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Lucas-Islands model The Lucas-Islands model is an economic model formulated by Robert Lucas, Jr. Its purpose is to model the link between money supply and price and output changes in a simplified economy using rational expectations.
LucasArts adventure games Before concentrating almost exclusively on Star Wars titles, LucasArts was known for their point-and-click adventure games, nearly all of which received high scoring reviews at the time of their release. Their style tended towards the humorous (often irreverent or slapstick humour), with a few exceptions.
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics The incumbent of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, the Lucasian Professor is the holder of a mathematical professorship at Cambridge University. The post was founded in 1663 by Henry Lucas, who was Cambridge University's Member of Parliament from 1639–1640, and was officially established by King Charles II on January 18, 1664.
LucasVarity LucasVarity plc was a UK motor parts manufacturer, created by a merger of Lucas Industries plc and the North American Group Varity Corporation in August 1996. Lucas had employed 46,000 people compared with Varity's 9,000.
LucĂa MĂ©ndez LucĂa Leticia MĂ©ndez (born January 26, 1951) is a Mexican actress and singer, born in LeĂłn, Guanajuato She is a famous star in Mexico, Latin America, Russia, Asia and Europe due to her popular telenovelas. She achieved fame from the late
LucĂa Sánchez Saornil LucĂa Sánchez Saornil (born December 13, 1895 in Madrid; died June 2, 1970 in Valencia), was a Spanish anarchist, telephone operator, writer, poet, and activist in the years leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War. She was one of the founders of the Mujeres Libres and served as the general secretary of the Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista (a sort of anarchist Red Cross).
LucĂo Cabañas LucĂo Cabañas Barrientos (December 12 1938 - December 1974) was a Mexican schoolteacher who became a left-wing revolutionary, although others say that he was Right-wing in his politics. Cabañas regarded Emiliano Zapata as his model.
Lucban, Quezon The Municipality of Lucban (Filipino: Bayan ng Lucban) is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 38,834 people in 8,422 households.
Luce (tramonti a nord est) "Luce (tramonti a nord est) ("Light (North-East Sunsets)") is Italian singer-songwriter Elisa`s most famous song, both in her home Italy and internationally, in its English version "Come Speak to me". It also has a Spanish version called "Hablame", which has a slightly different arrangement.
Luce Maced Luce Maced (May 2, 1886 - February 25, 2000) was the oldest living person in French overseas departments and territories, aged 113 years and 299 days. She was the 4th oldest person in the world at the time of her death.
Luce's choice axiom In probability theory, Luce's choice axiom, formulated by R. Duncan Luce (1959), states that the probability of selecting one item over another from a pool of many items is not affected by the presence or absence of other items in the pool.
Luce-Celler Act of 1946 The Luce-Celler Act of 1946 was proposed by Republican Clara Booth Luce and Democrat Emanuel Celler in 1943 and signed into being by President Harry Truman on July 2 1946, granting naturalization rights to Filipino Americans and Indian Americans and re-established immigration from India and the Philippines. The imminent independence of India from Britain and the Philippines from the United States was an important factor in raising for review legislation regarding these nations and people from these nations.
LuceafÄr LuceafÄr in Romanian is the name of the morning star (the planet Venus) which in Romanian folklore is associated with demons but is also linked to the Greek Titan Hyperion. Mihai Eminescu wrote a poem named "LuceafÄrul" detailing some of the attributes that Romanian lore associated with the morning star.
Lucedio Abbey Lucedio Abbey, or Abbazia di Santa Maria di Lucedio, was a twelfth-century Cistercian foundation near Trino, which is now in the province of Vercelli, north-west Italy. It played an important role in the development of rice production in the region.
Lucelle Lucelle (German:Lützel) is a village situated on the Franco-Swiss border. It is divided between the two countries, the northern half (47 inhabitants in 1999) being part of the Haut-Rhin département, the southern half being part of the Swiss Canton of Jura.
Lucemon Lucemon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, appearing in the Digimon Frontier series. Although he is a Rookie in the form of a human boy, Lucemon is powerful enough to even make Mega forms tremble at the sound of his name.
