Luce
born April 3, 1898, Dengzhou, Shandong province, China died Feb. 28, 1967, Phoenix, Ariz., U.S. U.S. magazine publisher. Luce was born to U.S. missionary parents. He graduated from Yale University in 1920. While at Yale he had met Briton Hadden, with whom he launched Time in 1923. He added the business magazine Fortune in 1929 and Life magazine in 1936. Among other Luce magazines were House & Home, established in 1952, and Sports Illustrated, launched in 1954. His publications, founded as means of educating what Luce considered a poorly informed U.S. public, had many imitators, and Luce became one of the most powerful figures in the history of U.S. journalism. Both he and his wife, Clare Boothe Luce, had a major influence on the Republican Party and on national affairs
Henry Robinson Luce
born April 3, 1898, Dengzhou, Shandong province, China died Feb. 28, 1967, Phoenix, Ariz., U.S. U.S. magazine publisher. Luce was born to U.S. missionary parents. He graduated from Yale University in 1920. While at Yale he had met Briton Hadden, with whom he launched Time in 1923. He added the business magazine Fortune in 1929 and Life magazine in 1936. Among other Luce magazines were House & Home, established in 1952, and Sports Illustrated, launched in 1954. His publications, founded as means of educating what Luce considered a poorly informed U.S. public, had many imitators, and Luce became one of the most powerful figures in the history of U.S. journalism. Both he and his wife, Clare Boothe Luce, had a major influence on the Republican Party and on national affairs
Henry Robinson Luce
(1898-1967) American journalist and publisher, founder of the magazines "Time" "Life" "Fortune" and "Sports Illustrated
flower de luce
(Botany) iris flower or iris plant; plant that was first chosen for the royal French symbol
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