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Clayton More 1999 Deaths

Clayton MooreAge: 85 actor who played the eponymous character in 169 episodes of television's The Lone Ranger (1949–1957), as well as in two films. When his screen career ended, Clayton…

Irish Movies: The Commitments (1991)

Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next by Beth Rowen The Commitments (1991) Director Alan Parker presents a decidedly unromantic…

Passion of Mind

Director:Alain BerlinerWriters:Ron Bass, David FieldParamount Classics; PG-13; 112 minutesRelease:5/00Cast:Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgard, Will Fichtner Doubled Demi Moores: one successful…

computer music

(Encyclopedia) computer music, term used to describe music composed or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed on a computer was the Illiac Suite (1956) by…

Mugabe, Robert Gabriel

(Encyclopedia) Mugabe, Robert GabrielMugabe, Robert Gabrielm&oomacr;gäˈbē, –bā [key], 1924–2019, president of Zimbabwe (1987–2017). A founder of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) in 1963…

United States Military Academy

(Encyclopedia) United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the…

The 87th Academy Award Best Actress Nominees

Check out the bios for the nominees, including Marion Cotillard who previously won a Best Actress Oscar for 2007's La Vie En Rose. Julianne Moore is nominated for her role in Still Alice…

APRA

(Encyclopedia) APRAAPRAäˈprä [key] or the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana, reformist political party in Peru, also called the Partido Aprista. Founded (1924) by Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre…

Royal Society

(Encyclopedia) Royal Society, oldest scientific organization in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 1660 by a group of learned men in London who met to promote scientific…

Peninsular War

(Encyclopedia) Peninsular War, 1808–14, fought by France against Great Britain, Portugal, Spanish regulars, and Spanish guerrillas in the Iberian Peninsula. The Peninsular War immeasurably…