Lucena Lucena (pop. 40,000) is a town in southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba, in Andalusia, 72 km southeast of Córdoba, 95 km north of Málaga, 150 km east of Seville, 110 km west of Granada, and 100 km southwest of Jaén.
Lucentum Lucentum is the name of the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain. Particularly, it refers to the archeological site in which the remains of this ancient settlement lie, at a place known as El Tossal de Manises, in the neighborhood of Albufereta.
Lucerne (district) The District of Lucerne (German: Luzern) is an Amt (administrative district) of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. It has a population of over 160,000 and consists of 19 municipalities, of which the city of Lucerne is the largest and the district capital:
Lucerne Festival Strings The Lucerne Festival Strings is one of Switzerland's most frequently touring chamber orchestras. Founded in 1956 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner and directed by the latter until 1998, Achim Fiedler is the Artistic Director since 1998.
Lucerne Valley, California Lucerne Valley, California is a small unincorporated community located in the Mojave Desert of western San Bernardino County. It lies east of the Victor Valley, whose population nexus includes Victorville, Apple Valley, and Hesperia.
Lucero (band) Lucero is a Punk/Country music infused Rock & Roll band that is based in Memphis, Tennessee. Their punk rock roots flavor their now "country-ish" music, while their southern roots give them the twang that they have come to be known by.
Lucet Lucet is a method of cordmaking or braiding which is believed to date back to the Viking and Medieval periods, when it was used to hang useful items from the belt. Text from the leaflet included with a lucet kit by Flights of Fancy Lucet cord is square, strong, and slightly springy.
Lucia Bosé Lucia Bosé, born Lucia Borlani (28 January 1931- ) in Milan, is a successful Italian actress, who was at the height of her fame during the period of Italian Neorealism, the 1940s and 1950s. She is the mother of famous Spanish singer Miguel Bosé.
Lucia Graves Lucia Graves is the daughter of Robert Graves, and is herself a translator working in English and Spanish/Catalan. Her translations include the worldwide bestseller The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn, and The Columbus Papers.
Lucia Joyce Lucia Anna Joyce (July 26, 1907 - December 12, 1982), daughter of Irish writer James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, was born in Trieste, speaking Italian as her first language. She studied ballet while she was a teenager, becoming good enough to train with Isadora Duncan.
Lucia Lucchesi-Ghiselli Lucia Lucchesi-Ghiselli is a prominent cultural activist in the Italian Region of Tuscany. As a result of her decades-long promotion of British culture in Italy, she was one of a select group of Italian citizens to be inducted as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recent years on 13 December 2004 by the British Ambassador to Italy Sir Ivor Roberts.
Lucia Mar Unified School District The Lucia Mar Unified School District is the largest school district in San Luis Obispo County, with about 10,900 students. It covers 550 square miles at the southern end of the county, from Shell Beach (at the north end of Pismo Beach) to the county line at the Santa Maria River.
Lucia Micarelli Lucia Micarelli (born July 9, 1983 in Queens, NY) is a musician best known as the featured violinist in Josh Groban's Closer tour. Her album Music From A Farther Room, executive produced by Groban, is a blend of classical pieces and familiar pop songs, namely Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", David Bowie's "Lady Grinning Soul" and Celine Dion's "To Love You More".
Lucia Pamela Lucia Pamela (May 1 1904–July 25 2002 Los Angeles), was an American musician, bandleader, and eccentric. She is remembered today largely for an album and coloring book concerning an imaginary trip to the moon.
Lucia Rosa Lucia Rosa was a young girl from the 19th century who wanted to marry a poor man, and instead was being forced by her father to marry a man she did not want. She threw herself into the Tyrrhenian Sea on the northwest side of Ponza, Italy.
Lucia Tovar Olga Lucia Tovar (born December 1981) is a Colombian promotional model born in CĂşcuta, Colombia and moved to the USA in approximately 2001. She is the oldest of two children and most of her 17 uncles and 40 cousins still live in Colombia.
Lucian (crater) Lucian is a tiny lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. The nearest named craters are Lyell to the east-southeast, Theophrastus to the northeast, and Gardner to the north-northeast.
