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Davey Allison

Davey AllisonBorn: Feb. 25, 1961Auto racer stock car Rookie of Year (1987); winner of 19 NASCAR races, including 1992 Daytona 500; killed at age 32 in helicopter accident at Talladega…

Carpentier, Alejo

(Encyclopedia) Carpentier, AlejoCarpentier, Alejoälāˈhō kärpĕntyārˈ [key], 1904–80, Cuban novelist and musicologist. As a political exile in Paris between 1928 and 1939, Carpentier was strongly…

The West Wing

NBCWednesday 9:00–10:00 p.m.Cast:Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, and Allison Janney As if we don't already know what goes on behind closed doors in the…

The Object of My Affection

Director: Nicholas Hytner Writer:Wendy WassersteinDirector of Photography:Oliver StapletonEditor:Tariq AnwarMusic:George FentonProduction Designer:Jane MuskyProducers:Petra Alexandria,…

Six Days, Seven Nights

Director:Ivan ReitmanWriter:Michael BrowningDirector of Photography:Michael ChapmanEditors:Sheldon Kahn and Wendy Greene BricmontMusic:Randy EdelmanProduction Designer:J. Michael…

Honjo, Tasuku

(Encyclopedia) Honjo, Tasuku, 1942–, Japanese immunologist, Ph.D. Kyoto Univ., 1975. Honjo was a member of the medical faculty at the Univ. of Tokyo from 1974 to 1979 and a professor at the Osaka…

Bland-Allison Act

(Encyclopedia) Bland-Allison Act, 1878, passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for freer coinage of silver. The original bill offered by Representative Richard P. Bland incorporated the demands of…

2014–2015 Primetime Emmy Awards

The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on September 20, 2015, in Los Angeles, Calif.Drama Series: Game of Thrones (HBO) Actor: Jon Hamm, Mad Men Actress: Viola Davis,…

1998 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards.Outstanding PlayThe Beauty Queen of LeenaneOutstanding MusicalRagtimeOutstanding Musical…

2009 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 17, 2009. Category Winner Outstanding Play: Ruined by Lynn Nottage Outstanding Musical: Billy…