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Newman, Paul Leonard 1925-2008.

American actor and director who starred in such films as Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Sting (1973), and The Color of Money (1986), for which he won an Academy Award.

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Paul Newman

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New·man

(nmən, ny-), John Henry 1801-1890.

British prelate and theologian. A founder of the Oxford Movement, he converted to Roman Catholicism (1845) and was made a cardinal (1879).

New·man

(nmən, ny-), Alfred 1900-1970.

American composer of more than 200 film scores, including Academy Award-winning adaptations of the musicals The King and I (1956) and Camelot (1967).

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