Lucian Alliance The Lucian Alliance is a fictional interstellar group for organized crime in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1. Its first appearance was in the Season Eight episode "Prometheus Unbound," but it was not referred to by name until "The Ties That Bind".
Lucian Athanasius Reinhart Brother Lucian Athanasius Reinhart FSC, born James Hyde Reinhart was an American De La Salle Brother who was last assigned to the De La Salle Brothers in the Philippines and was a President of De La Salle College in Manila.
Lucian BÄlan Lucian BÄlan, (born June 26, 1959 in Bucharest, Romania), is a former Romanian football player and coach, winner for the European Cup in 1986 and the European Supercup in 1987, both with Steaua Bucharest and current coach at a football school in Baia Mare.
Lucian Bernhard Lucian Bernhard was a German graphic designer, type designer, professor, interior designer, and artist during the first half of the twentieth century. He was born March 15, 1883, as Emil Kahn, but changed in 1900 to his more commonly known pseudonym.
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu The Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Romanian: Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu) was founded in 1990, with five schools: Letters, History and Law, Medicine, Food and Textile Processing Technology, Engineering and Sciences. Other schools were added later:
Lucian Burdujan Lucian Burdujan (born February 18, 1984) is a Romanian football striker who currently plays in his homeland for Rapid BucureĹźti. Burdujan joined Rapid in 2004, having previously played since for CeahlÄul Piatra NeamĹŁ.
Lucian Ercolani Lucian Randolph Ercolani (1888–1976), furniture designer, was born in St Angelo, Tuscany, Italy. His father, Abdon Ercolani, a pictureframe maker, migrated to London, England, in search of work, and in 1898 was joined by his family.
Lucian Perkins Lucian Perkins is an American photojournalist who has worked for the Washington Post since 1979. He has won numerous awards, including the World Press Photo of the Year award in 1996 for a photograph of a boy peering out the window of a bus leaving Chechnya.
Lucian Yahoo Dragoman In January 2005, Romanian newspaper Libertatea reported the birth of Lucian Yahoo Dragoman, supposedly named after the web portal Yahoo. The story spread briefly on the Internet, but was quickly found to have been fabricated by reporter Ion Garnod.
Luciana Gimenez Luciana Gimenez Morad (born November 3, 1969 in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess of Lebanese origin. Luciana started her modeling career at age 13, and has worked in many cities around the world, such as Paris, Hamburg, Milan and New York.
Luciano Luciano (born Jepther McClymont on October 20, 1964 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican Roots Reggae artist. He first begun recording in 1992 under his first name Luciana, with his debut single "Ebony & Ivory" on the Aquarius Record label and followed with his debut album 'Moving Up' for RAS records in 1993.
Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition Sinfonia for voices and orchestra) and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.
Luciano Bivar Luciano Bivar (born, Recife, 29 November, 1944-) is the PSL candidate for the upcoming Brazilian presidential election. His political platform includes projects such as the end of income tax in favour of a unique tax on products and services, and also building military barracks in Brazilian favelas.
Luciano Bruno Luciano Bruno (born May 23, 1963) was an Italian boxer, who won a Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Bruno turned pro in 1984, winning his first nine fights, and retiring in 1987 with a career record of 9-0-0.
Luciano federico l The Luciano Federico L is a high-speed B60 catamaran ferry, which can carry upto 450 passengers and 52 cars. It is largely based on Advanced Mulihull Designs (AMD) type 1130 catamaran and has an overall hull length of 77.
Luciano Pagliarini Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonça (born April 18, 1978 in Arapongas, state of Paraná) is a Brazilian cyclist, currently one of the best from his country. He has taken part in the road cycling race at 2004 Summer Olympics (withdraw due to mechanical trouble) and the 2005 Tour de France (best position: 5th on stage 2, withdraw on stage 9).
Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti (born October 12, 1935) is an Italian tenor who is one of the best known vocal performers in contemporary times, in the world of opera and across multiple musical genres. He was born in Modena (Emilia-Romagna), in northern Italy.
