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Oerter
U.S. discus thrower. Born in Astoria, N.Y., he won gold medals at four consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968) and set world records four times between 1962 and 1964. He was the first to throw the discus over 200 ft.; he recorded his best throw (212 ft 6 in., or 64.78 m) at the 1968 Olympics.


Vernet
French painter. Son of a decorative painter, he catered to a new taste for idealized, somewhat sentimentalized landscapes. His shipwrecks, sunsets, and conflagrations reveal a subtle observation of light and atmosphere. His series of 15 Ports of France (1754-65), his finest works, constitute a remarkable record of 18th-cent. life. His son Carle (1758-1836) produced vast battle scenes for Napoleon, but his real talent was for intimate genre scenes and drawing. His long series of fashionable studies, often satirizing contemporary manners and costume, were widely reproduced as engravings. After the restoration of the monarchy, he became court painter to Louis XVIII. Carle's son Horace (1789-1863) developed a remarkable facility for working on a grand scale and became one of France's most important military painters, also known for his sporting subjects. A Bonapartist, he glorified the Napoleonic era, and after the restoration of the monarchy his studio was a center of political intrigue. He was later commissioned by Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III to produce the battle pieces at Versailles.


Verres
Roman magistrate notorious for corruption. As quaestor, he embezzled funds. In Cilicia in Asia Minor, he helped the governor, Gaius Dolabella, plunder the province (80-78), then helped convict Dolabella at Rome. He became praetor by bribery, and abused his power. As governor of Sicily (73-71) his corruption was extreme; he was prosecuted so effectively by Cicero (70) that his lawyer had no reply. He fled into exile but was murdered, perhaps at the orders of Mark Antony, who then acquired his art collection.


Bergey
U.S. bacteriologist. Born in Skippack, Pa., he taught school before attending the Univ. of Pennsylvania, where he earned a doctorate in public health. He subsequently became director of biological research for the National Drug Company in Philadelphia. He is best remembered as the primary author of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, an invaluable reference for classification, and researched such varied topics as tuberculosis, food preservatives, phagocytosis (engulfment of particles by cells), and allergic reactions.


Berle
U.S. comedian. Born in New York City, he appeared in vaudeville from age 10 and later acted in over 50 silent films. He worked chiefly as a nightclub comedian (1939-49) while vainly seeking a radio audience, but his slapstick routines and facial contortions were more suited to a visual medium, and he appeared in 19 movies (1937-68). His greatest success came with the television variety show Texaco Star Theater ...

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