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Pearl Jam Biography

Pearl Jamalternative rock band One of several Seattle-based grunge bands, Pearl Jam found a following during the 1990s. The group's first album, Ten (1991), established the band with songs…

U.S. Naval Academy

The Naval School, established in 1845 at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Md., was renamed the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850. A four-year course was adopted a year later. The “Yard,” as the campus is…

Jim Sheridan Biography

Jim Sheridanfilm directorBorn: 2/6/1949Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Sheridan's movies most often deal with the realities of Irish working-class life and the human consequences of Northern Ireland's…

Fastball Biography

Fastballalternative punk-pop band Known as Magneto USA until 1996, the band came together after Austin-raised Joey Shuffield (drums and percussion) introduced Tony Scalzo (vocals and bass) to…

Rock Gets Wired

Consumers still flocked to record stores made of bricks and mortar to purchase these albums, but more and more they turned to the Internet for their musical needs. Amazon.com launched a music site…

Ministry of Terror

The Jonestown Cult Massacre by Elissa Haney The vat containing Jones' deadly concoction sits amid the bodies of his followers on Nov. 20, 1978. (Source/AP) Cult leader Jim Jones…

Accountant---CPA (#1)

Richard Korsak Tell us about your work---what do you do? My company performs various accounting functions for small businesses from bookkeeping…

Hu Jintao Biography

Hu Jintaogeneral secretary of Chinese Communist PartyBorn: 1942Birthplace: Jixi, Anhui Province Hu became general secretary of the Chinese Communist party in 2002, replacing Jiang Zemin. Hu…

Skylight

By: David HareDirector: Richard EyreSets and Costumes: John GunterLighting: Paul Gallo and Michael LincolnSound: Freya EdwardsProduction Stage Manager: Susie CordonTechnical Supervisor: Gene…

1974 National Book Awards

Arts and LettersDeeper Into the Movies, Pauline KaelBiographyMacaulay: The Shaping of the Historian, John CliveMalcolm Lowry: A Biography, Douglas DayChildren's BooksThe Court of the Stone…