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Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of, 1621–83, English statesman. In the English civil war he supported the crown until 1644 but then joined the parliamentarians. He was…

Boyfriends

Directors/Writers: Neil Hunter and Tom HunsingerDirector of Photography:Richard TisdallEditor:John TrumperProduction Designer:James DearloveFirst Run Features; NR; 82 minutesRelease:2/97Cast:…

The Koran/ Select Bibliography

Select Bibliography ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. From the original Arabic by G. Sale, 1734, 1764, 1795, 1801; many later editions, which include a memoir of the translator by R. A. Davenport, and…

Most Popular Names

Find the most popular baby names given each year to boys and girls in the United States from 1880 to the present. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Boys…

fur trade

(Encyclopedia) fur trade, in American history. Trade in animal skins and pelts had gone on since antiquity, but reached its height in the wilderness of North America from the 17th to the early 19th…

Brian Moore Biography

Brian MooreAge: 77 quietly successful Irish-born novelist best known for The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, a novel about repression and alcoholism set in Belfast.Died: Malibu, Calif.,…

Jay Moloney Biography

Jay MoloneyAge: 35 talent agent, who was once one of Hollywood's rising stars, representing several A-list celebrities, including Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Uma Thurman. He…

Edward Asner

Edward AsneractorBorn: 11/15/1929Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri Although Asner began his career as a stage actor, he is best known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77)…