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1960 Academy Awards
The 1960 Academy Awards were presented April 17, 1961 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.Best Motion PictureThe Alamo, John Wayne, producer (United Artists)The Apartment, Billy Wilder,…125th KENTUCKY DERBY
125th KENTUCKY DERBY Grade I for three-year olds; 8th race at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Date— May 1, 1999; Distance— 11/4 miles; Stakes Purse— $1,000,000 ($700,000 to winner; $170,000…1938 College Basketball Consensus All-America Team
(In alphabetical order)Meyer Bloom, TempleHank Luisetti, StanfordJohn Moir, Notre DamePaul Nowak, Notre DameFred Pralle, KansasJewell Young, Purdue 1939 College Basketball Consensus…Return Of Serve Leaders
Pts. Returning 1st ServePctMtchs1Alex Corretja35%622Karol Kucera34%453Carlos Moya33%714Michael Chang33%675Andrei Medvedev33%496Hicham Arazi33%487Slava Dosedel33%428Arnaud Boetsch33%329Jonas…Fourth- & Fifth-Graders Contribute Essays to Factmonster.com
Related Links How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay Grammar and Spelling Punctuation Sentences Ten Tips for Better…Plutarch
(Encyclopedia) PlutarchPlutarchpl&oomacr;ˈtärk [key], a.d. 46?–c.a.d. 120, Greek essayist and biographer, b. Chaeronea, Boeotia. He traveled in Egypt and Italy, visited Rome (where he lectured on…Quezon, Manuel Luis
(Encyclopedia) Quezon, Manuel LuisQuezon, Manuel Luismänwĕl l&oomacr;ēsˈ kāˈsōn [key], 1878–1944, first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–44). While a law student, he joined…Gray, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Thomas, 1716–71, English poet. He was educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1739 he began a grand tour of the Continent with Horace Walpole. They quarreled in Italy, and…African music
(Encyclopedia) African music, the music of the indigenous peoples of Africa. Sub-Saharan African music has as its distinguishing feature a rhythmic complexity common to no other region. Polyrhythmic…bond
(Encyclopedia) bond, in finance, usually a formal certificate of indebtedness issued in writing by governments or business corporations in return for loans. It bears interest and promises to pay a…