Luciano Re Cecconi Luciano Re Cecconi (born 1 December 1948 in Nerviano, Milan; died 18 January 1977 in Rome) was an Italian midfield footballer, who was nicknamed l'Angelo Biondo — 'The Blond Angel' — for the colour of his hair.
Luciano Soprani Luciano Soprani (born 1946, Reggiolo, Italy--died October 14, 1999, Milan, Italy) was an Italian fashion designer known for his tailored yet colorful men's suits and silk evening gowns. After studying agriculture, Soprani joined MaxMara in 1967, becoming a freelancer in 1975.
Luciano Tovoli Luciano Tovoli (born in 1936 in Massa Marittima, Italy), is an Italian cinematographer, film director, and screenwriter. While the majority of the titles in his filmography are Italian, he has worked as cinematographer on several United States and French productions.
Lucid dreaming Lucid dreaming is the conscious perception of one's state while dreaming, resulting in a much clearer (lucid from Latin, lux "light") experience and sometimes enabling direct control over the content of the dream, a realistic world that is completely in the control of the dreamer.Lucid dreaming FAQ by The Lucidity Institute at Psych Web.
Lucid Druid Lucid Druid is a Celtic Fusion band that formed in Clearwater, Florida in 2003. The band self-proclaims their sound as "Traditional Celtic Music of the early 21st Century," and "Eclectic World-Fusion Music," describing their multi-faceted and jam-induced music.
Lucid interval In emergency medicine, a lucid interval is a temporary improvement in a patient's condition after a head injury, after which the condition deteriorates. A lucid interval is especially indicative of an epidural hematoma.
Lucid living Lucid living is a way of life called by analogy with its dreamtime counterpart lucid dreaming. Practitioners of lucid living consider normal waking time experience to be an unreal dream, something like false awakening in a lucid dream.
Lucidlan Lucidlan is a non-profit gaming community within the Mediterranean island of Malta. They are organisers of some the island's most popular LAN parties and provide IT related information from both the local scene and international scene to members of the community.
Lucidor Lars or Lasse Johansson (1638 - August 13, 1674), usually referred to under his pseudonym Lucidor, was a Swedish baroque poet. He is remembered for his burlesque poetry that is seen as foreshadowing that of Johan Runius and, especially, Carl Michael Bellman, and for his dramatic death in a tumultuous brawl at the FimmelstĂĄngen tavern in Gamla stan in Stockholm.
Lucie Carrasco - Une histoire d'hommes The backstage preparation of stylist Lucie Carrasco's men's collection parade, on November 4th2002, at the "Palais des Congrès" in Lyon (France). Documentary directed by Farid Dms Debah and Bina Znamirowski, produced by Farid Dms Debah and Yassine Dms Debah.
Lucie Miller Lucie Miller is a fictional character played by Sheridan Smith in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions for BBC7 based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is a companion of the Eighth Doctor.
Lucie Péré-Pucheu 'Anne' Lucie Léonie Péré-Pucheu (August 13 1893 - April 6, 2006), was the vice-doyenne of France and by a quirk of fate, also ranked as the second-oldest person in Western Europe when she died at 112 years and 236 days old. Anne was more than two years older than Germany's oldest person and well ahead of the UK's oldest person, born in 1895.
Lucie Stratilova Lucie Stratilova (born March 11, 1981 in Prague, Czech Republic), is a nude model and porn star. She has been working as a nude model since 1999 for a number of famous magazines and websites, including an appearance on the cover of Australian Penthouse.
Lucien Bonaparte Chase Lucien Bonaparte Chase (December 5, 1817–December 4, 1864 was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district. He was born in Derby Line, Vermont on December 5, 1817.
Lucien Démanet Lucien Démanet was a French gymnast who competed at the turn of the 20th century. He participated in Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal with a total score of 293 points in the only gymnastic event to take place at the games, the combined exercises.
Lucien DeBlois Lucien DeBlois (born June 21, 1957 in Joliette, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey right wing / centre. DeBlois was selected in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft by New York Rangers in 1st round, 8th overall.
