Both light sculptures on view were named for Brooks and his wife, Charlotte.

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Members of the Damrosch family, a musical family for which the 44-year-old park was named, say they share that view.

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" He said, "the notion that it is a great advantage to me to be an African-American named Barack Obama is not a view that has been commonly shared by the general public.

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This holistic view of the planet he named Gaia after the Greek goddess of the Earth on the suggestion of his neighbor at the time in the English county of Wiltshire, William Golding, the author Lord of the Flies.

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The tensions bubbled up into view in early October when Huffington was named No. 1 on the Silicon Alley 100, a listing of the most influential people in the New York tech scene.

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Also on view is Fortuny's famous "Eleanora, " named for the Italian actress Eleanora Duse, who wore the gown onstage.

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Though it is easy to view it now as a source of constant distraction, the Blackberry was named through a process of careful reflection.

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"I think it probably should, if we're being completely correct, because it's named after the chap who funded Baker's Park just down the hill - because it's a view of his park, " one resident said.

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