* Harold Kurtz, ' The Lansdowne Letter ', History Today, 18 ( 1968 ), pp. 84 – 92.

Kurtz was particularly displeased with Lucas ' decisions in Return of the Jedi to resurrect the Death Star and to change the plot outline from one that ended on a " bittersweet and poignant " note to one having a " euphoric ending where everyone was happy ".

The original Dartmouth BASIC was designed in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA to provide computer access to non-science students.

It was against this backdrop that CSICOP, as it was to become known, was officially launched by philosophy professor Paul Kurtz at a specially convened conference of the American Humanist Association ( AHA ) at the Amherst campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo on April 30 and May 1, 1976.

Nixon, John Hurt and Swoosie Kurtz at the premiere of An Englishman in New York ( film ) | An Englishman in New York.

The New Skepticism described by Paul Kurtz is scientific skepticism.

In 1948, two versions of the " Sabre Dance ": one directed by Artur Rodziński and played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and another one directed by Efrem Kurtz and played by the New York Philharmonic peaked number one on Billboard Best-Selling Records by Classical Artists.

* Kurtz, Howard ( 2000 ) The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street ’ s Game of Money, Media, and Manipulation Free Press, New York, ISBN 0-684-86879-2

Kurtz received his bachelor's degree from New York University, and the Master's degree and Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University.

In June 2010, the State University of New York at Buffalo announced the establishment of the Paul Kurtz Lecture Series.

* Paul Kurtz ( Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo )

In those elections, Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, was elected President — defeating Gerald Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, 128-111 ( 54 % to 46 %) — and Joseph Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville, was elected Vice President in a runoff against Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, 147-91 ( 62 % to 38 %).

The term igtheism was coined by the secular humanist Paul Kurtz in his 1992 book The New Skepticism.

Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism is a book by Paul Kurtz published in 2000.

The philosopher Paul Kurtz, editor of The Humanist, received phone calls at 4 am, and was asked during his lectures at the State University of New York why he was practicing genocide.

Writers who worked at the Star in its last days included Nick Adde ( Army Times ), Stephen Aug ( ABC News ), Michael Isikoff ( Newsweek ), Howard Kurtz ( The Washington Post ), Fred Hiatt ( The Washington Post ) Sheilah Kast ( ABC News ), Jane Mayer ( The New Yorker ), Chris Hanson ( Columbia Journalism Review ), Jeremiah O ' Leary ( The Washington Times ), Chuck Conconi ( Washingtonian ), Crispin Sartwell ( Creators Syndicate ), Maureen Dowd ( The New York Times ), novelist Randy Sue Coburn, Michael DeMond Davis, Lance Gay, ( Scripps Howard News Service ): Jules Witcover ( The Baltimore Sun ), Jack Germond ( The Baltimore Sun ), Judy Bachrach ( Vanity Fair ), Lyle Denniston ( The Baltimore Sun ), Fred Barnes ( Weekly Standard ), Kate Sylvester ( NPR, NBC, Governing Magazine ) and Mary McGrory ( The Washington Post ).

* Mike Kurtz ( c. 1845 – 1904 ), American burglar and gang leader in New York City

* William Kurtz ( 1833 – 1904 ), German-American photographer based in New York City

With the debut of the series, Laurie Morgan ( now played by Swoosie Kurtz ) and Patti returned to New York when Laurie's marriage in California didn't work out.

* Kurtz, Paul, ed., Sidney Hook and the Contemporary World, New York: John Day and Co., 1968.

* Kurtz, Paul, ed., Sidney Hook: Philosopher of Democracy and Humanism ( a festschrift, for Hook's 80th birthday, containing four essays on his person and writings by Nicholas Capaldi, Milton R. Konvitz, Irving Kristol, and Paul Kurtz ), Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1983.

Paul Kurtz, State University of New York at Buffalo philosophy professor and then chairman of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal said the Warrens weren ’ t objective, independent, or impartial investigators and characterized the Smurls claims as “ a hoax, a charade, a ghost story .” Kurtz said that the Smurls claims were possibly due to delusions, hallucinations or brain impairment, and advised that they submit themselves to psychiatric and psychological examinations.

Kurtz was born in Brooklyn, New York in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.

Kurtz has written for The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, and New York magazine.

Cynthia Nixon, John Hurt and Kurtz at the premiere of An Englishman in New York ( film ) | An Englishman in New York. In 1978, Kurtz was part of the ensemble cast of Mary Tyler Moore's short lived variety series Mary, that also included David Letterman and Michael Keaton.

Past Presidents include: Frank Powers, Milton Zudeck, Alfred Dickman, Joseph Weiler, James Secrest, Gustave Saelens, Arthur Lee, Martin Connell, Gene Ettenberg, Edward Gottschall, Saadyah Maximom, Louis Lepis, Gerard O ' Neill, Zoltan Kiss, Roy Zucca, William Streever, Bonnie Hazelton, Jack Tauss, Klaus Schmidt, John Luke, Jack Odette, Ed Benguiat, Allan Haley, B. Martin Pedersen, Mara Kurtz, Mark Solsburg, Daniel Pelavin, Gary Munch, Charles Nix.

" In 1975, amid increasing popular interest in astrology, The Humanist magazine presented a rebuttal of astrology in a statement put together by Bart J. Bok, Lawrence E. Jerome, and Paul Kurtz.

The original BASIC language was designed in 1964 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz and implemented by a team of Dartmouth students under their direction.

The acronym is tied to the name of an unpublished paper by Thomas Kurtz and is not a backronym.

He is also a respected author of mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.

* Kurtz, Barbara E. El Cid.

Some of Conrad's experiences in the Congo and the story's historic background, including possible models for Kurtz, are recounted in Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost.

His first assignment is to transport the company men up-river to the company's innermost station, so that they can relieve its chief manager Kurtz, who has become very ill.

When they arrive at the isolated Inner station, they discover that Kurtz has gone to heinous extremes which are far beyond the accepted norm.

When she desperately asks to hear the last words Kurtz said, Marlow tells her that his last words was her name.

At this station Marlow meets the Company's chief accountant, who's dressed in " unexpected elegance "-" Everything else in the station was in a muddle "-Marlow first hears of a Mr. Kurtz from the chief accountant, who explains that Kurtz is a first-class agent, and later adds: "' He will be a somebody in the Administration before long.

The manager explains to Marlow that they couldn't wait, and needed to take the steamboat up-river because of " rumours that a very important station was in jeopardy, and its chief, Mr. Kurtz, was ill ." Marlow describes that the manager " inspired uneasiness "-" just uneasiness — nothing more "-Along with the manager, Marlow describes the other Company men at this station as lazy back-biting " pilgrims "-fraught with envy and jealousy.

During this time, Marlow learns that at this station Mr. Kurtz is far from being admired, but instead, more or less, Kurtz is resented ( mostly by the manager ).

Not only is Kurtz's position at the Inner Station a highly envied position, but sentiment seems to be that Kurtz is not deserving of it, as Kurtz only received the appointment by his connections back in Europe.

Marlow forces the pilgrim in " pink pyjamas " to take the wheel so that he can shed his blood soaked shoes, and while flinging the pair overboard, he is hit with a rush of thoughts ; thinking he would never have a chance to hear Kurtz talk, as he is most likely dead-then submits: " Of course I was wrong.

" Marlow makes a vague mention of a girl, whom later Kurtz will refer to as " My Intended " ( his fiancée ): " You should have heard him say, ' My ivory.