Lucien Godeaux Lucien Godeaux (1887-1975) was a prolific Belgian mathematician. His total of 644 papers made him one of the most published mathematiciansInterestingly, he was the sole author of all but one of his papers, and his Erdos number] is infiniteis best remembered for work in [[algebraic geometry].
Lucien Goldmann Lucien Goldmann (born 1913 in Bucharest but grew up in BotoĹźani, Romania, died 1970 in Paris) was a French philosopher and sociologist of Jewish-Romanian origin. As a professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, he was an influential marxist theorist.
Lucien Howe Lucien Howe (1848-1928) was an American physician who spent much of his career as a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Buffalo. In 1876 he was instrumental in the creation of the Buffalo Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Lucien Laurent Lucien Laurent (born December 10, 1907 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, Ile-de-France near Paris; died April 11, 2005 in Besançon) was a French footballer, famous for scoring the first ever World Cup goal.
Lucien Mérignac Lucien Mérignac was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the gold medal in the masters foil, defeating fellow French fencer Alphonse Kirchhoffer in the final.
Lucien Petipa Lucien Petipa (1815-1898) was a French ballet dancer in the early 1800's (Romantic period) and was the brother of the famous balletmaster of the Russian Imperial Ballet (late eighteen-hundreds), Marius Petipa. He was born in Marseilles and died in Versailles.
Lucien Petit-Breton Lucien Georges Mazan (October 18, 1882 – December 20, 1917) was an Argentine cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton). He was born in Loire-Atlantique in France, a former part of Brittany, currently part of Pays de la Loire région.
Lucien Revolucien Lucien Revolucien, also known as Lucien M'B and Papalu, is a pioneer of french Hip-Hop. Lucien was raised in the southern suburbs or Paris, Perhaps in Creil, where he was a member of the "Requins Vicieux" street gang.
Lucien Sarti Lucien Sarti (born Corsica, died April 27, 1972 in Mexico City) was a drug trafficker and killer-for-hire involved in the infamous French Connection heroin network. He was named on the television series The Men Who Killed Kennedy as one of the men who shot U.
Lucien Shaw Lucien Shaw (March 1, 1845 - March 19, 1933) was the 18th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California and a prominent Republican politician in California during the early 20th Century. Shaw worked as a judge on the Superior court of California from 1889 to 1902, and as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of California from 1903 until he was promoted to the position of Chief Justice in 1921.
Lucien Southard Lucien Southard (1827-1881) was an American conductor, who directed concerts at the Peabody Institute following the tenure of James Monroe Deems. Southard's reign in control of the Institute was not entirely positive, a situation which Southard blamed on the lack of a "proper musical atmosphere" in Baltimore, Maryland.
Lucien Van Impe Lucien Van Impe (born 20 October 1946 in Mere, Belgium) was a Flemish cyclist from 1969 to 1987. He excelled mainly in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France: he started 15 times and reached the finish in Paris every time (second in the record books for total Tour finishes, after Joop Zoetemelk, and tied with Viatcheslav Ekimov who did the same in 2006).
Lucien Weissenburger Lucien Weissenburger (Nancy, 2 May 1860 – Nancy, 24 February 1929), was a French architect. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Lorraine and a member of the board of directors of the Ecole de Nancy.
Lucien Wolf Lucien Wolf (born 1857 in London; died 1930) was an English Jewish journalist, historian, and advocate of Jewish rights. His father had been a wealthy German Jew who acquired political refuge in England as a result of the 1848 revolution.
Lucienne Bloch Lucienne Bloch (January 5, 1909 - March 13, 1999) was born in Geneva Switzerland, and came to America with her family in 1917. She was the youngest child of internationally famous composer and photographer Ernest Bloch.
Lucifer In modern and late Medieval Christian thought, Lucifer is usually a fallen angel commonly associated with Satan, the embodiment of evil and enemy of God. Lucifer is generally considered, based on the influence of Christian literature and legend, to have been a prominent archangel in heaven (although some contexts say he was a cherub or a seraph), prior to having been motivated by pride to rebel against God.
Lucifer (cipher) In cryptography, Lucifer was the name given to several of the earliest civilian block ciphers, developed by Horst Feistel and his colleagues at IBM. Lucifer was a direct precursor to the Data Encryption Standard.
