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Young Men's Christian Association

(Encyclopedia) Young Men's Christian Association, (the Y or YMCA), organization having as its objective the development of values and behaviors that are consistent with Christian principles. Despite…

1979 Academy Awards

The 1979 Academy Awards were presented April 14, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAll That Jazz, Robert Alan Aurthur, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)Apocalypse…

Toledo Manrique, Alejandro

(Encyclopedia) Toledo Manrique, Alejandro, 1946–, Peruvian political leader, president of Peru (2001–6). Toledo, who has indigenous Andean roots, was born into poverty in rural Peru and grew up in…

DAG

NBCTuesday 9:30–10:00 p.m. Cast:David Alan Grier, Delta Burke, Mel Jackson, Stephen Dunham, Emmy Laybourne, and Lea Moreno Young NBC's weaker-than-normal schedule saw the prompt cancellation…

Atlanta, Ga.

Mayor: Kasim Reed (to Jan. 2018)2010 census population (rank): 420,003 (40); Male: 208,968 (49.8%); Female: 211,035 (50.2%); White: 161,115 (38.4%); Black: 226,894 (54.0%); American Indian and Alaska…

2001 National Book Awards

The 52nd Annual National Book Awards were presented November 14, 2001, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)…

Utah War

(Encyclopedia) Utah War, in U.S. history, conflict between Mormons and the U.S. government. In the spring of 1857, President James Buchanan appointed a non-Mormon, Alfred Cumming, as governor of the…

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Director:Aviva KempnerCowboy Booking International; NR; 95 minutesRelease:5/00With;Hank Greenberg, Hal Newhouser, Charlie Gehringer Hank Greenberg, for the many of us too young to remember,…