Lucifer (prawn) Lucifer is a little-known and degenerate genus of prawns, the only genus in the family Luciferidae. Lucifer has a long body, but many fewer appendages than other prawns, with only three pairs of pereiopods remaining, all without claws.
Lucifer Hummingbird The Lucifer Hummingbird, Calothorax lucifer is a medium-sized, up to 10cm long, green hummingbird with long decurved bill, small wings and white streak behind eye. The male has an iridescent plumage, forked dark tail, green crown, long magenta gorget and white underparts.
Lucifer Rising (album) Lucifer Rising is an album by Jimmy Page, released by Boleskine House Records on June 19, 1987. The blue vinyl disc contains twenty three minutes of soundtrack music Page provided for the film Lucifer Rising by director Kenneth Anger.
Lucija Ĺ erbedĹľija Lucija Ĺ erbedĹľija (born June 8, 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia, then Yugoslavia) is a Croatian actress and model of ethnic Serbian descent, daughter of veteran actor Rade Ĺ erbedĹľija. She is probably best known in the English-speaking world for her role in The Saint as a Russian prostitute, in which her father also starred.
Lucile Hadzihalilovic Lucile Hadzihalilovic (1961) is a French filmmaker. She became the first female director to win the Stockholm International Film Festivals annual Bronze Horse award for best film for her film "Innocence".
Lucilius Junior Lucilius Junior, a friend and correspondent of the younger Seneca, probably the author of Aetna, a poem on the origin of volcanic activity, variously attributed to Virgil, Cornelius Severus (epic poet of the Augustan age) and Manilius.
Lucille Bogan Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 - August 10, 1948) was an early Blues singer (among the first to be recorded) who used the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. She was born in Amory, Mississippi and raised in Birmingham, Alabama.
Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton (born June 27, 1936) is an American poet from New York. Common topics in her poetry include the celebration of her African American heritage, and feminist themes, with particular emphasis on the female body; for instance, some of her more well known works include homage to my hips and poem to my uterus.
Lucille Davy Lucille Davy is the Commissioner of Education in New Jersey. She was named acting commissioner on September 9, 2005, by former Governor of New Jersey Richard CodeyCodey Names Lucille Davy Department of Education Acting Commissioner, press release dated September 9, 2005.
Lucille Lessard Lucille Lessard was a specialist in the shooting to the arc gains the title of champion of World Field, in 1974, that of champion of Americas, in 1975, as well as the Canadian championship twice. After classifyhaving been classified seventh with the championships of the world, in 1975, it is regarded as an Olympic hope for Canada in preparation for the Sets of 1976 which proceed in Montreal.
Lucille Roybal-Allard Lucille Roybal-Allard (born June 12 1941), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 33rd and 34th District of California (map), which includes downtown Los Angeles.
Lucille Soong Lucille Soong (Born August 15, 1938) is a Chinese-American film and television actress. Miss Soong has guest starred on several present-day television series which include a recurring role on the ABC primetime soap Desperate Housewives as Gabrielle Solis' former maid, Yao Lin.
Lucille Teasdale-Corti Dr. Lucille Teasdale-Corti (January 30 1929 – August 1 1996) was a Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who helped the people of Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.
Lucille Wall Lucille Wall (January 18, 1898 - July 11, 1986) was an American actress who played the role of Lucille March Weeks on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 1963 to 1976. At times the role was also played by Mary Grace Canfield.
Lucin Cutoff The Lucin Cutoff was a railroad trestle which crossed the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Built by Southern Pacific Railroad between February 1902 and March 1904 across Promontory Point, it bypasses the original route through Promontory Summit where the Golden Spike was driven in 1869.
Lucinda Barry Detective Lucinda Barry was a character in the American dramedy Psych played by Anne Dudek. Barry was partnered with Head Detective Carlton Lassiter for nearly a year; five months after Lassiter's divorce, Barry and Lassiter became involved in a relationship of their own, though Barry wanted to keep it quiet so that their colleagues wouldn't think she was "climbing the ladder the hard way.
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